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Year: 2021

  • Stumbling

    Sharing a post by Lucy Belwood, Dan wishes more people used the open web more, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram etc. less.

    Read more (343 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 21 January, 2021
  • Finished game board from The Outpost backdrop of our game of Dialect.

    We Are The Martians

    Alec, Matt R, Penny, and Dan play The Outpost scenario in Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1158 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 16 January, 2021
  • Relationship to proposer question with 'spouse' option but not 'living with partner'.

    Confused.com Confuses Me

    Confused.com's user interface makes Dan cry when he tries to comparison-shop car insurance. Here's why.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1431 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 15 January, 2021
  • Dan with his tongue out holding a glass of champagne.

    The Diamonds, The Dagger and One Classy Dame

    The celebration of Dan's fortieth birthday continues with a surprise (remote) murder mystery party!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (650 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 10 January, 2021
  • Pizza on fire in oven.

    How Not to use A Pizza Oven

    Dan gets a wood-fired oven for his birthday and immediately uses it to destroy several pieces of cookware. Made tasty pizza, though!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (487 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 8 January, 2021
  • Image representing post: Note #18069

    Can you tell me how to get in touch with your technical/security team @firstdirecthelp? Apparently my report about a vulnerability in your website contains characters that aren't "valid" for your sucky feedback form... but it doesn't say which ones.

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 8 January, 2021
  • Label: Best Before 8 Jan 2021.

    Best Before

    On his 40th birthday, Dan gets trolled by his breakfast.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (17 words)

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 8 January, 2021
  • Image representing post: Look at Banner, Dan!

    Look at Banner, Dan!

    Dan's greeted by a happy birthday banner that MIGHT have been repurposed...

    Read more (30 words)

    • Note
    • 9 comments
    • posted 8 January, 2021
  • First frame of "Story Time" comic from Channelate. An old man sits in an armchair and talks to two small children sitting on the floor in front of him. The old man says "I ever tel you squirts about the year 2020?"

    Story Time

    On his 40th birthday, Dan shares a comic about an old guy reminiscing about 2020. Hey, wait...

    Read more (132 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 8 January, 2021
  • Having Kids In Our Poly Triad by Sara Valta title showing picture of two men and a woman hugging the outline of a baby

    Having Kids In Our Poly Triad by Sara Valta






    Sara’s back! You might remember a couple of years ago she’d shared with us a comic on her first year in a polyamory! We’re happy to have her back with a slice of life and a frank n’ real conversation about having kids in her Poly Triad relationship.

    This sort of wholesome loving chat is …

    Read more (112 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 6 January, 2021

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