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Year: 2021

  • Found GC54MFQ (Mac)Donald Where's Your Troosers?

    This checkin to GC54MFQ (Mac)Donald Where's Your Troosers? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Staying at the nearby hotel I came out last night to try and find this but quickly gave up rather than poke around in the gloomy night. I'd brought a torch for exactly this kind of โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC54MFQ
    • posted 13 November, 2021
  • Note for Future Dan: if you want @Firefox's picture-in-picture (popout video) mode to be available for videos of less than 45 seconds, the setting you need is media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.min-video-secs...

    Read more (66 words)

    • Note
    • posted 12 November, 2021
  • Still from Hot Shots!. Owatonna, an older Native American man, sits surrounded by animal skins. An English subtitle reads "So, who won?" A Japanese subtitle reads "่ชฐใŒๆˆฆไบ‰ใซๅ‹ใฃใŸใฎใงใ™ใ‹?", which translates as "Who won the war?"

    Hot Shots, Part Dream

    Dan shares a dream in which he starts a meme about a non-existent 80s kids TV show inspired by a loose translation of a scene from Hot Shots! Wait, what?

    Read more - about 5 minutes (970 words)

    • Article
    • posted 12 November, 2021
  • Graph showing all 1.802 current Automatticians as coloured squares, ordered by their start date. Dan Q's square is squarely (LOL) in the middle.

    Automattic Growth

    After only two years at Automattic, Dan's now been there longer than most. Wait, what?

    Read more (362 words)

    • Article
    • posted 10 November, 2021
  • FastTheseusJS libary

    Minification vs the GPL

    Does distributing only minified code violate the GPL? What about if the "minification" is minimal and hand-done as part of other code improvements? There's a grey area here, and Dan's going to overthink it!

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1661 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2021
  • Performed maintenance for GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham

    This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped by for a maintenance visit. All is well except for a discrepancy between the paper and online logs, which I'm following up with the cachers in question.

    Update: I've verified that everybody who's โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9GKJA
    • posted 2 November, 2021
  • Image representing post: Bisexuality Mythbusters

    Bisexuality Mythbusters

    Stephanie Beatriz busts some of the... less-common myths about bisexuality.

    Read more (23 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 1 November, 2021
  • Image representing post: From Synergy to Barrier

    From Synergy to Barrier

    Disenchanted by a lack of platform support, Dan switches from Synergy to its fork, open-source competitor Barrier.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1094 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 20 October, 2021
  • Image representing post: Note #19590

    Tesco Abingdon's phone menu system is diabolical, Dan discovers.

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    • Note
    • posted 15 October, 2021
  • Image representing post: Xday Dinner on a Yday???

    Xday Dinner on a Yday???

    Reminded of his sister's Family Vlog, Dan throws together a compilation reel of a particular running gag.

    Read more (67 words)

    • Video
    • posted 14 October, 2021
  • Dan dressed as The Flash

    Today is "superhero day" for nursery/reception, so I continued my effort to straddle the line between being a fun #parent and an embarassing parent line by dropping the kids off like this...

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    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 7 October, 2021
  • Image representing post: Note #19569

    Dan overengineers a geocache... so it looks like a sign!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (13 words)

    • Note
    • posted 6 October, 2021
  • Performed maintenance for GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham

    This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I like to check in on my new caches after about a week in the field to ensure there are no teething troubles with their hiding place/weatherproofing etc. All looks good here!

    Read more (33 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GKJA
    • posted 6 October, 2021
  • Screenshot of YOURLS interface showing Dan Q's list of shortened links. Six are shown of 1,939 total.

    Making an RSS feed of YOURLS shortlinks

    After switching his personal shortlinks from S.2 to YOURLS, Dan dusts off his XSLT experience to make himself an RSS feed of his shortlinks!

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1663 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 5 October, 2021
  • Performed maintenance for GC9EZ55 Beam Approach Training

    This checkin to GC9EZ55 Beam Approach Training reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped in to check on this cache while out for a cycle nearby. Both the first stage puzzle object and the cache container are in place and healthy.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9EZ55
    • posted 1 October, 2021

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