Skip to content

Dan Q

    • Articles
    • Everything
    • Notes
    • Reposts (shares)
    • Checkins (geo*)
    • Videos
    • Reviews
    • Comics
    • Tags
    • Stats
    • Subscribe
    • Blogroll
  • About
    • Semi-standard "slash pages" you might like to explore:
    • /about
    • /blank
    • /blogroll
    • /colophon
    • /contact
    • /cv
    • /license
    • /postcards
    • /privacy
    • /salary
    • /shh
    • /slashes
    • /stats
    • /subscribe
    • /where
    • Hide posts of type:
    • Choose how Dan's dressed:
    • Hair
    • T-Shirt
  • Contact
  • Podcast

Month: October 2022

  • Dan and Demmy in a lightly-wooded area.

    Found GC4PYPF Chester Services TB Hotel

    This checkin to GC4PYPF Chester Services TB Hotel reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF for the geopup and I while stopping for a toilet break on the way home from a holiday in Wales. SL, TNLN, TFTC, and Happy Halloween!

    Read more (27 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC4PYPF
    • posted 31 October, 2022
  • In an urban environment, Dan waves. Behind him, a stone fountain-statue representing Neptune, surrounded by sea creatures, can be seen.

    Found GC20GBC Neptune - The Mystic

    This checkin to GC20GBC Neptune - The Mystic reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Super quick find on lunch break during a day coworking in Cheltenham. Love the hiding spot which seems pretty much made for a cache of this shape and size! TFTC!

    Read more (30 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC20GBC
    • posted 25 October, 2022
  • Dan makes a silly grin while holding a GPS receiver in a damp grassy autumn meadow, on a grey and drizzly day.

    Geohashing expedition 2022-10-24 51 -1

    In search of a geohashpoint, Dan explores the Wharf Stream Way Meadow near Eynsham.

    Read more (320 words)

    • Checkin
    • to 2022-10-24 51 -1
    • posted 24 October, 2022
  • Found GC2192B Improvisado #2 Montjuïc- Rincón de paz

    This checkin to GC2192B Improvisado #2 Montjuïc- Rincón de paz reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found during a visit to the castillo with fleeblewidget. Second place we looked. Greetings from Oxford, UK. TFTC!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (18 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC2192B
    • posted 22 October, 2022
  • Dan and Ruth in front of a monastary gates, smiling and waving.

    Found GC88Z3D SANT PAU DEL CAMP

    This checkin to GC88Z3D SANT PAU DEL CAMP reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with fleeblewidget during a meander around the city. She saw it ahead and remarked on the beautiful building before I'd even told her that was where we were heading. Greetings from Oxford, UK. Gracias por …

    Read more (38 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC88Z3D
    • posted 22 October, 2022
  • Image representing post: How Chinese citizens use puns to get past internet censors

    How Chinese citizens use puns to get past internet censors

    With commentary, Dan shares an article he enjoyed about specific examples of censor-evading wordplay from Chinese social media.

    Read more (373 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 19 October, 2022
  • Image representing post: Bisect your Priority of Constituencies

    Bisect your Priority of Constituencies

    Can you rank the priorities of an organisation or system you're part of? Dan challenges you to go one step further and bisect each rank.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (529 words)

    • Article
    • posted 18 October, 2022
  • Screenshot of log output, reading: finding 'sexuality', shuffling 'value'.

    The output of this data anonymisation/scrambling script makes me feel seen. 🏳️‍🌈

    Read more - about 1 minutes (12 words)

    • Note
    • posted 9 October, 2022
  • A French Bulldog runs towards the camera, her tongue hanging out, in a grassy field. Standing stones can be seen in the background, under a blue sky.

    Performed maintenance for GC88ZY9 The Devil's Quoits

    This checkin to GC88ZY9 The Devil's Quoits reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A fringe benefit to being CO to a virtual is that it doesn't require much maintenance, save for ensuring that all logs are accompanied by a valid solution message and no spoilers are posted. But it's still …

    Read more (106 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC88ZY9
    • posted 8 October, 2022
  • Two bowls of porridge with sultanas, each topped with a jumbo marshmallow (one pink, one white) being toasted by a blowtorch (mostly off-camera).

    Kids: We want porridge for breakfast.
    Me: How do you want it?
    Kids: Surprise us.
    Presenting... oatmeal, honey and sultanas with a toasted marshmallow.

    Read more (24 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 6 October, 2022
  • Temporarily disabled 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. Found on floor by passers-by, logbook missing. Temporarily removing to repair.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (11 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GKJA
    • posted 5 October, 2022
  • Dan, as a teenager, sits at a desk with his hand to his chin. In the foreground, a beiege two-button wired ball-type computer mouse rests on the corner of the desk. Dan is wearing a black t-shirt with a red devil face printed onto it.

    My First MP3

    I ripped my first MP3 file back in 1995. Where could it be now? I'd recognise it if I found it!

    Read more - about 4 minutes (949 words)

    • Article
    • with an accompanying podcast
    • 5 comments
    • posted 2 October, 2022

Get in Touch

I'd love to hear from you! Why not...

  • email me on blog@danq.me?
    (my spam filter is aggressive, so use a good subject line, i.e. not just "hello"; encrypt your email if you like)
  • say hi on Mastodon, where I'm @dan@danq.me?
  • send a letter or postcard to
    Dan Q, Unit 159610, PO Box 7169, Poole, BH15 9EL, UK
  • reach out some other way?
  • © Dan Q 1998-2026
  • Creative CommonsAttributionNon-Commercial except where stated (how to use)
  • powered by BloqClassicPressHTML5CSS3
  • privacy
  • Read articles, checkins, notes, reposts, and more...
  • @dan@danq.me
  • contact
  • subscribe
  • Dan Q
  • Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license
  • ClassicPress
  • CSS is awesome
  • Created by a human, not by AI
  • LGBTQ+ pride flag (2018 progress variant)
  • Polyamory flag
  • Say no to Web3
  • Mastodon (it's like email... no, come back!)
  • Tested on Firefox
  • Best viewed on the Internet
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • Debian
  • Caddy (webserver)
  • Find me on Melonland
  • Check out my GitHub
  • Three Rings - by volunteers, for volunteers, since 2002
  • I'm a fucking webmaster
  • Looks best at: any resolution!