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Month: November 2022

  • Things The Other Child Did Wrong That Lead To The Fight that I've heard so far today:


    Clapped too loudly
    Sang too loudly
    Sang too quietly
    Sang the wrong words
    Put their feet too close to the dog
    Ate the last grape
    Ate the wrong grape (!?) โ€ฆ

    Read more (77 words)

    • Note
    • 14 comments
    • posted 28 November, 2022
  • Posted a note for GC9GTV3 Drive Slowly; Fox Crossing

    This checkin to GC9GTV3 Drive Slowly; Fox Crossing reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Following feedback, I've tweaked the hint.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (6 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GTV3
    • posted 24 November, 2022
  • Far Side comic #12326, from 23 November 2022, shown in FreshRSS. The comic shows two bulls dressed in trenchcoats and hats browsing a china shop; one staff member says to the other "I got a bad feeling about this, Harriet."

    The Far Side in FreshRSS

    The proxy I implemented to bypass The Far Side's lack of an RSS feed is now unnecessary, because FreshRSS is better than ever.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (907 words)

    • Article
    • 16 comments
    • posted 23 November, 2022
  • 428: Precondition Failed ("You're still sleeping with your ex-!?")

    Breakups as HTTP Response Codes

    408: Request Timeout = "You keep saying you'll propose, but you never do", and 18 other HTTP response codes expressed as relationship breakdowns.

    Read more (302 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 22 November, 2022
  • Screenshot showing Sisyphus carrying a rock up a long numbered gameboard; he's on square 993 out of 1000, but (according to the rules printed below the board) he needs to land on 1000 exactly and never roll a double-1 or else he returns to the start.

    Sisyphus: The Board Game (Digital Edition)

    I implemented a terrible digital version of a truly stupid board game idea. My excuse is illness, I guess?

    Read more (174 words)

    • Article
    • 39 comments
    • posted 21 November, 2022
  • When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins

    Alex Standiford observes that Automattic stand to win from Twitter's losses; I'd like to expand on that a tiny bit.

    Read more (177 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 21 November, 2022
  • Dan, wearing a grey Three Rings hoodie with a white poppy pinned to it, holding the end of a dog lead, points out of the edge of the woodland he's in towards a humanoid figure in the distance.

    Found GCA28T9 "Look Mummy, It's a Log"

    I was just barely pipped to the post for a FTF by runmc while out walking the dog.

    Read more (120 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCA28T9
    • posted 20 November, 2022
  • Screenshots showing STS-6, listing the most-recent blog posts on DanQ.me, in two different display styles.

    Spring '83 Came And Went

    As the sun begins to set on Spring '83, I finally finish implementing my server for the protocol, way too late for anybody to pay attention or notice.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (795 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 20 November, 2022
  • Matt Westcott stands to the side of a stage, drinking beer, while centrestage a cross-shaped "pharmacy sign" projects an animation of an ambulance rocketing into a starfield.

    Oxford Geek Nights #52

    Oxford Geek Night returned this week after an incredibly-long hiatus, and it was amazing.

    Read more (384 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 19 November, 2022
  • Finally got around to implementing a super-lightweight (~20 lines of code, 1 dependency) Spring '83 key generator. There are plenty of others; nobody needs this one, but it's free if you want it:

    https://github.com/Dan-Q/spring83-keygen

    Read more (36 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 18 November, 2022
  • Screenshot showing this blog rendered as plain text as the result of running finger blog@danq.me at a Linux terminal.

    Finger Portal to WordPress Blog

    Has anybody ever made a Finger-to-WordPress gateway before? No? Can you imagine why that might be?

    Read more - about 4 minutes (741 words)

    • Article
    • 28 comments
    • posted 17 November, 2022
  • A deep red sky over the silhouette of a treeline, with stars beginning to appear. Six crisscrossing straight lines each connect three to five stars in a row, giving the illusion that their location is not random.

    Counselling and Constellations

    What do counselling and constellations have in common? They can both be about picking points and drawing lines between them.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (507 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 16 November, 2022
  • Screenshot showing @dan@danq.me's Mastodon account as the verified owner of website DanQ.me.

    Reply to Decentralization and verification

    Dan replies to Derek Kedziora's blog post, arguing that identity verification on Mastodon is, for the most part, a problem already solved.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (481 words)

    • Reply
    • 6 comments
    • posted 15 November, 2022
  • 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. Repaired and replaced. Happy hunting!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (5 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GKJA
    • posted 14 November, 2022
  • Posted a note 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. Tried to replace/repair but muggles were hanging around too close to stealth the cache into position. Going to go find myself some lunch then come back and try again.

    Read more (30 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GKJA
    • posted 14 November, 2022

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