Year: 2022
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Debugging Mysteries
Just wanted to share with you something I found ages ago but only just got around to mentioning - Julia Evans' (of Wizard Zines fame) Debugging Mysteries:
There are five mysteries here right now:
The Case of the Slow Websites
The Case of the Connection Timeout
The Case of the DNS Update that Didn't Work
The Case … -
Unable to sleep, I found myself wondering whether anybody with a retro-hipster vibe had built a smart pocketwatch. All your smartwatch features, but in pocketwatch format.
Then I realised I was describing a mobile phone on a keychain. -
How to date a recording using background electrical noise
Robert Heaton shares some specifics of EMF forensics, and Dan reconsiders an idea he had years ago for a hardware spoofer.
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Just when I thought I'd seen every conceivable XML data format with an approved MIME type (!) I discover @mamund's Maze+XML, a format for describing orthoganally-connected squares of a maze.
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Reply to OpenID for WP
Dan replies to Matt's ancient repost of his original OpenID for WordPress implementation.
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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!
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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!
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Geohashing expedition 2022-10-24 51 -1
In search of a geohashpoint, Dan explores the Wharf Stream Way Meadow near Eynsham.
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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!
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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The output of this data anonymisation/scrambling script makes me feel seen. 🏳️🌈
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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 …
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Kids: We want porridge for breakfast.
Me: How do you want it?
Kids: Surprise us.
Presenting... oatmeal, honey and sultanas with a toasted marshmallow.