Month: July 2023
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RSS Zero isn't the path to RSS Joy
There’s nothing special about reaching Inbox Zero in your feed reader.
It’s not noble nor enlightened to get to the bottom of your “unread” list.
Your 👏 feed 👏 reader 👏 is 👏 not 👏 an 👏 email 👏 client. 👏 -
Better WordPress RSS Feeds
I've been adding bonus features to my blog's RSS feeds for a while now. Wanna hear about them?
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Not the Isle of Man
Ruth and I celebrated our anniversary this week by going to the Isle of Man. Except we never got there and instead Ruth lost her job and I got sick.
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Geohashing expedition 2023-07-27 51 -1
Ruth dropped the dog and I off for a walk to a hashpoint while she collected some shopping.
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Found GCXWEX Villa View
This checkin to GCXWEX Villa View reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with Ruth after coming out to explore the spectacular Roman villa. We'd supposed to have been out of the Isle of Man celebrating our anniversary, but our 'plane got cancelled, so we've opted for staying at home …
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Short-Term Blogging
Next time you've got something to share or a personal project, why not start a blog?
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Werewolves and Wanderer [Video]
Video version of my blog post about the video game that had the biggest impact on my life: Werewolves and Wanderer.
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Werewolves and Wanderer
A single text-based adventure game I found in a book in the 1980s taught me more about programming than anything else I experienced in that decade.
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Mastodon Re-Introduction
Finally got around to rewriting my Mastodon introduction, now that my selfhosted server's got enough interconnection that people might actually see it!
If you're on the Fediverse and you're not already doing so, you can follow me at @dan@danq.me. Or follow my blog at @blog@danq.me. -
Solitary Nouns
Collective nouns are great and all, but what if we had solitary nouns?
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Morning walk with Demmy, first of her name, Queen of Stealing Your Spot On The Sofa, Empress of the Farts Of Doom, rightful keeper of That Gross Chew Toy, bringer of snuggles, destroyer of rosebeds, scourge of the mailman.
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Threads
Meta are launching Threads tomorrow. If you're wondering how this will impact the world and society's social connections, I direct you to the predictive powers of 1984 British cinema.
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The Miracle Sudoku
Three years after first enjoying it, I re-watched this spectacular video of... a man playing sudoku. It's way better than it sounds, I promise!
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Found GC3742 SP9
This checkin to GC3742 SP9 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well this was a challenge! The woods threw off my GPS, but I'd brought a backup device so I averaged between them and found a likely GZ. The dog and I did an increasingly large spiral, checking all the …
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Local Expert
This week, I spoke to a school group about the history of The Devil's Quoits. Perhaps I should be more-willing to share what I've learned in-general, even in areas where I'm still learning?