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Year: 2023

  • A party of unlikely characters stands around and points accusingly at the "murderer" among them: it's Kirsty.

    Murder in the Library

    Our first in-person murder mystery party in a long time was a success, and a great time was had by all.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (783 words)

    • Article
    • posted 22 January, 2023
  • A French Bulldog in a blue jacket stands on a newly-constructed wooden footbridge. The footbridge is sandwiched into a hedge and spans a ditch separating two fields. The dog is sniffing at the bridge, as if she's hunting for something.

    Archived GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge

    For the second time, the council removed a footbridge in which I'd hidden a geocache... but this time they didn't warn me first!

    Read more (154 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC8W7QW
    • posted 16 January, 2023
  • A white man wearing simple round spectacles with a silver wire rim, his finger to the corner of his mouth, looks into the camera.



    Beginning to prepare/test my costume for an upcoming murder mystery party, I glanced into the mirror and briefly didn't recognise myself. Glasses can do so much to change your face shape!

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    • 5 comments
    • posted 14 January, 2023
  • Alignment chart "for Hasbro's newest character", with 9 cells. Lawful Good reads "The OGL will be strengthened to protect third-party creators and clarify our IP's boundaries." Neutral Good reads: "Let's get the community together to collaborate on future licensing." Chaotic Good reads: "Fuck it, we're going to Creative Commons the whole thing." Lawful Neutral reads: "The OGL will remain the same for OneD&D as it was for 5e." True Neutral reads: "Following community feedback, we're not going to change the OGL at this point." Chaotic Neutral reads: "We're going to leak version after version until you have absolutey no idea what's coming." Lawful Evil reads: "The OGL 1.1 will be implemented with the same text as seen in the leak." Neutral Evil reads: "The awful things in the leaked version aren't representative of the awful things that will be in the final version." Chaotic Evil reads: "The new OGL will only apply to SDL words with more than two vowels in, regardless of translation language."

    Hasbro Alignment Chart

    Hasbro seem to be rolling up a new character. Maybe this'll help them.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (13 words)

    • Note
    • 15 comments
    • posted 13 January, 2023
  • Screenshot showing my webpage, "The Page With No Code". Using white text (and some emojis) on a blue gradient background, it describes the same thought process as I describe in this blog post, and invites the reader to "View Source" and see that the page genuinely does appear to have no code.

    The Page With No Code

    View Source shows nothing, but the page has content. The Page With No Code is the kind of puzzle that makes web developers unhappy.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (654 words)

    • Article
    • 11 comments
    • posted 11 January, 2023
  • Ideal #2 (SMBC)




    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
    The SMBC comic that came out this weekend was perhaps the best birthday present the Internet could provide.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 9 January, 2023
  • Dan stands on a pier leading out to the HMS Belfast, beneath a series of signs indicating where it served in particular years. In the distance, Ruth and the kids approach.

    Found GC4ZAJ2 HMS Belfast

    This checkin to GC4ZAJ2 HMS Belfast reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find by the eldest child on our way to visit the HMS Belfast. TFTC!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (16 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC4ZAJ2
    • posted 8 January, 2023
  • Dan stands with two children - a boy and a girl - near a high wall-mounted geocache; the girl is stretching to reach the cache container.

    Found GC4ZMV4 Tower Bridge TB HOTEL

    This checkin to GC4ZMV4 Tower Bridge TB HOTEL reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick morning expedition with the kids on the way to visit HMS Belfast. Took the ghost TB (didn't see any others); we'll find it somewhere to live in Oxfordshire next week! TFTC.

    Read more (40 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC4ZMV4
    • posted 8 January, 2023
  • In an enclosed garden atop a skyscraper, Dan and two children smile for the camera.

    Found GC88YXD Sky Garden

    This checkin to GC88YXD Sky Garden reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My 6-year-old is obsessed with skyscrapers right now, so we added to the itinerary of our visit to London a trip up to the Sky Garden. The weather wasn't good enough to get out onto the open-air terrace, โ€ฆ

    Read more (66 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC88YXD
    • posted 7 January, 2023
  • Image representing post: I'd Like to Change my Mother's Maiden Name

    I'd Like to Change my Mother's Maiden Name

    LastPass users are having to cycle their passwords in the light of a recent security incident. That might well include their "security question" answers, which necessarily leads to some amusing conversations.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (581 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 5 January, 2023
  • Dan - a man with a beard, wearing a grey fleece with a white poppy attached - crouches alongside his French Bulldog in a green field under a blue sky with a few wispy clouds.

    Geohashing expedition 2023-01-02 51 -1

    Taking a dog for a walk up a hill: couldn't be simpler, right? What if there were a flood in the way?

    Read more (233 words)

    • Checkin
    • to 2023-01-02 51 -1
    • 4 comments
    • posted 2 January, 2023

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