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Year: 2023

  • Performed maintenance 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. Maintenance check while walking the dog. Cleared some overgrown plants, but watch out because the nearby nettles ate still a little fierce (cache can be retrieved without a sting though!). Cache itself intact and healthy.

    Read more (35 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GTV3
    • posted 18 June, 2023
  • The word "SILO" in a stab-serif font, black on a yellow background.

    How cool are Silo's credits?

    New TV series Silo's pretty good, but its credits sequence is just... excellent. Let me take it apart bit-by-bit for you.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2106 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 14 June, 2023
  • Image representing post: Note #21487

    I have minus 26 new articles in my RSS reader! Either I'm a time traveller, or there's a wraparound bug when you neglect your unreads for long enough.
    Both seem equally likely, if I'm honest.

    Read more (34 words)

    • Note
    • 3 comments
    • posted 14 June, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a purple shirt with a WordPress logo and a pride rainbow, waves to the camera in front of a hotel with pride rainbow banners hanging from its pillars.

    WCEU23 - Day 2

    Today was the first second full day of WordPress Europe 2023 in Athens. It was... busy. And intense.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2042 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 10 June, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a purple shirt with a WordPress logo and a pride rainbow, waves to the camera in front of a hotel with pride rainbow banners hanging from its pillars.

    Found GC5KBK3 ISAP: Omonia

    This checkin to GC5KBK3 ISAP: Omonia reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found! Took a bit of a search, because I had looked at the hint image which shows several trees at the GZ that are no longer there, so I was left thinking I must be in the wrong โ€ฆ

    Read more (48 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC5KBK3
    • posted 9 June, 2023
  • Dan, smiling, wearing a purple t-shirt with a WordPress logo and a Pride flag, hugs a cut-out of a Wappu (itself hugging a "WP 20" balloon and wearing a party hat).

    WCEU23 - Day 1

    My first "full" day at WordCamp Europe 2023 was busy and intense, but I loved networking and learning about WordPress history and security and what's worth knowing about design and typography.

    Read more - about 13 minutes (2959 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 9 June, 2023
  • Dan takes a selfie from a round table covered in laptops, with people hacking at them.

    WCEU23 - Contributor Day

    Today was Contributor Day at my very first WordCamp. I hacked code for WP-CLI and met some awesome people.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (503 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Dan, in a green park with water fountains, waves at the camera.

    Found GC1B0P5 The Runner

    This checkin to GC1B0P5 The Runner reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. What a great statue! Cache was very easy to find; despite its camo it was very visible as I walked along the adjacent path. Thanks for bringing me out of my way on my walk from my hotel โ€ฆ

    Read more (49 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC1B0P5
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Found GC2K167 Petraki Monastery - NIMTS

    This checkin to GC2K167 Petraki Monastery - NIMTS reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF once I found the right hiding place! TFTC, and for the excuse to divert my morning walk this way. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

    Read more (24 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC2K167
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a black t-shirt and a backpack, holds a tiny plastic container with a red lid. Behind him is a rough rock wall.

    Found GC97N64 Under the Bridge

    This checkin to GC97N64 Under the Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Walking from my hotel to the site of a conference I'm attending, this morning, I stopped to find this cache. It took an embarrassingly long time for me to spot this sneaky little container! Greetings from Oxford, โ€ฆ

    Read more (40 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC97N64
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a cycle helmet, stands in front of a church steeple under a bright blue sky, waving.

    Found GC9WD6N Peter's

    This checkin to GC9WD6N Peter's reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw the notification when this cache appeared near my house, which would normally be the point at which a race was kicked off between me and Go Catch for the FTF, before he inevitably got there first!

    But this time โ€ฆ

    Read more (96 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9WD6N
    • posted 2 June, 2023
  • In front of the Colosseum in Rome, Dan - wearing a rainbow-striped bandana atop which his sunglasses are perched - takes a selfie. Behind him stand a man with dark hair and a closely-trimmed beard wearing a purple "woo" t-shirt, a woman with long brown hair wearing beads and a multicoloured dress, a man wearing spectacles and a dark t-shirt on which the number "23" can be made out, and a man in sunglasses with a ginger beard, wearing an open blue shirt.

    Have Fun with Missions, Visions, and Values

    My team and I recently used a deck of Dixit cards to playfully work on refining our collective idea of our identity and our values. It turns out we're a D&D-like party of heroic adventurers!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (495 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 30 May, 2023
  • Dan holding an orange mint tin in a city centre.

    Found GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache

    This checkin to GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well that was quite the adventure!

    The first wayoint is right across the road from where some work colleagues and I are staying for an "away week". I decided to dash out during a break in โ€ฆ

    Read more (205 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC7FB9H
    • posted 23 May, 2023
  • Alongside the River Tiber, with a wide-arched stone bridge in the background, Dan sits on a wall and waves to the camera.

    Found GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05)

    This checkin to GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Took until the fourth hiding place before I found the cache. Out for a walk with work colleagues on the way to dinner. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

    Read more (27 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9QCKH
    • posted 22 May, 2023
  • A modest-sized backpack in blue and yellow, with a WordPress logo stiched on, sits on an airport departure lounge bench. Alongside it is a burgundy-coloured British passport.

    Travelling light

    Lately, I've taken to "travelling light", and it feels carefree and liberating.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (582 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 21 May, 2023

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