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Month: June 2024

  • Dog aboard a train at the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

    llswater Steamers and the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway have introduced a season ticket for dogs. And it's called the "Rover" ticket. ๐Ÿ˜˜๐ŸคŒ

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 28 June, 2024
  • Dan with a stuffed toy (African) elephant.

    A Stupid Joke About Elephants

    It was too hot to sleep, so I learned about how to differentiate species' of elephant from one another instead. And then I thought of a really, really stupid joke, which you now get to experience too...

    Read more (304 words)

    • Article
    • with an accompanying podcast
    • posted 28 June, 2024
  • Google Street View photo from the A1 East of Edinburgh, showing a blue "No motor cycles under 50cc, moped,s invalid carriages and animals" sign alongside a 70mph sign.

    Special Roads

    Today I learned why some British roads have seemingly-unnecessary speed limit signs, e.g. "70" signs on something that appears to be a motorway.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1046 words)

    • Article
    • with an accompanying podcast
    • 1 comment
    • posted 20 June, 2024
  • ARCC terminal in which an email is being written to DAN50.

    ARCC

    I've finally reached a point at which I've seen almost everything in ARCC, so it's time for me to shout a glowing review about why you should give it a go , too.

    Read more (354 words)

    • Article
    • posted 16 June, 2024
  • Power's out yet again at my house (though not for the last reason nor because of our weird wiring: this time it's for tree trimming), so here I am in my favourite coworking-friendly local cafe with The Signal And The Noise (which I've talked about before) in my ears and a whole lot of sprint planning at my fingertips.

    Full image of Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; his phone is playing music to his earbuds.
    Alt

    Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; his phone is playing music to his earbuds.

    • Note
    • posted 6 June, 2024
  • The Automattic logo, but adapted to Welsh "automatig" and with the extra T re-added. The head of the "I" is a dragon.

    Awtomattig

    If Automattic had been founded in Wales instead of the USA, it'd probably be called Awtomattig.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (11 words)

    • Note
    • posted 5 June, 2024
  • A colander containing three envelopes.

    Somewhat-Effective Spam Filters

    I've tried a variety of unusual anti-spam solutions. Here's how they worked out for me.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1217 words)

    • Article
    • posted 4 June, 2024
  • A tweeny girl and a 40-something man with rainbows painted on their faces wave flags in a Pride parade. The child has coloured-in a poster saying "be kind".

    Woke Kids

    The other weekend I took our 10-year-old to her first Pride parade, and she blew my mind with the level of allyship she's already achieved.

    Read more (285 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 2 June, 2024
  • Dan stands alongside a door, his hand on top of a plane, itself on top of the door.

    Framing Device

    This weekend I repaired an ill-fitting door, which I learned to do by watching my grandfather, over thirty years ago.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (925 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 1 June, 2024

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