Year: 2024
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Hero of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria is my hero. And it's not for the steam engine he didn't invent (that was Vetruvius), nor for his formula for the area of a triangle, nor even for his programmable robot (yes, really). It's for his square root algorithm.
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Made it through a day and a half of theme park fun with the kids. Time for a much-needed beer, then as long a sleep as circumstance will allow.
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Three glasses of beer held by adult hands clink together against a glass of water and a bottle of Fanta held 6 by cold hands.
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Sex With Monsters
Just in time for Halloween, this comic (published via the ever-excellent Oh Joy Sex Toy) is fundamentally pretty silly... and yet still manages to touch upon important concepts of safer sex, consent, aftercare etc.
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Did not find GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON
This checkin to GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The geokids and I had to give up after an extended search. We solved the riddle (we think) and counted steps, but, being unsure, hunted for a nearby map and attempted to un-do he …
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For some reason, the breakfast chef assumed that when I asked for two eggs benedict that I might want them on two separate plates. As if I WEREN'T totally planning to scoff them both myself! 😂
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Two portions of eggs benedict, in front of a window showing a 25th-storey view of Barcelona.
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Found GCA8R9X Xemeneies a Barcelona #2 Foneria Giralt
This checkin to GCA8R9X Xemeneies a Barcelona #2 Foneria Giralt reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An early morning walk from my hotel while I waited for the rest of my family to wake up brought me to this, another old chimney. I've really been enjoying discovering these relics of the industrial …
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Found GC1788D Torre Agbar
This checkin to GC1788D Torre Agbar reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My 7-year-old, who's really interested in skyscrapers, was excited to point this one out to me upon our arrival in Barcelona on Saturday, observing that it looks very similar to "The Gherkin"/30 St Mary Axe, a highly-recognisable London …
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Found GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes
This checkin to GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After failing to find this yesterday, I came back earlier this morning for another go. Thanks to the hint, I was pretty confident I'd been looking in the right place, and a message …
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Found GC1BA7C Parc central del Poblenou
This checkin to GC1BA7C Parc central del Poblenou reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF while on my way back to my hotel after a morning of exploring the area. GPC.
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Did not find GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes
This checkin to GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An extended search bore no fruit this morning. Worth help of the hint and an initial survey I was pretty confident in what kind of thing I was looking for, but though i …
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Found GCARWF7 Antigua Fábrica de Tallada i Lora
This checkin to GCARWF7 Antigua Fábrica de Tallada i Lora reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Visiting from Oxford, UK, I woke up early this morning and decided to come out for an explore before my partner and the children got up. A walk through the park brought me to …
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Parenting is about sacrifices.
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Dan drinks a beer, a children's football match is being played in the background.
Here, I'm making the noble sacrifice of forcing myself to drink a delicious beer so my 10-year-old can use the customer-only bathroom at a beachside amateur football club. Such a sacrifice.
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Me, hacking challenging Javascript at work: "Damn, I need a holiday."
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Dan sits at a laptop in a hotel bar, a view of Barcelona out of the window behind him, a beer bottle alongside him.
Me, hacking challenging Javascript on sabbatical: "Ah, so relaxing."
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Found GCAG598 Mimetic - Passeig de Gràcia
This checkin to GCAG598 Mimetic - Passeig de Gràcia reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF for the geokid and I while exploring beautiful Barcelona this wet weekend. Greetings from Oxford, UK. TFTC!
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Hour of Ambiguity
Waking during the "hour of uncertainty" at the end of European Summer Time, I find myself wondering why we no longer expect computers to tell us what they're doing about daylight savings, and when.