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Day: 13 January 2025

  • The Nylon Pool is a sandbar in the Buccoo Reef, off the coast of Tobago. Despite the distance from the shore, it's only about waist-deep. Truly mind-boggling.

    Full image of Dan stands waist-deep in seawater; land is visible in the far distance.
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    Dan stands waist-deep in seawater; land is visible in the far distance.

    • Note
    • posted 13 January, 2025
  • Came half way around the world to find a surprising boat with a non-English name I understand.

    Full image of Small six-seater day boat named 'Cariad', afloat. The letter I is dotted with a heart symbol.
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    Small six-seater day boat named 'Cariad', afloat. The letter I is dotted with a heart symbol.

    ("Cariad" is Welsh for "love")

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    • posted 13 January, 2025
  • Screenshot showing a basket containing a 'premium package' including several optional add-ons, with no obvious way to remove those add-ons.

    Dark Patterns Detective

    A fun website that aims to educate the visitor on the dangers of dark patterns is let down only slightly, in an ironic fashion, when it links to its author on LinkedIn, a website plagued with dark patterns.

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    • posted 13 January, 2025
  • Dan, wearing his sunglasses on top of his bandana, looking hot and grumpy, crouches by a tree stump with coconut husks atop it.

    Did not find GC3PJYY Paradise

    This checkin to GC3PJYY Paradise reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found the location and the hint object, but a thorough search did not reveal the cache. I think it might be missing, and the previous log (erroneously tagged as if it were found but clearly indicating in the text โ€ฆ

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