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Month: August 2026

  • A bottle top style lid, with Dan's name written in it, sits alongside some plastic shards on top of a rock.

    Found GC6QTTM #5 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QTTM #5 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. It's increasingly looking like this series might be in need of some love and attention. With numbers 3 and 4 completely absent and a nearly two year gap since 5 was last โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6QTTM
    • 1 comment
    • posted 11 August, 2026
  • Did not find GC6QTRY #2 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QTRY #2 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A second disappointing search with nothing to show for it. Maybe I didn't finish waking up yet this morning?

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6QTRY
    • posted 11 August, 2026
  • Did not find GC6QQXW #1 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QQXW #1 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A disappointing start to this morning's walk. There's an obvious host that I spent some your poking under without success, after which I turned to the trees to see if they could โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6QQXW
    • posted 11 August, 2026
  • Found GC9D4V6 29# CAMINS DE MONTBRIร“ (PARC SAMA)

    This checkin to GC9D4V6 29# CAMINS DE MONTBRIร“ (PARC SAMA) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find after a visit to the gardens with my family. Sneaky container: I like it. We'd accidentally parked the car almost next to the cache! Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK, and TFTC/GLA!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9D4V6
    • posted 10 August, 2026
  • Found GC6QTWA #13 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QTWA #13 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Finding the cache was easy. Reaching around to pull it from its hiding place was harder! But soon I had it in hand. This has been a lovely morning walk.
    Now โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6QTWA
    • posted 10 August, 2026
  • Dan, sweating, on a forest trail.

    Found GC6QV11 #15 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QV11 #15 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I was glad if the shade provided by the trees along this delightful footpath. Working up a bit of a sweat out here! Had to break from the footpath and kick through โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6QV11
    • posted 10 August, 2026
  • Found GC6QTVF #9 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QTVF #9 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find once I spotted a likely hiding place. Starting to feel like I should have had breakfast before I set off! TFTC/GPA, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6QTVF
    • posted 10 August, 2026
  • Dan points towards some bushes.

    Found GC6QTVM #10 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QTVM #10 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My family and I are on holiday staying nearby. I came out this morning to explore and try to find a couple of local geocaches while the children were still asleep. This โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6QTVM
    • 1 comment
    • posted 10 August, 2026
  • They love RSS

    unstory claims that people who, like, me, announce their love of RSS in footers etc. don't actually love RSS, and couldn't handle operating the protocol 'by hand'. unstory is wrong, at least in my case.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • 1 comment
    • posted 8 August, 2026
  • Found GCB1918 Peggy Bedford's blocked gate

    This checkin to GCB1918 Peggy Bedford's blocked gate reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I'm staying in the Thistle Hotel around the corner before a flight in the morning, and stepped out to find this cache - and some supper - before bed. Sorry to hear about your muggle troubles, โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GCB1918
    • posted 7 August, 2026
  • Standing in a field, Dan raises his arms in victory.

    Geohashing expedition 2026-08-07 51 -1

    A successful expedition to a hashpoint in a field, while travelling to Heathrow Airport on a Friday evening!

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    • Checkin
    • to 2026-08-07 51 -1
    • 1 comment
    • posted 7 August, 2026
  • Normal F***ing Sunglasses

    DuckDuckGo have gotten into the smart glasses game, and they've come up with a pair that, dare I say it... I would actually buy!

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • 2 comments
    • posted 6 August, 2026
  • Dan holds a microphone alongside the word 'JPEG'.

    You're Pronouncing JPEG Wrong

    Fighting about the correct way to pronounce GIF is so last decade. Let's fight about how to pronounce JPEG.

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    • Video
    • with an accompanying podcast
    • 7 comments
    • posted 6 August, 2026
  • No green and only two black wine gums in this bag? Feeling robbed.

    Full image of On a desk, a packet of Maynards' Wine Gums has been emptied out and its contents sorted by colour: there are five orange, two black, and ten red sweets.
    Alt

    On a desk, a packet of Maynards' Wine Gums has been emptied out and its contents sorted by colour: there are five orange, two black, and ten red sweets.

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 5 August, 2026
  • Top surface of a TV soundbar showing plus, minus, and power buttons, and a red LED.

    BeepAlive - keeping my soundbar from going to sleep

    My dog ate the remote for the soundbar on my TV/media centre, and it keeps going into 'sleep mode'. So I wrote a software tool that periodically makes an inaudible noise to trick the soundbar into staying 'awake'. That's how a hacky engineer like me fixes a hardware problem with a software solution!

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    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 4 August, 2026

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