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Day: 3 October 2026

  • A Three Rings development sub-team seems to have developed a habit of making production server changes at in-person events, right before meals are served. On at least one previous occasion this has led to them missing out on dinner as they monitored and maintained at-risk servers when they ought to be eating.

    Until the servers are stable, they don't get their food.

    They call it the "crash diet".

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    • posted 3 October, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a goatee beard and a blue ponytail, walks away from a crowd gathered on the road outside a hotel building.

    Found GC85TVQ Out Of Office

    This checkin to GC85TVQ Out Of Office reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I expected not to have opportunity for a second attempt at this today, but my schedule opened up somewhat when the fire alarm went off at the hotel and we had to evacuate! As hotel guests and โ€ฆ

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    • posted 3 October, 2026
  • Did not find GC85TVQ Out Of Office

    This checkin to GC85TVQ Out Of Office reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I'm spending the weekend in the hotel nearby, for the AGM of a nonprofit I'm involved with. This morning I realised they I had a spare quarter of an hour before a meeting and wondered if I โ€ฆ

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