Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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Found GC5KBK3 ISAP: Omonia
This checkin to GC5KBK3 ISAP: Omonia reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found! Took a bit of a search, because I had looked at the hint image which shows several trees at the GZ that are no longer there, so I was left thinking I must be in the wrong …
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WCEU23 - Day 1
My first "full" day at WordCamp Europe 2023 was busy and intense, but I loved networking and learning about WordPress history and security and what's worth knowing about design and typography.
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WCEU23 - Contributor Day
Today was Contributor Day at my very first WordCamp. I hacked code for WP-CLI and met some awesome people.
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Found GC1B0P5 The Runner
This checkin to GC1B0P5 The Runner reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. What a great statue! Cache was very easy to find; despite its camo it was very visible as I walked along the adjacent path. Thanks for bringing me out of my way on my walk from my hotel …
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Found GC2K167 Petraki Monastery - NIMTS
This checkin to GC2K167 Petraki Monastery - NIMTS reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF once I found the right hiding place! TFTC, and for the excuse to divert my morning walk this way. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!
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Found GC97N64 Under the Bridge
This checkin to GC97N64 Under the Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Walking from my hotel to the site of a conference I'm attending, this morning, I stopped to find this cache. It took an embarrassingly long time for me to spot this sneaky little container! Greetings from Oxford, …
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Found GC9WD6N Peter's
This checkin to GC9WD6N Peter's reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw the notification when this cache appeared near my house, which would normally be the point at which a race was kicked off between me and Go Catch for the FTF, before he inevitably got there first!
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Have Fun with Missions, Visions, and Values
My team and I recently used a deck of Dixit cards to playfully work on refining our collective idea of our identity and our values. It turns out we're a D&D-like party of heroic adventurers!
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Found GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache
This checkin to GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well that was quite the adventure!
The first wayoint is right across the road from where some work colleagues and I are staying for an "away week". I decided to dash out during a break in … -
Found GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05)
This checkin to GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Took until the fourth hiding place before I found the cache. Out for a walk with work colleagues on the way to dinner. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!
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Travelling light
Lately, I've taken to "travelling light", and it feels carefree and liberating.
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Normal for Children
The natural state of a child is to assume that their upbringing, their family, and thier community is representative and normal, so we all end up growing up with learned "quirks" that we don't discover until they're challenged. How many do you still harbour?
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Found GC8B4CH Is 14 Your Lucky Number Yet?
This checkin to GC8B4CH Is 14 Your Lucky Number Yet? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Easy find while out for a ride, breaking in my new bike. Great ride, aside from the mayflies, which I must've ingested about a million of! As others have observed, the logbook has soaked …
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![Screengrab from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Paladmin Xenk Yendar, played by Regé-Jean Page, rides his horse through a forest. It's subtitled with him saying "I'm sorry." and also "[horse nickers]".](https://bcdn.danq.me/_q26u/2023/05/d0a809c06b0d71981-978x480.png#21313)
Today I learned that the quiet, high-pitched neighing sound horses sometimes make is called "nickering".
I learned this from a subtitle which read "[horse nickers]". 🤣 -
Nightmares & Noggins
I had a nightmare last night in which I was underprepared for an upcoming D&D session. Because I am underprepared, I guess, but mostly because I was ill and sleeping badly anyway!