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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Nginx Caching for Passenger Applications
Adding Nginx microcaching to a Passenger application requires a little thought. Let's save you from thinking about it.
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Couldn't find GC6FD5Y Cumnor Minions - Bob
This checkin to GC6FD5Y Cumnor Minions - Bob reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. 0/2 for the geokids and I this morning. Hunted a long while on and around the obvious place, later reassured by the hint, but eventually expanded our search based on recent logs (which suggest the hint …
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Couldn't find GC8336W Cumnor Minions - Gru
This checkin to GC8336W Cumnor Minions - Gru reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An extended hunt here with the geokids found nothing, sadly.
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Found GC8ZNAC puffulled-platypus laughing-Laura
This checkin to GC8ZNAC puffulled-platypus laughing-Laura reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The 5-year old and I found this pretty quickly. TFTC!
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Found GC9258Q The Cotswold Cache
This checkin to GC9258Q The Cotswold Cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Quick find with the 5 year old while in Chipping Norton for a choir concert.
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Printing Maps from Dungeondraft
Tips on using Dungeondraft to make RPG maps you can print for tabletop use.
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The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle
Hot water bottles are great, but did you know that they're almost unheard-of outside of a handful of island nations?
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Found GC23GD0 Latimer Park
This checkin to GC23GD0 Latimer Park reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with fleeblewidget and the kids after spending a day at the hotel right next door. Got a bit pickled but got there in the end. TFTC!
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Geohashing expedition 2022-02-20 52 -1
Dan makes a geohashing expedition to an aluminium-shaping plant in Birmingham.
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Found GC8V990 NANOBLITZ You've got some Rattle
This checkin to GC8V990 NANOBLITZ You've got some Rattle reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A hard walk to an easy find, but this cache has definitely caught the worst of the stormy conditions. Its hiding place has flooded and the container is drenched. Dried as best I could, but …
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Found GC8V997 NANOBLITZ Ground
This checkin to GC8V997 NANOBLITZ Ground reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Getting down the muddy bank (picture attached) to this one was a bit spicy! Like those before me, I found the cache wedged tight into its hiding space. But unlike them, I was able to construct a crude …
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Found GC8V98M NANOBLITZ Roses
This checkin to GC8V98M NANOBLITZ Roses reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. What a strange place for the hint object. What purpose could it serve? Enquiring minds want to know!
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Couldn't find GC8RN8D NANOBLITZ Vanilla Coke
This checkin to GC8RN8D NANOBLITZ Vanilla Coke reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Hard to believe any cache could survive the gale force winds ripping over those hilltop. Hunted for some time, including getting a view as per the hint, without luck.
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Found GC8RWDN NANOBLITZ C Log
This checkin to GC8RWDN NANOBLITZ C Log reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found after an extended hunt, not where the hint would suggest. Looks like it blew quite a way away! Returned to pave specified by coordinates and hint. Log extremely wet, hard to sign.
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Found GC8V98F NANOBLITZ Under a Tenor
This checkin to GC8V98F NANOBLITZ Under a Tenor reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Don't want to be a grass, but I don't think that's legal tinder. End of this road for me, need to loop a different direction now to stay on schedule for my planned arrival at the …