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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Automattic Privilege
Dan's thinks about the geographic/cultural privileges he enjoys within his international workplace.
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Every time I log in to HackerOne my brain pronounces it to rhyme with "pepperoni". That's normal, right?
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Gutenberg versus Elementor - the beginners challenge
Dan comments on "Gutenberg versus Elementor - the beginners challenge" and what WordPress developers might learn from it about UX.
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Geohashing expedition 2022-02-01 51 -1
Dan visits an under-construction solar power plant in an effort to reach a geohashpoint.
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@robertalanwatts thanks for your Gandi Catch-All Email Forwarding Workaround (https://robsblog.robertwatts.com/2020/02/25/gandi-catchall-email-address-work-around/); very helpful!
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The comprehensive @id3 v2 system for #MP3 metadata doesn't seem to have an "explicit content" flag. I'm using an experimental XRAT frame (with a '1' or '0') for now, but I wonder if anyone's already "solved" this in a better way?
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EGXchange - a digital EGX wallet
Dan launches a digital wallet service for users of the Emma Goldcoin (EGX) digital currency.
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Emma GoldCoin
Dan shares a new cryptocurrency offering that solves the environmental, security, and digital divide issues of all its predecessors.
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Found GC1WXE1 A Road Anarchy A417 - Stand & Deliver
This checkin to GC1WXE1 A Road Anarchy A417 - Stand & Deliver reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Not the first place I looked! Came out this way, this morning, to find the nearby 2021-12-22 51 -2 geohashpoint (it's about two kilometres West of this GZ) and, during my return …
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Geohashing expedition 2021-12-22 51 -2
Dan takes a diversion to visit the side of a field at Syde Farm, on the East side of Syde.
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Taking a Jackbox Zoom Party to the Next Level
Dan hosts a lot of Jackbox games over Zoom, and he's got some pro-level tips to share with you.
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Found GC5VKVN Walk by the Firehouse #4
This checkin to GC5VKVN Walk by the Firehouse #4 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I first tried to find this cache back in 2018, but the cache container had been destroyed leaving only a fragment of it left. Today, as I was out on a lunchtime cycle nearby anyway, …
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Couldn't find GC9K2D0 The Footpath Wonder
This checkin to GC9K2D0 The Footpath Wonder reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw the notification pop up and thought this was an obvious FTF opportunity, so me and a geokid zipped out and mounted a search. After about 20 minutes of hunting we double checked hint cache details - …
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Found GC1E9YX Uninhabited Island
This checkin to GC1E9YX Uninhabited Island reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Geosense sent me straight to this one during a short visit to Stratford. Some fellow volunteers and I stayed at the hotel last night for our AGM and Christmas party and I couldn't resist coming out to find …
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Tick Tock
Dan reviews Tick Tock, a cooperative puzzle game that he and Ruth played for their Date Night this week, and recommends you give it a go!