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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Xday Dinner on a Yday???
Reminded of his sister's Family Vlog, Dan throws together a compilation reel of a particular running gag.
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Today is "superhero day" for nursery/reception, so I continued my effort to straddle the line between being a fun #parent and an embarassing parent line by dropping the kids off like this...
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Dan overengineers a geocache... so it looks like a sign!
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Performed maintenance for GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham
This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I like to check in on my new caches after about a week in the field to ensure there are no teething troubles with their hiding place/weatherproofing etc. All looks good here!
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Making an RSS feed of YOURLS shortlinks
After switching his personal shortlinks from S.2 to YOURLS, Dan dusts off his XSLT experience to make himself an RSS feed of his shortlinks!
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Performed maintenance for GC9EZ55 Beam Approach Training
This checkin to GC9EZ55 Beam Approach Training reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped in to check on this cache while out for a cycle nearby. Both the first stage puzzle object and the cache container are in place and healthy.
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GB number plate sticker no longer valid abroad
In light of legislative changes about 'GB' (now 'UK') stickers on cars, Dan adds a joke to his list of jokes that aged badly.
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My @FreshRSS installation is the first, last, and sometimes only place I go on the Internet. When a site doesn't have a feed but I wish it did, I add one using middleware (e.g. danq.me/far-side-rss).
Here's to the next 20 years of my #RSS addiction. -
Found GC944X7 Pop! Bang! Crack! Goes the Christmas Cracker
This checkin to GC944X7 Pop! Bang! Crack! Goes the Christmas Cracker reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The second of the caches in this series that I found in between errands, this afternoon, was probably the easiest, because the hiding place reminds me distinctly of one of my own hides! …
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Found GC93YF2 O Christmas Tree
This checkin to GC93YF2 O Christmas Tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I'd picked this one out as an essential for this afternoon's "between jobs" hunt, because it completes my Solar System Wonders set. How pleased I was to find that through this cache a tree is properly - …
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Found GC93W4C Twelve Days of Caching
This checkin to GC93W4C Twelve Days of Caching reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Having "solved" all the puzzles some time ago I'm picking away at finding the caches in this series a few at a time, starting the other week, every time I happen to be passing nearby. I …
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What's wrong with what3words?
Andrew's latest video criticises what3words. Dan piles on, too.
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Found GC6H7HD Zoology
This checkin to GC6H7HD Zoology reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Having succeeded at my primary goal for the evening of finding the challenging sibling of this cache, Herbology, I realised I probably had just enough time left before sunset to find this one, too, if I got a move …
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Found GC6H7JG Herbology
This checkin to GC6H7JG Herbology reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I get precious little time for geocaching lately: between work, childcare, household and volunteering commitments it's a challenge to squeeze in a quick expedition here and there. That's doubly-true as the days get shorter: after finishing work, feeding the …
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Chrome is the new Safari. And so are Edge and Firefox.
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I am not saying Apple’s approach is wrong. What Apple is doing is important too, and I applaud the work Apple has been doing in improving privacy on the web.
But it can’t be the only priority. Just imagine what the web would look like if every browser would have taken that approach …