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 GC6FD6N Cumnor Minions - Norbert
This checkin to GC6FD6N Cumnor Minions - Norbert reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick almost-CnD on the school run. I'd love to come back and do the series someday! Found easily (although the hint object is nowhere in sight!), but container was challenging to open! Luckily the edge …
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Found GC93T66 Mistletoe and Wine
This checkin to GC93T66 Mistletoe and Wine reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. "Solved" all the puzzles some time ago, then came out to find this cache as a drive-by (on the minor, not the major, nearby road, of course!) while in-between other errands nearby. Was looking for something smaller …
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When do I #blog? A breakdown of my top four #indieweb content types - articles, reposts, checkins and notes - by month.
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Can I use HTTP Basic Auth in URLs?
Dan dives into HTTP Basic Authentication, its history, and how modern browsers support it, with a focus on URL-based credential passing.
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Get Lost on the Web
Dan looks at phallic buildings, researches baby monitors, and gets nostalgic for the diverse Web of yesteryear.
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Found GC6H7G2 Geology
This checkin to GC6H7G2 Geology reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find in spite of the growing dark, significantly helped by my having correctly interpreted the name of the cache and knew exactly at I was looking for TFTC.
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Found GC98N4G Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #9 Speed
This checkin to GC98N4G Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #9 Speed reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Third time was the charm for me with this elusive cache! On this and my last visit the coords kept pointing me to the centre of the road, giving me a pretty big search …
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Found GC2549F Motorway Mayhem M6 Junction 19
This checkin to GC2549F Motorway Mayhem M6 Junction 19 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I was heading South on the M6 when my phone beeped to warn me that the road was blocked, ahead. Turns out there had been some sort of crash, and traffic was being directed into …
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Found GC9FJ8P Nuts & Bolts
This checkin to GC9FJ8P Nuts & Bolts reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The M6 Southbound got blocked by a crash this afternoon so I diverted to Knutsford Services and took a walk out to the local caches while I waited for it to clear. I had a feeling what …
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Found GC6WAB0 Church Micro 10221...Winwick
This checkin to GC6WAB0 Church Micro 10221...Winwick reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I was in the vicinity of this cache while taking a rest break on a long journey South down the M6. Coordinates seemed off by about 8m but the hint quickly set me straight and after that …
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Found GC7ZN91 Signals Haunt
This checkin to GC7ZN91 Signals Haunt reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Came as a mini layover during a long drive South down the M6; specifically picked this cache because it fulfils a Wonder collection for me. ;-) A quick and easy find, once I got past the cache's spooky …
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Couldn't find GC2AJW0 WWWNLL - Church House
This checkin to GC2AJW0 WWWNLL - Church House reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After failing to find GC2AJVT Cow Hill earlier we were really hoping to find this, but alas no. The entire area seems to have been torn up for building works and the footpath moved, so we …
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Couldn't find GC2AJVT WWWNLL - Cow Hill
This checkin to GC2AJVT WWWNLL - Cow Hill reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Made an extended search amongst the nettles, including in the place where the hint suggested we look, without success.
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Found GC2Y9J9 Long John Silver
This checkin to GC2Y9J9 Long John Silver reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Good camo here! We honed in on the GZ quickly but it took us a few minutes of searching before the container was in hand. Greetings from Oxfordshire!
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Found GC7JRT4 Preston Docks - Oh Buoy!
This checkin to GC7JRT4 Preston Docks - Oh Buoy! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. What an excellent cache container! I immediately spotted it but then disregarded it when I couldn't see an obvious ingress. My sister Sarah, though, whom I'm visiting in Preston, tried touching it a different way …