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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Geohashing expedition 2021-06-26 51 -1
Dan cycles out towards the 2021-06-26 51 -1 geohashpoint but fails when he discovers he forgot to bring a bike lock and can't go the final kilometre with his bike.
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Couldn't find GC7PEG1 The Cachington Tour
While out geohashing, Dan tries to find a multicache in Cassington but fails because an essential clue is inaccessible.
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Creed Cult-ure
Automatticians seem to really believe in their creed. Is Dan's employer a cult? Let's try to work it out...
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Posted a note for GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge
This checkin to GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped by while out for a walk and discovered that "Gina + Kylie", a pair of presumably non-geocachers, found the cache on Tue 8 June and left a note in the logbook! This is cool, not just because …
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Ahead of schedule on work project. Invited to 2nd COVID jab next week. Spent half of day working on laptop in sunny garden. Parcel arrived from @LEGO_group with Everyone Is Awesome model (pictured).
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Just learned Tuca & Bertie is getting a 2nd season (thanks Adult Swim, no thanks Netflix). Super excited. In anticipation I'm rewatching season 1 of this sort-of "upbeat feminist Bojack Horseman" and (re)loving it.
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Getting Twitter Avatars (without the Twitter API)
Twitter's API sucks so hard that Dan resorts to screen-scraping for avatar images rather than bothering to use it "properly".
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Mow-Rio Kart
Dan's ride-on lawnmower is less cool the one in this video, which plays Mario Kart.
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Hey @LloydsBank! 2009 called and asked if you're done sending your customers links to unencrypted HTTP endpoints yet. How do you feel about switching this to a HTTPS link rather than relying on an interceptable/injectable HTTP request?
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Ireland and the UK Aren't In The Same Timezone!
Dan is surprised to find that Ireland isn't actually in the same timezone as the UK, and looks into how any why this is.
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Performed maintenance for GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge
This checkin to GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The rain finally stopped this afternoon so I figured I'd take my next Zoom meeting outdoors with me and stretch my legs while I talked to work colleagues. And so I went, selfie-stick ahead of me and chatting …
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Couldn't find GC1VQ7G Pooh Sticks Bridge
This checkin to GC1VQ7G Pooh Sticks Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Coordinates brought me exactly to a tree that would match the hint... except for the fact that it's been recently felled! (Picture attached.) No sign of cache, and anything else nearby that would fit the hint is …
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Found GC5J6JR Would you believe another Almost Motorway Mayhem?
This checkin to GC5J6JR Would you believe another Almost Motorway Mayhem? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Stopped at the nearby services on a long journey from dropping my partner's brother and his boat off Lands End (I can just about see my car from near the GZ: photo attached) …
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Found GC4NTRC Motorway Mayhem M5 Michaelwood Northbound
This checkin to GC4NTRC Motorway Mayhem M5 Michaelwood Northbound reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Stopped at the services on my way back to Oxford from Lands End, where I was dropping my partner's brother and his skiff into the sea to begin his attempt to row the length of …
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Found GCYK2M Got A Light Boy ? Longships Lighthouse
This checkin to GCYK2M Got A Light Boy ? Longships Lighthouse reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I just launched my partner's brother - shown in free attached picture - out in his rowboat to begin his attempt to row from Land's End to John O' Groats. Naturally this first …