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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The Ballad of John Crawford
Dan and his friends play a second game of Dialect, this time as a criminal gang on Portsmouth docks.
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Polyam Lingo
Dr. Doe vlogged about polyamorous terminology and Dan learned a thing or two.
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I Will Never Stop Learning
Dan mashes-up one of his favourite part of the Automattic Creed with his Howdymattic "origin story" in a fresh video for his course.
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The Devil's Quoits
Dan talks about a nearby sort-of-megalithic landmark as part of his video presentation skills course.
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Hey ONS: This Is Not A Mistake
Last census, Dan and his family had to fill the paper version to work-around monogamy-centric validations on the digital versions. The Office of National Statistics have had 10 years to fix the bug... do you reckon they've managed?
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The Bobstacle Course
For 'School at Home' this lockdown, this 7 y/o's PE teacher challenged her to "build an obstacle course".
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Jack and the Beanstalk
With help from Robin, the kids produce a puppet show of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Tribute to Peter Huntley
One of Dan's dad's former colleagues puts a video on YouTube about him on the ninth anniversary of his death, for some reason.
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The Varieties of Intimate Relationship
The Information Is Beautiful folks have made an infographic showing how different kinds of relationships relate to one another. It's a relationship-relationship diagram!
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Retrohashing expedition 2012 02 19 51 -1
On the ninth anniversary of his dad's death, Dan continues a tradition of going for a cycle and getting lost.
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Basilisk collection
Blackle Mori's "Basilisk collection" is an amazing piece of alternate history science fiction, presented in the style of a Wikipedia article. Dan explains why it's so good and encourages you to read it.
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Review for ProtonMail Encryption Status by Morgan Larosa
The first review for Dan's first Thunderbird plugin gives it... five stars! Hurrah!
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The Coolest Thing About GPS
I'm currently doing a course, through work, delivered by BetterOn Video. The aim of the course is to improve my video presentation skills, in particular my engagement with the camera and the audience.
I made this video based on the week 2 prompt "make a video 60-90 seconds long about something you're an expert on". The idea came from a talk I used to give at the University of Oxford. -
The Secret of Magic
I'm currently doing a course, through work, delivered by BetterOn Video. The aim of the course is to improve my video presentation skills, in particular my engagement with the camera and the audience.
I made this video based on the week 2 prompt "make a video 60-90 seconds long about something you're passionate about". The idea came from a blog post I wrote back in 2014. -
Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle
Coca-Cola want a highly-recyclable new bottle, so they're experimenting with complex paper bottles. Rather than just using glass, which worked great for them for most of a century. Sigh.