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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Entles (Gender-Neutral Aunts, Uncles, etc.)
With thanks to Enfys' latest blog post, Dan learns a new word and he loves it.
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Axe Feather 2021
Dan recreates a 16-year old Flash-based interactive ad using modern web technologies.
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I'm On Fire
In 2020 at @automattic my team, Alpha, forked into teams Fuel and Fire. But it took 'til now for me to notice that our internal systems use something like the string "${jobTitle} on ${teamName}". Which leads to THIS excellent title.
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Octave Compass
Dan shares the "Octave Compass": an interactive visualisation of music keys.
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Further Lessons in Wood-Fired Pizza
Dan makes another attempt at cooking pizza in his wood-fired oven. It turns out better than last time, and he learns a lot.
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Reply to "I was permanently banned by Facebook"
Dan replies to fellow Automattician Donncha's post about getting banned from Facebook to share his own experience, which lead to a similar conclusion.
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Loremen Podcast Simulator
Michael's latest experiment produces random believable folklore.
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Stumbling
Sharing a post by Lucy Belwood, Dan wishes more people used the open web more, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram etc. less.
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We Are The Martians
Alec, Matt R, Penny, and Dan play The Outpost scenario in Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies.
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Confused.com Confuses Me
Confused.com's user interface makes Dan cry when he tries to comparison-shop car insurance. Here's why.
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The Diamonds, The Dagger and One Classy Dame
The celebration of Dan's fortieth birthday continues with a surprise (remote) murder mystery party!
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How Not to use A Pizza Oven
Dan gets a wood-fired oven for his birthday and immediately uses it to destroy several pieces of cookware. Made tasty pizza, though!
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Can you tell me how to get in touch with your technical/security team @firstdirecthelp? Apparently my report about a vulnerability in your website contains characters that aren't "valid" for your sucky feedback form... but it doesn't say which ones.
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Best Before
On his 40th birthday, Dan gets trolled by his breakfast.
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Look at Banner, Dan!
Dan's greeted by a happy birthday banner that MIGHT have been repurposed...