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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Apple just killed Offline Web Apps while purporting to protect your privacy
Safari's new privacy protections are for the most part great, but Dan joins Aral Balkan in criticising their effect on offline web apps.
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Death Leaping from Man to Man
Dan draws a topical comic.
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Gratitude
Dan is grateful for a great many things, despite the current crisis.
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Four of those people will die
Andrew shares an excellent ultra-short video that illustrates how you can kill four people in a month, and how you can avoid doing so.
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Pineapple
Channelate "gets" Dan and his love of pineapple on pizza.
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Homeschooling While Working From Home During a Global Pandemic Bingo
McSweeney's Internet Tendency provides a bingo card for those of us suddenly and unexpectedly homeschooling.
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Local
Jeremy shares some great tips on seeing the best in humanity and in the world as we work through the COVID-19 crisis.
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"Down A Bit From Tromsø"
The season's final episode of Two of These People are Lying ends with a brilliant and unintentional twist.
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Hashcard
Dan receives an unexpected mid-expedition postcard from a fellow geohasher.
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In these complicated times, this is how I get my groove on.
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Here’s What a Googol-to-One Gear Ratio Looks Like
Jason Kottke reports that Daniel Bruin has built a machine that demonstrates a truly absurd gear ratio, and Dan does some silly back-of-napkin maths.
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IndieWebCamp London "Group Photo"
IndieWebCamp London got cancelled on account of Covid-19 but Dan and others were still able to attend "virtually".
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Remotely attending #indiewebcamp London 2020 (after Covid-19 kept us from meeting in person) and hacking on some note/checkin-posting tools.
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Uplifting Diverse Genders: Beyond "Women and Non-Binary"
Quinn Crossley says that adding "and non-binary" to the target audience of your (probably previously "women") group doesn't go far enough, and they've got some suggestions to shift your outlook.
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1. @indiewebcamp London - which I'd planned to attend - is cancelled for #COVID19 😢
2. I'm left with a hotel room I can't cancel 😠
3. Overhear my brother-in-law planning to book a hotel in London 🤔
4. EverythingWentBetterThanExpected.jpg 🤜🤛