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 2026-05-06 51 -1
This checkin to geohash 2026-05-06 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location
Large field near Tawny's Farm, East of Stanton Harcourt.
Participants
Dan Q
Plans
Between dropping the kids off at school and going to the dentist I had a small window … -
Four OpenBenches
Despite Google making it harder for me to do so 🤬, I managed to add not one, not two, not three but four new memorial benches to the OpenBenches database during a dog walk this morning.
A particular excitement was adding my first bench with two plaques.
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A Postcard from Norway!
I've received another postcard-from-the-Internet: this one's from grubbyfox, in Norway!
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How kind of the humans who constructed this sofa to leave a perfect dog-shaped nest in-between the cushions. Our pupper is appreciative.
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A satisfied but sleepy-looking fawn-coloured French Bulldog lies on a blanket that's slipping into the crack between two sofa seat cushions, forming a nest around her torso. Her legs hang, crossed, off the front of the sofa.
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Moving a static site from GitHub to Codeberg Pages
I was recently reminded that I wanted to try out Codeberg Pages, so I migrated a static site over from GitHub Pages. It mostly worked, and a learned a little along the way about how Codeberg Pages works.
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Reply to: Who knows that you blog?
David (of Forking Mad+) asked "who knows that you blog?". I join the increasing list of bloggers who've answered his question.
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Spoon bucket
Jaime Derringer shared that she got a literal bucket of assorted spoons for her birthday, and I'm just delighted to discover that such a thing exists.
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Found GCBMAMH #22 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAMH #22 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. For a while I was looking way too high, but in the end I caught a glimpse of this surprisingly well-concealed container.
And that's the loop complete! Big thanks to the CO for setting this excellent … -
Found GCBMAMC #21 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAMC #21 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A good thematic cache container which we managed to find in a gap between muggle traffic. TFTC.
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Found GCBMAM5 #20 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAM5 #20 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF for the geohound and I as we push on into the final straight of our circular walk. TFTC!
AltOn the grass verge of a rural road, a fawn-coloured French Bulldog pants. -
Found GCBMAM2 #19 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAM2 #19 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My GPSr - and my eyes - locked on to a nearby gate post which I searched thoroughly before realising it wasn't the host: d'oh! Eventually found success while the doggo tried to make more sheepy friends. …
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Found GCBMAKZ #18 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAKZ #18 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Solid coordinates walked me right into this one, although I've still got to give it credit for excellent camouflage! TFTC.
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Found GCBMAKQ #17 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAKQ #17 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. TOTT? Hah! I laugh in the face of your arbitrary requirements. 😂 A little climbing and a big stretch put this cache in my hand with no need for field manufacturing. The dog watched on, bemused, from …
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Found GCBMAJB #16 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAJB #16 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. It's funny, I've cycled down the nearby back road countless times but never known that this footpath was here.
AltA French Bulldog follows a trail through a grassy field.
Near the GZ the geopup saved … -
Found GCBMAK0 #15 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3325
This checkin to GCBMAK0 #15 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3325 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The GZ was awash with sheep and lambs and we weren't able to even get close to the cache until we'd gently shooed them all away then it was an easy find. …