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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Review of Bowls Club Pavilion
This review of Bowls Club Pavilion originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Bowls Club Pavilion, 27 Crown Rd, Kidlington OX5 1AG, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Just another bowls club; nicely placed with convenient access to the rest of Kidlington. If bowls is your thing, you could do worse.
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Review of Exeter Park Play Area
This review of Exeter Park Play Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Exeter Park Play Area, Exeter Close, Kidlington OX5 1AB, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Since the 2018 renovation of the play area and the surrounding park, this has gone from being a good to a great place to take …
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Review of Exeter Recreational Ground
This review of Exeter Recreational Ground originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Exeter Recreational Ground, 2 Yarnton Ct, Kidlington OX5 1AU, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent, conveniently central play area for Kidlington. Renovated in 2018 with new play and exercise equipment including trampolines, not one but two ziplines, and a wonderfully …
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Review of Grovelands Superstore Handy Stores
This review of Grovelands Superstore Handy Stores originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Grovelands Superstore Handy Stores, 49 Bellenger Way, Kidlington OX5 1TR, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A surprisingly wide selection of goods available at just about any time you might need it, served by friendly staff. Plenty of parking if …
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Codecademy vs. The BBC Micro
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If you google “learn to code,” the first result you see is a link to Codecademy’s website. If there is a modern equivalent to the Computer Literacy Project, something with the same reach and similar aims, then it is Codecademy.
“Learn to code” is Codecademy’s tagline. I don’t think I’m the first person to point this … -
Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to help control internet content
Mark Zuckerberg says regulators and governments should play a more active role in controlling internet content.
In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Facebook's chief says the responsibility for monitoring harmful content is too great for firms alone.
He calls for new laws in four areas: "Harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability."
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Bald Eagle Trio Seen Taking Turns Caring For Eggs In Illinois Refuge
Something fascinating is happening in a nest in Illinois.
Two male bald eagles have been spotted helping a female bald eagle keep the eggs in the nest warm.
But bald eagles are normally very territorial. Bald eagle pairs are also monogamous. So this nest, on the Upper Mississippi … -
Generating More of My Favorite Aphex Twin Track
“aisatsana” is the final track off Aphex Twin’s 2012 release, Syro. A departure from the synthy dance tunes which make up the majority of Aphex Twin’s catalog, aisatsana is quiet, calm, and perfect for listening to during activities which require concentration. But with a measly running time just shy of five and a half minutes, …
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Google's Three Gender Emoji Future
Coming to Android this year: a third gender option for emojis such as Police Officer, Zombie, Person Facepalming, Construction Worker and People With Bunny Ears.
Revealed by Google in a submission to the Unicode Consortium last week, these changes signal a new direction from Google which has in recent years played ball with other vendors in … -
How many people are missing out on JavaScript enhancement?
few weeks back, we were chatting about the architecture of the Individual Electoral Registration web service. We started discussing the pros and cons of an approach that would provide a significantly different interaction for any people not running JavaScript.
"What proportion of people is that?” an inquisitive mind asked.
Silence.
We didn’t really have any idea how many … -
Enigma, the Bombe, and Typex
How to guides
How to encrypt/decrypt with Enigma
We'll start with a step-by-step guide to decrypting a known message. You can see the result of these steps in CyberChef here. Let's say that our message is as follows:
XTSYN WAEUG EZALY NRQIM AMLZX MFUOD AWXLY LZCUZ QOQBQ JLCPK NDDRW F
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I Used The Web For A Day On Internet Explorer 8
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Who In The World Uses IE8?
Before we start; a disclaimer: I am not about to tell you that you need to start supporting IE8.
There’s every reason to not support IE8. Microsoft officially stopped supporting IE8, IE9 and IE10 over three years ago, and the Microsoft executives are even telling you to stop using Internet Explorer … -
Mercury is the closest planet to all seven other planets
Just showing the simulation which we used to validate the Whirly Dirly Corollary. Kind of a fun fact about our Solar System and orbiting bodies in general. Check out our Physics Today article!
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Going beyond the Golden Ratio
I show that for the same reason that the golden ratio, ϕ=1.6180334.., can be considered the most irrational number, that 1 + √2 can be considered the 2nd most irrational number, and indeed why (9 + √221)/10 can be considered the 3rd most irrational number.
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Killed by Google - The Google Graveyard & Cemetery
Fusion Tables... Fabric... Inbox... Google+... goo.gl... Goggles... Site Search... Glass... Now... Code... Bump!... Gears... Desktop Search...
Killed by Google
Just some of the projects and services that Google has offered and then killed; this site aims to catalogue them all. Some, like Wave, were given to the community (Wave lived on for a while as …