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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Women speakers and attendees at Amsterdam web conferences
Women speakers and attendees at Amsterdam web conferences - QuirksBlog (quirksmode.org) false
As a slight contribution to the diversity in web development discussion, here are the ratios of female attendees and speakers from the Amsterdam web conferences Krijn and I organised or are close to. I’m not sure what these numbers mean, but someone … -
BBC - Travel - Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1
Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1 (bbc.com) Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska.
Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska...
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Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved
Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved (Washington Post) The gannet heeded conservationists' calls to settle on a small New Zealand island. Unfortunately, no eligible ladies did.
Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his … -
The Amazing Dinosaur Found (Accidentally) by Miners in Canada
This Is the Best Dinosaur Fossil of Its Kind Ever Found (Magazine) The 110 million-year-old fossil of a nodosaur preserves the animal’s armor, skin, and what may have been its final meal.
On the afternoon of March 21, 2011, a heavy-equipment operator named Shawn Funk was carving his way through the earth, unaware that he … -
Poundland Nooky
500 Internal Server Error (minxylydia.com) false There aren't many great things to write about Hounslow, other than me being in it isn't the sort of place that brings in visitors. There's a tired shopping centre, an Asda (whose car park has just been closed), lots of planes going over and Hounslow Heath, which frankly is …
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Review of Pizza Stazione
This review of Pizza Stazione originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Pizza Stazione, Kiosk 3, 107 Gloucester Green, Oxford OX1 2RH, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not the best pizza by any stretch, but perfectly acceptable and spectacular value. A fiver for a weekday large pizza is something you can't argue with.
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Digest for January 2018
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This month, I looked-back at Troma Night XXI, 14 years prior, and the impact it'd ultimately have on the future of my circle of friends. I visited Wakefield Samaritans, shared thoughts about the realisation that "early programmers" are learning to code later this generation than the last and that the nature of Internet memes has … -
How the Mom Internet became a spotless, sponsored void
Perspective | How the Mom Internet became a spotless, sponsored void (Washington Post) Gritty blogs have given way to staged Instagram photos.
A grinning toddler is bundled in a creamy quilted blanket and bear-eared hat. Next to him, an iPhone atop a wicker basket displays a Winnie-the-Pooh audiobook. The caption accompanying the Instagram shot … -
Here's The Plan
Here's the Plan - Animated Short Film (YouTube) French Subs by: Garance Broze ✨✨Here's the Plan merchandising available at https://herestheplanshop.tictail.com !✨✨
Fernanda Frick (YouTube)
Well, I just had my heart broken by a cartoon about a dog and a cat. Or as the top commenter at the time of writing puts it "I'M NOT … -
Security Breaches Don't Affect Stock Price
Security Breaches Don't Affect Stock Price - Schneier on Security (schneier.com) false Interesting research: "Long-term market implications of data breaches, not," by Russell Lange and Eric W. Burger. Abstract: This report assesses the impact disclosure of data breaches has on the total returns and volatility of the affected companies' stock, with a focus on the …
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10 Songs You've Heard and Don't Know the Name Of
10 Songs You've Heard and Don't Know the Name Of (YouTube) J'ai joué 10 chansons classiques que tu as déjà ouïes mais dont tu ne connais pas le nom. En effet, personne ne connaît leurs noms. Apprends-les avec cette v...
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How Russia's Hilarious, Homoerotic "Satisfaction" Became a Nationwide Meme of Solidarity
How Russia’s Hilarious, Homoerotic “Satisfaction” Became a Nationwide Meme of Solidarity (The New Yorker) Masha Gessen writes about a series of recent recent Russian parody videos, started by air-transport cadets as a spoof of the music video for “Satisfaction,” by Benny Benassi, from 2002.
A few weeks ago, fourteen Russian first-year air-transport cadets made … -
Report: 80's kids started programming at an earlier age than today's millennials
Report: 80's kids started programming at an earlier age than today's millennials (The Next Web) Thanks BBC Micro! HackerRank has published its 2018 Developer Skills Report. The paper looks at a number things essential to understanding the developer landscape, and explores things like the perks coders demand from their workplaces, the technologies they prefer to …
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I Have a Confession to Make
I Have a Confession to Make | Rob Sheridan on Patreon (Patreon) Official Post from Rob Sheridan: That goober you see above is me as a nerdy high school kid in my bedroom in 1998, being interviewed on TV for a dumb website I made. Allow me to explain.20 years ago this month, an episode …
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The female price of male pleasure
The female price of male pleasure (theweek.com) Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. The world is disturbingly comfortable with the fact that women sometimes leave a sexual encounter in tears.
When Babe.net published …