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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In Defense Of A Boring, Comfortable Life
They call it “the easy life” for a reason.
I got my degree from a small, public college in upstate New York.
People went there, got their degrees and then went off to have quiet and sometimes boring lives. Although a degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) system is a valuable commodity outside of … -
Godzilla's Family Vlog Review - Episode ??
Just because there hasn't BEEN an episode of Godzilla Huntley's IRL (the "Family Vlog") in a long while doesn't mean that I can't do a review of one, right?
Right? See Godzilla's channel (to complain about the lack of a new vlog yet).
Music: Starkey, by Koona, used under a Creative Commons license.
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I'll be coaching at @codebar #Oxford on 11 October! More details/sign up at https://t.co/gMiw13DdI4
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How you know your job is awesome: "Shall we get the VR toys out before or after we go for ice cream?" @j_townshend @mccarthy_liz
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Security Vulnerability
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Earth Temperature Timeline
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Quake
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Teach a Man to Fish
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434 | Extra Ordinary Comics
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I'll eat the third option, please
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Why GNU grep is fast
I am the original author of GNU grep. I am also a FreeBSD user,
although I live on -stable (and older) and rarely pay attention
to -current.
However, while searching the -current mailing list for an unrelated
reason, I stumbled across some flamage regarding BSD grep vs GNU grep
performance. You may have noticed that discussion too...
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The Queen of Code
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I Want to See a Gender-Swapped Version of Every Movie. Literally Every One.
In case you haven’t heard, Splash – the 1984 fantasy romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks as the man who falls in love with a mermaid Daryl Hannah – is being remade, with Channing Tatum as the mermaid.
I like this.
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When your headline takes up half the page
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History of the browser user-agent string
In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic, and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1), and Mosaic displayed pictures along with text, and there was much rejoicing...
WebAIM
Have you ever wondered why every major web browser identifies itself as "Mozilla"? Wonder no longer...