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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Couldn't find GC1J956 Sliding in the quarry
This checkin to GC1J956 Sliding in the quarry reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Far too muddy, I guess: couldn't even get close! Will try again another time.
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Couldn't find GC17QTE Britannia - Never At Sea
This checkin to GC17QTE Britannia - Never At Sea reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I can't decipher the numbers! I've come up with values for B and C which are too low to be able to deduct some of the values that the formula requires me to... maybe there's …
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Posted a note for GC21WAA Famished Equine
This checkin to GC21WAA Famished Equine reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This cache has been removed as it is no longer intact (lid and magnet missing, camouflage fallen off). Photo included. I'll arrange to deliver this to the owner so that it can be repaired and replaced, hopefully.
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New Look, New Protocols
This website's been updated with a shiny new theme and an exciting (well, if you're a geek) new IPv6 address. Read more about the changes here and let Dan know what you think by leaving a comment.
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Ask for What You Want
There's a psychological concept called the anchoring effect. If you apply it to successful polyamorous relationship strategies, you get an unpleasant result. Dan justifies how he ignores that result.
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They Say that Programmers Never Die
Dan writes poetry using programming languages, and wonders whether or not any of the code he's written in his life, thus far, will outlive him.
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As an Aquarius, I'm shocked...
In the wake of Facebook and the rest of the Internet going crazy over a possible discrepancy in the interpretation of star signs, Dan is glad that his self-made certificate still shows that he's an Aquarius.
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The Worst Server Infection I've Ever Seen
Dan discovers a mountain of malware on a client's database server, and wonders how it all got there.
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Thirty - Part Two
Following his 30th birthday party, Dan shares a few thoughts about his recent melancholy mood, and how much this was improved by what was a cracking little party.
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Thirty - Part One
On his 30th birthday, the other Earthlings threw Dan a surprise party. Which wasn't much of a surprise, because one of the guests hadn't realised that it was supposed to be a secret and had let the cat out of the bag. Nonetheless, a great time was had by all, and the night wasn't entirely without its surprises...
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Found GL4ZB04Z WW1 With you in a jiffy lad!
This checkin to GL4ZB04Z WW1 With you in a jiffy lad! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Visited with pacifist_049 and first-timer Andrewsean85 on 2nd Jan, but only remembered to get around to logging it twenty days later! A nice little find made a little too-easy by bumping into another …
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Found GL4WWE7T Splash
This checkin to GL4WWE7T Splash reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Fantastic cache! pacifist049 and I took a look this morning as we happened to be in Preston. A match was due to start this afternoon so we wanted to make sure we were done before then! It took us …
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On This Day In 2004
Dan looks back to six years ago, when he and Paul argued about the usability of the Steam digital distribution platform.
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Found GL4WVX47 The Circus
This checkin to GL4WVX47 The Circus reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found it immediately by thinking "yeah, that's where I'd put the cache" and the co-ordinates were spot on. But I still had to be quite sneaky while my co-cacher provided cover in order to get this one.
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Found GL4WVWZM Going Underground (not anymore) #2
This checkin to GL4WVWZM Going Underground (not anymore) #2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Paced up and down the street quite a few times before we found this beautifully-hidden cache. Then had to stand around looking like lost tourists while we waited for the area to clear so we …