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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Banquet In A Box
Earlier this week, Ruth and JTA were away, and evidently Ruth thought that I wouldn't be able to look after myself (usually she'd just leave out large bowls of kibble and water), because on Tuesday lunchtime I heard a knock at the door. When I answered, a deliveryman gave me a large parcel clearly labelled …
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Busy Weekends Part III
As if we hadn't been busy enough the weekend before last and the one before that, there's more that I'm only just getting around to blogging! It was only when I thought about writing this up that I realised how much I'd neglected to write about already (and had promised people would be "coming soon"). …
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Busy Weekends Part II
Following up on my post about the weekend before the weekend before last - here's what I got up to the weekend before last (i.e. the weekend after that). You can see why I'm confused:
Ruth's Family Picnic
The weekend before last, JTA and I joined Ruth and her family at their "annual family picnic". This family … -
Busy Weekends Part I
The weekend before the weekend before last, Ruth, JTA and I went up to Preston, for:
My Sister's Birthday
My sister, Sarah, turned 21 at the start of this month, and we - accompanied by her friends and family - went out to a new Punjabi restaurant called East Z East. The food was fantastic (although in … -
Playing about with dry ice
Some frozen food was delivered to me by courier, packed in a box stuffed with dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide). Not to be deprived of an opportunity, I used the ice to make fog, foggy bubbles, screeching sounds... and to keep my drink cool. Here's a video of some of the highlights. (I also tried … -
Offshore Oil Strike
The Metro have a fabulous article about this board game:
Yes, it's a game about drilling for oil using offshore digs. With a remarkable picture on the front of a rig in distinctly stormy seas. And look - there's BP's logo on it: yes, Offshore Oil Strike got their official endorsement when it was released in … -
Kitty
~$ sudo gem install kitty
Successfully installed kitty-0.0.2
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for kitty-0.0.2...
Installing RDoc documentation for kitty-0.0.2...
~$ kitty
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~$ kitty
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Disc Golf
After moving to Earth, one of the things I thought might be fun was to use the excuse of being in a new place to try out some new things. A quick Google around the area uncovered OxDisc, the local Disc Golf society, who meet once or twice a week in a park less than …
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There's Somebody At The Door
I was hacking away towards a deadline, this afternoon, when I heard a knock at the door. It's not so unusual at the moment - we've had a lot of packages delivered to our new house over the last week or so - but what was a little strange was that today's visitor was a …
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Weddings and Secret Gardens
Ruth, JTA and I - later joined by Matt P - went to Jen & Nick's wedding over in Belfast this weekend, and it was awesome. They're an amazing couple and it was great to get to be part of their celebrations, to meet the fabulous folks they're related to, and to drink ourselves under …
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The Shark
This morning, I left Earth to go to nearby Headington. This trip was primarily to put money into the back, register with a GP, and get some keys cut for the new lock in the garage door. However, I also took the excuse to re-assemble my bike since the move and get out and about …
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Saying Goodbye
Dan says goodbye to Aberystwyth and the people he leaves behind there.
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Happy Broken Desk Is Happy
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All Along The Watchtower
Ruth, JTA, and I have found our way to Earth - our new home, in Oxford - after the most exhausting house move I've ever done. Particular challenges in getting things to Earth included:
My mountainous quantities of stuff, and in particular the things that I own that are of awkward shapes for packing … -
A Primer Puzzle
There's a film that I'm a huge fan of, called Primer. Since I first discovered it I've insisted on showing it at least twice at Troma Night (the second time just for the benefit of everybody who didn't "get it" - i.e. everybody - the first time). If you haven't already seen it, this post …