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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Found GL3X4Q1E Windows in the West
This checkin to GL3X4Q1E Windows in the West reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I got a call from reaperfish this evening, who had come out looking for this cache but had some problems finding it. We worked together: me from my desk with maps, photos, and the cache description, …
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Leave Me
Just wanted to share with you all a short film I discovered today, Leave Me, in which a recent widower deals with his grief through his wife's broken digital camera. It's only about five minutes long, but it's absolutely breathtaking.
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Hiding In Plain "Site"
I've written a program called PicInHTML, which makes web pages with concealed images which are shown when text on the page is selected. What's clever about these page are how they work: they're a single file, with no dependence on images nor Javascript, and they work by leveraging the little-used ::selected CSS selector. Each individual …
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Aberystwyth Escape Velocity
It's been said that Aberystwyth is like a black hole, and that once you're sucked into it, you can never leave. Sure, it's okay to fly-by, so long as you keep it at arms' reach for, say, three to five years... but if you get caught in the pull of the place, it becomes harder …
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Roadworthy
This afternoon, I passed my driving test. This was my second attempt, and I pretty much kicked arse, scoring 2 minor faults (one for undue hesitiation as I pulled out from a roadworks stop on the way up Penglais Hill, and the second for insufficient use of mirrors at some point while moving out of …
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Lloyd Kaufman introduces Citizen Toxie - The Toxic Avenger IV for Troma Night 300
Lloyd Kaufman's video introduction for the first film at Troma Night 300 (Friday 16th April 2010), Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV. With thanks to "Travis" at Troma Studios and Matt in the Hat for making this possible.
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Troma Night 300 (Hindsight)
For those who couldn't make it to Troma Night 300 on Friday, but don't want to miss out on the experience: here's what you missed (along with lots of links to some videos for you to watch - note that some videos might be considered NSFW):
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Matt In The Hat introduces The Deadly Bees for Troma Night 300 (Censored Version)
Matt In The Hat's video introduction for the second film at Troma Night 300 (Friday 16th April 2010), The Deadly Bess. This version is necessarily censored to comply with YouTube's position on penises, but the original video didn't have this censorship: and nobody at Troma Night knew what was coming until it was right in … -
Troma Night 300
This Friday's Troma Night will be Troma Night 300! It's hard to believe how much time I've spent at this, our weekly film night. I wonder how many pizzas, in total, have been eaten? How many awful films we've groaned at?
I'm planning that for this special Troma Night we'll temporarily revitalise some of the old … -
Attended GC24CMJ Cyfarchion gan The Blorenges.
This checkin to GC24CMJ Cyfarchion gan The Blorenges. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Thanks for a fun evening, everybody! Sorry I had to dash so early - hope you all kept the party going and had a brilliant time.
Was great to meet so many of the local caching crew, … -
Will attend GC24CMJ Cyfarchion gan The Blorenges.
This checkin to GC24CMJ Cyfarchion gan The Blorenges. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Have a few travel bugs I'll be bringing along...
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Googling For Suicide In The UK
I sent a letter to Google, today. Click to see it in large-o-vision.
I my letter, I suggest that the search giant should add a feature to their UK search, as they already have to their USA search, that would provide the details of an appropriate emotional support helpline service to people searching for suicide-related topics … -
Found GL3JA7CW Barking up the Wrong Tree
This checkin to GL3JA7CW Barking up the Wrong Tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I was just on an Easter Egg hunt up in the woods, when pacifist_049 (who was hiding my egg) gave me the clue that my egg was hidden "near Barking Up The Wrong Tree", so …
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Found GL3J9DE3 Coast Path Caper
This checkin to GL3J9DE3 Coast Path Caper reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Came up here for a walk and, while on the way, thought I'd check if the cache (which I failed to find after it's recent muggling) had been replaced. It had! I checked in the "obvious place", …
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Easter Egg Hunting, Gravity Hooking, and Geocachers You Might Know
This afternoon, like last year, we took the opportunity to spend Easter Sunday hiding one another's Easter eggs in the woods and then running around looking for them.
For some reason, this year Rory didn't want me to be responsible for hiding his egg (something to do with his eventually being found up a tree, last …