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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My Friends Are Amazing
I'd just like to take a moment to say how amazing my friends are. It's likely to be a little sappy: for those of you who like your blog posts on the other side of the wall, please switch off your eyes now.
Earlier this month, I blogged about Claire and I's break-up. For many of … -
Murder in the Reign of Terror
Apologies to those who've been waiting to see the photographs. Since my last blog post I've been kind of distracted and not had the chance to blog properly.
On Friday 31st October, Ruth hosted another of her fabulous murder mystery nights in Paul's end of The Uberflat. The major difference with this one to all of … -
The Break-Up
Yesterday, Claire and I broke up.
We've had several rough months, and several even rougher weeks, and this seemed to be the best solution to a variety of difficulties we've faced recently. It's hard to answer the question as to whether the split could be described as mutual, but it can certainly be described as amicable, … -
Saw It A Mile Off [Drink!]
Can I be the first to say "Saw it a mile off!" (the giveaway was Sian "getting organised" by looking up people's addresses).
Can I also be the first to say, at least via the digital interwebworknets: congratulations! You'll get my RSVP very soon. -
From Feed Proxy To FreeMyFeed
As those of you who use my Feed Proxy service to get your LiveJournal friends' blogs (including friends-only posts) into Google Reader or a similar service know, the service hasn't been working for the last few days.
I made all of the changes that LiveJournal's bot policy required of me. I e-mailed them; no response. I … -
Ruining One Of My Favourite Films
As you may know, I'm a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki's awesome animated film, Tonari no Totoro. It's truly one of my favourite films.
Today I heard a new interpretation of the plot of the film. If you love the frivolity, the joy, the upbeat sweetness and the happy ending that this classic movie has, then … -
Your Experience May Differ
To: Daniel Hill <dlh9@....>
From: Dan Q <dan@....>
Subject: Aberystwyth University Is Awesome! Warning: Your Experience May Differ.
Dear Daniel,
There's an age-old tradition amongst Aberystwyth graduates, and in particular amongst Computer Science graduates. But to truly understand it, you first need to understand a little bit about Aberystwyth University. Also, to understand recursion, you must first understand … -
Feed Proxy Bug Fixes
BREAKING NEWS: On 1st October 2009, LiveJournal blocked the Feed Proxy bot. I don't know when they'll unblock it and it'll come back up: see the latest here.
I've fixed a handful of bugs in the popular Feed Proxy tool (which, as you probably know, allows you to read LiveJournal and Dreamwidth "friends-only" posts in Google … -
A Day On Campus
I'm going to be up on the University campus all day tomorrow (Monday 28th September), helping out at the Samaritans stand at the Freshers' Fair. If you're on or near Penglais, come by and say hi, or drop me a text and we can hook up for lunch.
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Too Busy To Blog
So I shan't tell you about all the fun and exciting (read: horrible and exhausting) things I've been up to lately. Instead, to keep you amused, here's an animated GIF that amused me.
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LiveJournal-To-Google Reader Back Up
BREAKING NEWS: On 1st October 2009, LiveJournal blocked the Feed Proxy bot. I don't know when they'll unblock it and it'll come back up: see the latest here.
The LiveJournal-To-Google Reader service is back up again, rebranded as Feed Proxy. It's pretty much bare-bones right now, but I've got a meaningful framework that I can add … -
LiveJournal-to-Google Reader Down
Apologies to anybody using my LiveJournal-to-Google Reader service: it's suffering some temporary downtime. I'll have it up again within the next couple of days, and I'll announce it on this blog (feel free to subscribe if you want to be notified). Sorry!
UPDATE: It's back up again! -
Open-Source Shaving
Recently I saw a Basic Instructions comic in which the author/protagonist, Scott, weighs up his shaving options. You can read the full comic here, assuming you don't read Basic Instructions already (and you should).
As the folks leaving comments on that comic quite rightly note, the comic covers only two of a number of different … -
Waiting For The Bus
If there still exists anybody on Earth to whom I haven't shown the Cyanide & Happiness short film, Waiting For The Bus, you should go and watch it now, because it's the funniest thing that has ever existed.
In other news, did you see that Sian's getting media coverage about her upcoming participation in One & … -
Keeping Me Up
Had another strange dream a few nights ago (my blog posts are being published with a bit of a delay on them, at the moment, for reasons I might discuss in another blog post!) that I thought I'd share, before waking up early and being unable to get back to sleep.
Dream - Putting a Cap …