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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Reb Is Still Alive
Curious. I haven't really heard from her since July 2004 but it turns out that she's still alive and on the internet - I just received the following e-mail from my girlfriend of 1999-2001ish, Reb:
From: Rebecca ******** [*********@hotmail.com]
To: ***@sc*tmania.org
Date: Mar 24, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: Hey you!
long time no hear, hows life?
Wanna talk?
xxxxx
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A Winemaking Idea
For centuries - and particularly in Wales - people have made silver birch wine from the sap of the silver birch tree. We have loads of them around here, and this is apparently the perfect time of year to collect their sap. If enough people feel like helping me harvest sap and making wine, we'll …
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Spring Is Here: The Gulls Say So
Well, Spring's finally coming around: the tell tale sign for me is that the black-headed gulls are back. One flew over my head as I crossed the bridge on the way to work this morning; for your reference, they're the ones that look like this:
Their reappearance is a good sign that the weather's taking a … -
Dark Side Active Listening
Disclaimer: we don't endorse any of this.
Following my post about active listening a few weeks back, JTA and I have been discussing the potential of what we're calling Dark Side Active Listening - that is; the use (misuse?) of the skills taught by practitioners of active listening for the purpose of upsetting, infuriating, disorienting, or … -
MGs Cafe Owners To Marry
News to anyone who cares. This poster is up in the window of the cafe.
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Because Emotional Women Are Easier To Score
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Aberystwyth Webcams Widget
There's a reason that people shouldn't show me new programming languages and development platforms: I try them out. Even when I've got other things I should be doing. Ah well.
And so I'd like to present: the Aberystwyth Webcams Widget [update: link dead], which collates the images of the three Ceredigion Country Council webcams into … -
99 Red Balloons
To celebrate his 23rd birthday, Paul launches 99 red balloons off Pen Dinas.
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Another Weekend In Norfolk
Right - Claire and I will be out of town this weekend: this, combined with Pagan Wanderer Lu's upcoming gig in the Cooper's Arms, Aberystwyth (which I'm sorry to be missing!) on Saturday, means there'll be no Troma Night this week. Sorry, guys, but hey - you should be at the Cooper's Arms anyway.
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Claire, “Friends Only” Weblogs, And Employment
As Jon said, people like Alec and Suz have made their weblogs friends-only for the purpose of attempting to hide what goes in in their lives from employers, prospective employers, or the world in general. On the purpose of hiding such things from employers, I think that Claire's most recent blog post (which talks about …
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Tango Icon Gallery - Tango Desktop Project
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Tango Icon Gallery - Tango Desktop Project.
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Dan & Alex 73
AltDan & Alex 73: Alex thanks Dan for the helpful antivirus software, because it's suggested to him that Alex's Nigerian pen-pal might like to take him "fishing". He queries the unusual spelling, though.
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Dan & Alex 72
AltDan & Alex 72: Alex installs antivirus software. Dan warns him that it won't protect him from idiocy. As soon as Dan's out of sight, Alex starts downloading free screensavers.
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Dan & Alex 71
AltDan & Alex 71: Simon demands to know how a virus got on his computer. Alex claims not to even know what a virus is. Dan says that's a great defence, but Alex plays coy: perhaps he genuinely doesn't know?
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Naruto Night
Tonight's agenda:
8:00pm - American Dad: Season finale.
8:30pm - Naruto Night as usual: Bleach and Last Exile are on the cards.
10:00pm - Full Metal Alchemist : Conquerer Of Shambala (thanks Jimmy)
You know how this works by now.