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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Black & White 2 Installer
I've just been installing Black & White 2, and was quite impressed by the following screenshot:
Guess nobody told Lionhead about using meaningful file names, eh? -
The Way Lunch Should Be
There's a right way to go for lunch during your break at work, and, if you're in Aberystwyth, this is it.
Starter
I started in Scholars, where Matt (in the Hat) is spending the entire day as a birthday celebration. I treated Matt to a pint of Guinness, and had a half myself, thereby giving … -
Abbey National’s Rebranding
Is is just me who sees Abbey National's new logo - the result, inevitabley, of thousands of pounds worth of rebranding as part of their "new appeal", as looking like some kind of symbolic steaming turd?
Perhaps it's just me, but when I first saw it in Aber high street the other day, that's the first … -
InterfaceLIFT: High-Resolution Wallpaper @ 1600x1200
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: InterfaceLIFT: High-Resolution Wallpaper @ 1600x1200.
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Writing A Calendar App In Rails Vs. PHP
Some time ago, I wrote a web-based calendar application in PHP, one of my favourite programming languages. This tool would produce a HTML tabular calendar for a four week period, Monday to Sunday, in which the current date (or a user-specified date) fell in the second week (so you're looking at this week, last week, …
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National Novel Writing Month
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: National Novel Writing Month.
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Textile (Textilize) Quick Reference
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Textile (Textilize) Quick Reference.
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The Flat Is Tidy
Thanks to JTA for his help. Huge thanks to Matt (temporarily minus his hat) for his help: feed the guy oatcakes and rum and he'll mop your floor! Winnage!
This is, of course, a result of the anticipated sale of the building we live in. The owners of MG's cafe, below us, and - in fact … -
A Jolly Good Fundraiser
Just got back from three days of fundraising for Aberystwyth Nightline, selling hot dogs, burgers, and fries at a stall at the University "Fresher's Fair". That was pretty successful.
In other news, a large padded A4 envelope arrived at The Flat today, addressed to Paul. The stamps, letter header etc. all seem to imply that the … -
The Aber Effect
Last night really works as a great example of the 'Aber Effect'. Claire and I went along to Sundeep's housewarming party, where she was feeding curry to her housemates and those of us who came along to welcome her back into Aberystwyth. I'd also promised to help sort her computer out with an internet connection, …
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Foreshadowing?
This photo was shared here retroactively, on 26 May 2019. It could possibly be seen, in hindsight, as foreshadowing the four of us pictured in bed together here ending up in a set of polyamorous relationships together a few years later.
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Interview With Hayoa Miyazaki
The Guardian ran an interview with Hayao Miyazaki, director of such films as Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Tonari no Totoro. My favourite bit of the interview:
Miyazaki taps a cigarette from a silver case. The Disney deal suits him, he explains, because he has stuck to his guns. His refusal to grant merchandising rights … -
scan.co.uk
Ruth wrote:
We are in the process of ordering a new computer. Most of the bits are coming from Scan. Now, their range is lovely, and their postage policy is reasonably sensible, but they have a dumb policy on debit cards.
If you pay with a debit card (instead of a credit card), you can … -
Magic Story
Inspired by Andy's PassThePageGame on the RockMonkey wiki - a collaborative storytelling game based on that silly game you used to play at school, I've written my own tool:
MagicStory is a collaborative wiki storytelling tool designed to be harder to "run away" with than normal wikifiction. Having read the story, participants can write a suggested … -
Insensitive Humour
Jon'll love it.
Click here to see.