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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Tsunami Aid...
This repost was published in hindsight, on 11 March 2019.
Claire wrote:
Tickets go on sale at 11.00am TODAY for the Tsunami Relief Cymru concert at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 22nd January. Acts confirmed include Jools Holland, Eric Clapton and Feeder. Dan and I are going, standing cos it's prob cheaper and more fun, tickets … -
First Look At Microsoft Ani-Spyware
Microsoft have released a beta-test version of their new Anti-Spyware program (based on technology they gained during their recent acquisition of Giant Company Software). As a happy little curious bunny, I decided to download it and give it a go on one of the computers laying about at work.
Installation of Anti-Spyware is the typical InstallShield-driven … -
Fnorders Of The Day
Wow. The "Fnorders Of The Day" (the message in the little strip between this site's title and the posts) for today is "Ignore previous message. The beer bottle manipulates the drunken ski lift. Fnord." That's brilliant.
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Internet Explorer Inferiority… Again
I've had a major gripe with Microsoft Internet Explorer for some years now, in it's inability to handle PNG files correctly. Being able to use PNG files gives web developers some serious benefits in being able to make overlaid, semitransparent (non-binary transparency) images, compress files smaller, etc.
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The Stigma Of The Amiga
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LiveJournal Sells
Following up yesterday's rumours, it can now be seen that, officially, LiveJournal has been sold to SixApart. The details look pretty good - the service will remain much as-it-is, nobody will be 'migrated' to TypePad or MoveableType, and - better yet - LiveJournal might actually (finally) get some much-needed new features, such as trackback (which …
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Ah; Computers
Heh! Celoxis, a web-based project management tool we've been experimenting with, e-mailed me twice today - just past midnight, and half an hour later - to remind me that it will be my birthday on Saturday (in case I didn't know). Better yet, our mail server picked up on these e-mails and flagged them as …
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LiveJournal May Be Sold
I hear that LiveJournal - one of the world's biggest blogging communities (and home to most of the blogs syndicated by Abnib) - is to be sold to SixApart, a TypePad/MoveableType-based blog-host.
What effect this will have on holders of existing LiveJournal accounts - particularly paid accounts - is as yet unknown. Nonetheless, I think this … -
Which “Secret Of Monkey Island” Character Are You?
Golly, I'm Herman Toothrot. I'm unique, pleasent, er... unique. Oh, let's face it, I'm an old pantless weirdo. I trained a bunch of monkeys to sail a ship back from a deserted island but didn't go myself, I think my dead friend has never looked better, and I talk to people who aren't there... kind … -
Security Through Obscurity Reaches A New Low
PowerPizza! It's a laptop bag that looks like a pizza box! No longer do you have to worry about your attractive laptop being an easy target for thieves - who'd want to steal a pizza box?
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Completed Half-Life 2
(don't worry - no spoilers) Well - I've finished Half-Life 2. I must say, it just got more and more stunning. The weapon you're left using for the last two chapters is simply wonderful (think: gravity gun v2.0). The finish is... simply stunning, and suddenly the G-Man seems even more mysterious than ever... it's just... …
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Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2. The most immersive first-person shooter I've ever played. From it's "throw you in at the deep end" beginning - chased around the streets of the overpowering City 17 by Combine agents, rushing through apartments as raids go on all around you - to it's immensely clever, multi-faceted puzzles - how do I get …
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Internet Explorer Exploit Of The Day
There's yet another killer Internet Explorer bug out there, which is manifesting itself in the form of a new trojan, Phel.A. This one only affects Windows PCs updated with SP2 (the supposedly 'safe' people) and works by confusing the 'trusted' and 'untrusted' zones.
I always find reports like this interesting, so I've written an exploit of … -
Santa! Santa! Santa!
If you're a fan of Weebls' Stuff (think Badger! Badger! Badger!), you've got to take a look at this. Can you guess how the fourth verse ends before it happens?
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Old Posts Recovered
This is probably going to go on for months, yet, but I've just recovered some more of the posts that were lost last summer, including:
The second half of Suz, And Naivety - which is both sweet and funny. Photos From Malawi; the first of my Malawi trip photos. The majority of How To Make …