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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Primary School Permits “Conkers” Only With Protective Goggles
It's a funny old world. A primary school in Carlisle is insisting that pupils wear industrial safety goggles while playing conkers, in order that they don't end up with shards of horse chestnut in their eyes.
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Optical Illusions
Barely blogworthy, but I found several particularly impressive optical illusions while browsing the web. Download them as a powerpoint presentation if you're bored at work or something.
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Which “Labyrinth” Character Are You?
The "Which 'Labyrinth' Character are you?" quiz was at http://quizilla.com/users/highwaytokel/quizzes/%22Which%20'Labyrinth'%20Character%20are%20you%3F%22/, but has long-since died. -
Surprisingly Good Unsigned Artist
I'm actually impressed. My friend Andy's finally put some songs online, and he's really good (for one reason or another, I'd never heard anything of his before, and I'm much impressed - for some reason I'd come to the assumption that he'd be shit). Anyway - so long as you're willing to put up with …
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Freshers’ Fayre
Freshers' Fayre was a success, as Kit reports. Although it must be said that he's probably right to be concerned that this may be the last year we're able to pull such a stunt. Which is a real shame. We worked really hard - harder than we ever do at the jobs from which we …
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That Time Of Year Again
Well; it's that time of the year again... the time of year that I sell hot dogs and burgers to Freshers at the Freshers' Fayre [this time last year], alongside Kit, who's visiting for that purpose.
This year, I think we're better prepared materially - as in, we've made preparations for if it rains, we've got … -
A Llama In Every Home!
Just. Plain. Weird.
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Fantasy Terrorist League
You know what's become quite popular among the masses since the take-off of the Internet? Fantasy leagues. Yes; that's right - those things previously reserved for pub regulars and geeky play-by-mail types. Now, the internet is full of Fantasy Sports Leagues, Fantasy Share Trading, and so on.
For those of you not in the know; when … -
The Official God FAQ
The Official God FAQ attempts to answer all of the most frequently asked questions about God. Do you have questions about God? All will be answered.
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Which OS Are You?
Apparently, I'm Debian Linux (or possibly MacOS X). Sweet.
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Geeky Winnage With Bluetooth
Geeky winnage! This evening I wrote a pair of applications enabling me to use my new Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone as a remote control for WinDVD, the DVD playing software I use on my computer.
Not just a geeky project, this is fuelled by a genuine need: every Troma Night, when the pizza arrives, we end up … -
New Mobile Phone
My new mobile phone finally arrived at the weekend. I've texted my new number to everybody in my phone book, except for people I don't want to have it <grins>. If you don't have my new number, but you think you should, you have three options:
1. Use one of the online services in which my … -
The Marvellous Breadfish
Tell me, have you seen the marvellous breadfish?
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Our Web Developer’s “Line Of The Day”
Yet again my concern for the value of an Internet Computer Science degree from UWA is raised, as a dippy co-worker with two years of such a degree behind her asks me for help:
"Dan," she begins, "How do I make a table in PHP?"
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Illness, Alton Towers, And Troma Night
Found myself ill again on Wednesday and Thursday last week (in partial explanation to my lack of weblog posts). I think I gulped down some green-and-lumpy orange juice before I went to bed on Wednesday night and as a result found myself quite sick. Even after I'd recovered, I spent several days with almost no …