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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Developers Play Air Guitar To Megadeth
The Register have a report on a survey of the musical tastes of IT specialists, by profession. If you're a geek, date a geek, live with geeks, or whatever, it's worth a look.
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Reb, Hell, And Unreal Tournament 2004
After I saw Faye's weblog post about her own design for hell, I couldn't help but leave an anonymous comment. If you've ever met Reb, my ex-girlfriend from a few years back, perhaps you'll appreciate.
In other news, I spent far too much of the weekend playing the demo of Unreal Tournament 2004. I haven't had … -
HSBC Advertising
Gotta love HSBC. No, this isn't a real ad. -
Dan's Graduation
Also available on:
QTube
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Scatmania, Version 2
Welcome to Scatmania, Version 2!
After my disasterous data loss the other day, I decided to take the oppertunity to redesign Scatmania into something altogether better-suited to the purpose (i.e. doesn't use a silly flat-file system). And here it is (well; unless you're reading this through LiveJournal).
I'll be graduating this afternoon, which will mostly involve standing … -
Scatmania.org Coming Back
Yay!
However, working from backups, I have no record of posts ocurring between Sat 29th Nov 2003 at 4:08 pm, and Tue 2nd Jan 2004 at 01:33 pm, when my blog started posting duplicates LiveJournal, too. Even there, I don't have a backup of anything but what LiveJournal has.
If, for whatever reason, somebody's taken screengrabs or … -
Scatmania.org Gets Deleted
Arg!
The server on which Scatmania is hosted malfunctioned, resulting in the deletion of the entirety of my weblog. I'll be trying to recover bits of it in the near future, but I'll probably lose (at least) the last few weeks.
Not happy.
On the upside, I may use this as an excuse to re-write the engine behind … -
Hot Puppies, Troma Night, And A Fantastic Transcript Of A Speech On DRM
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
Went to the castle to see The Hot Puppies yesterday evening. Everything I'd heard was true - they really are very good. They play well, they sing well, they … -
Suz. And Naivety.
Just been having on online chat with Suz:
(15:53:41) Dan: It [an online weather forecast on a web site I run] says we should expect a wet weekend, clearing up for an overcast week.
(15:53:54) Suz: and who puts it on the web site?
(15:53:59) Dan: The BBC.
(15:53:59) Suz: i always thought it was paul
(15:54:02) Suz: oh
(15:54:06) Dan: … -
Photos From Malawi
[this post was lost during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004]
[an image in this post was recovered on Thursday 30th December 2004]
Here's some photos of my trip to Malawi, as the group have now started uploading photos to me at last!
Dan looks down on Lake Malawi.
Dan on the descent.
Two baboons, at Vwasa National … -
Live Music, Anyone?
Sounds like an excuse to lounge on soggy grass and drink real ale if ever I heard one. Yay....
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How To Make Invisibility Paint
(shamelessly stolen from http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/sbos18.htm)
How To Make Invisibility Paint
If you put invisibility paint on anything, it turns it invisible. Here's how to make invisibility paint:
Start by taking a large tin, which must be able to hold enough paint to fill it. Take one ordinary apple (or, if you don't have an ordinary apple, a doughnut-shaped one). … -
Lariam Dream The Fifth
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[more of this post was recovered on Friday 24 November 2017]
Wierder than all the rest, this dream's insane. Perhaps it's time to be thankful that I only remember fragments … -
A Selection Of News Items From Around The World
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[more of this post was recovered on Friday 24 November 2017]
Here's some stuff I found interesting this weekend:
Swedish health workers, in an effort to stem the growing cases of … -
Conversation Of The Morning With My Dippy Co-Worker
"Umm, Dan? I've connected my laptop to the network but I can't get on the internet."
"That's a phone socket you've plugged it in to."
"Does that matter?"...