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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Morning Mysteries 1 - 1 Scatman Dan
I woke up this morning to two mysteries:
1. Why had I set my alarm for 8:30am?
2. Why do I have a nose bleed?
I've solved the former: Claire needs to move her car (which is parked on double-yellows outside) or she'll get ticketed when the morning wardens come by (morning wardens? they're like traffic wardens, but … -
Sponsored Masturbation
Feel like taking part in a sponsored masturbatathon? The internet remains a strange and wonderful place, as this form [PDF] indicates. Go take a look.
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All Questions Answered
Have you seen AQA (All Questions Answered), a new online/SMS service? The idea is that you text message a question to 63336 (only on O2, Vodafone, and Orange, right now: costs £1) and their server uses a clever combination of intelligent algorithms, data mining, and human researchers to provide you with an answer.
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Long Deadline
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[chez geek card]
The problem with long deadlines is they creep up ever so quickly.
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Just Plain Weird; And Other Observations About The World
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This is just plain weird. How to perform a fecalectomy on a keyring.
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Dissertation Hand-In
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I handed in my dissertation yesterday. What a farce. Here's the approximate order of things.
08:30 - Get up. Compile a postscript (.ps) copy of my dissertation, and upload both … -
Wargames As Public Acceptance
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There's a lot of defence for wargames, as Command & Conquer: Generals to see how far this can be … -
MY DISSERTATION IS DONE!
At long last, after many nights (and days) slog, my dissertation is done. Enormous thanks to everybody who provided feedback to the developmental copies (don't make any more comments now, 'cos I've "gone gold" with it). Tomorrow I hand it in and I'm rid of it forever, yay!!!
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Dissertation Proofreaders Needed
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I'm looking for help proofreading my dissertation. If you've been invited to, or you'd like to help, please go to https://danq.me/diss/, download the latest version, and post any comments … -
Hedgehog Farming For Chez Geek Players
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Confused? Read this news reports from news.scotsman.com! -
Minutes Of The Incorporation Meeting Of Peter Huntley Limited
If you're interested, you can read the minutes of the incorporation meeting of Peter Huntley Ltd., of which I seem to be a director: Minutes [PDF Format].
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Oh! You’re Going To Malawi? While You’re There, Pick Me Up Some AA Batteries…
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As most of my readers will probably be aware, I'll later this year be cycling around Malawi as a sponsored stunt with Cycle Tracks: "A Truly Charitable Bike Ride … -
More Celebrations
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[chez geek card]
Yay. Now I'm in a fab bouncey mood and ready to crack on with the next 10,000 words of my dissertation.
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10,000 Word Celebration
I just reached 10,000 words in my disseration (the minimum word limit). Well, 10,003, actually. I'm having a celebratory can of drink and some nice, loud, Goo Goo Dolls.
Speaking of which, I've found a great internet radio station that plays all kinds of fab rock music - Radio Oiram, if you're interested. It's been keeping … -
Killer Cyberloo Kidnaps Kiddie
As The Register reports, a Plymouth child was kidnapped on Saturday by a public convenience. Go read the story.