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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Thankyou
This repost was published in hindsight, on 11 March 2019.
Fiona wrote:
You have made me both think and laugh tonight Dan. Thank you.
Thank you Paul, you got me in to this- it is my main way of being in touch with all of you.
Thank you all for posting, I often feel as if it should … -
Lion Cut?
This amused me at work today.
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Work, Work, Work…
...but at least I made some progress today. Heaps of work done. Good stuff.
Plus, managed to squeeze in some research that I'll need for later in the week.
And, better yet, my colleague Phill left his mobile at the office tonight, so I've reprogrammed his operator logo from it's old one (the O2 logo) to a … -
Beautiful Morning In The Valleys
Jen is, of course, correct. It is a beautiful morning. As I came over the brow of Penglais hill into the valley of Capel Dewi, the frosty fields were spread out before me like a big white blanket. If you happen to be up early this morning, go take a look... before it thaws.
It's a … -
More, Abstract, On Faith In What You Love
Following my previous entry, here's some recent feeling around the matter of "losing faith in what you love".
Very recently, I've met a great many people who are just beginning to find interesting and rewarding a thing which I have taken for granted for so long. And I've been encouraging this, in my own way - … -
The Most Frustrating Things In The World… Ever… (2004)
The most annoying thing in the world? Witnessing an argument and knowing exactly what needs to be said, and what needs to be asked, to resolve it, but those involved being so engrossed in it that none of them will listen to hear what they need to hear.
No; that's not right; the most annoying thing … -
Manos: The Hands Of Fate
This is the worst movie I have ever seen. It is far, far worse, even, than Barb Wire.
It is truly abysmal. Awful filming, meaningless plot, impossible-to-understand ending, crap acting, discontinuity, shitty clipping... apparently three members of the cast committed suicide shortly after filming was completed. Almost none of the rest worked in film again.
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Jam
I've just watched the DVD of the controversial Channel 4 TV Series, Jam. It's... different. It's perhaps a little too dark and bitter a sense of humour even for me, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I particularly enjoyed the "Symptomless Coma" sketch. All very, very sick-and-wrong, though. While I personally liked it, I can see …
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Congratulations, Paul - It’s A Beautiful… Kitten
Wow. I've found an internet radio station dedicated entirely to remixes of C64 music. Go tune-in!
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SiteFinder: Mark Two
[this post was damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has not been possible to recover it]
[further fragments of this post were recovered on 12 October 2018]
If you've been reading this blog since September-ish, you'll remember when I had about a week of ranting about the VeriSign/SiteFinder lark: this was … -
I Love Orange; Orange Love Me; We’re Like A Happy Family
Orange phoned me up today and told me that they'd like to give me £4/month off my bill for the next 12 months. Nice.
The lovely lady on the other end of the phone then helped redefine my contract to something far better suited to my actual usage pattern, in a move that ought to save … -
CV Of George Bush
[this post was damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has not been possible to recover it]
[it was partially recovered on 13 October 2018]
This one's doing the rounds of the internet, but it made me smile so I'm posting it here...
RESUME - GEORGE W. BUSH
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
LAW ENFORCEMENT:
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The Internet Is A World Of Ends
Got a spare quarter hour? I think you should go and read WorldOfEnds.com. It's a fascinating and concise analysis of what is the nature of internet, and why why should stop making mistakes with it.
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Like A Sheep; Following My Friends
My friend Jen has done one of those god-awful survey thingies where you supposedly reveal yourself better to your friends, on her blog. Not one to miss out, I'm going to do it, too... I'll be skipping a few of the more boring questions and adding a couple more...
1. BASICS:
FULL NAME: Daniel Huntley
SEX: Male
BIRTHDAY: 8th … -
Safer Internet Day
Today is European Safer Internet Day.
Does that mean that all those idiots who fell for the MyDoom virus (which, of course, required you to open a ZIP file inside the infected e-mail, the run the program inside it - yet still became the fastest-spreading e-mail virus to date) are going to actually plug their brains …