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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May Ball 2003
Dan and Claire go to the May Ball at Aberystwyth University.
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Hollywood Pizza Menu
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Hot Chocolate
AltDan drinks a hot chocolate on Cairngorm, Aviemore
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Sugar Cubes
In the middle of the night, Dan and his friends write the URL of Dan's website in sugar cubes along a central reservation.
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Review of Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade, CD-ROM Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Use Windows XP Pro
The XP Suite of Operating Systems IS good, but why go for the Home edition? It's fundamentally crippled. Most of the code remains the same as for the Professional edition, but the … -
Easter Break
I'm sitting doing some work on a web site for one of our clients, and Reb (you know, the ex-girlfriend) sends me another text message:
you around for easter? xx
As it happens, I won't be. I could go visit my family for Easter, but this would result in two things happening:
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Chasing The Paycheck
What with unavailable accountants and worse, I've not been able to get my paycheque until today - a week later than expected. I have £2.50, half a loaf of bread, a tin of beans, and a packet of super noodles to live on until my cheque is cashed. I don't think that Sainsbury's Recipe Finder …
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Claire Goes To Norfolk
My love, Claire, disappeared to Norfolk today. I won't see her for a week. My horniness is going to be unmeasurable within days. Hmm... I wonder how much a prostitute costs around here?
A quick search on PunterNet UK (a prostitute review site) doesn't find any ladies for hire in Aberystwyth. That's disgraceful. I think I … -
A Message From Reb
I received an interesting text message from my ex-girlfriend Reb today. It read:
I was thinking, you know how you used to say i could have your diaries when you died. can i still? not that i wish you dead or anything, i was just wondering.
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April Fools Day
April Fools Day has always been an oppertunity for me to get back at the ineffective dickheads that are the management of Penbryn Hall at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. This year was no exception. Building upon the success of my last big prank, Penbryn-Hall.co.uk, a spoof 'official' site which almost got me expelled from …
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Ship sizes and Pillaging / Flag-o-poly
Nemo wrote:
Ursela is her own, walking, talking, swashbuckling example of the monopoly flag argument. I see the flag distribution happening along almost the same lines as the current crew situation.
Example:
A new player logs on. We'll call him Steve. Steve is quickly greeted by a member of the largest, most aggressively expansionist flag/crew. We'll call … -
Gender Balance
Rengor wrote:
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Also an interesting group are the developers, not the ringers, but all the other game developers playing this game, and there's quite a few of them. Im curious if they can say why they chose this game instead of Sims or Everquest etc?
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I'm a dev. (not a PP dev., of course), and … -
Scatman's World
[this page was originally posted to AvAngel.com but is archived here; the links have been adapted to improve usability]
Introduction
After playing around for some time with Corel Photo-Paint and Adobe Premiere, I decided it was time to make a cool music video that quite blatantly took the piss out of Bagpuss, a … -
New Site Preps For Launch
The new version of AvAngel.com is under full developmental swing... and within a week or two it'll be uploaded. Of course, you know what we're like for deadlines, so don't hold your breath - but if you don't believe us, catch Dan online (e-mail him for his ICQ number) and he'll show you what he's …
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Scatman's World
Back in early 2002, right after a shitty break-up, I moved back in with my dad and spent my nights making an alternative music video to Scatman John's "Scatman's World" out of photos of me and my friends and snippets of badly-lipsynched webcam footage. It's full of in-jokes and if you don't already …