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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Team CompSci's "The Matrix" (Aberystwyth University Student Skills Competition 2001)
Until 2006, Aberystwyth University (then The University of Wales, Aberystwyth) ran an interdisciplinary competition for 2nd year undergraduate students to showcase the skills offered by their degree, by producing an educational stand and a presentation. Employers from various industries were invited as judges, and prizes were offered for the best stand, best presentation, and best … -
Dan Arrested; Carrying Offensive Weapon
Dan gets stopped by two police officers while carrying a battle-axe through the streets of Aberystwyth. Original content on AvAngel.com appeared, as follows:
Andy's account -
I wonder how many police officers, when asked by the guy they've just stopped on the street for carrying a battle-axe, will actually go to the URL he tells … -
Twenty Today
Dan's 20th birthday.
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New Year Photos
These images were shared here in hindsight, on 25 May 2019.
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A Brief History Of Me
[the following was originally posted to AvAngel.com in 2001; a copy is archived here]
Like an autobiography, only without about 99% of it being here...
Babyhood
I was born unexpectedly on 8th January 1981, in Inverness. Actually; that's not correct. I'm pretty sure that my birth was pretty much certain for almost nine months … -
Christmas 2000
These images were shared here in hindsight, on 25 May 2019.
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Fresher’s Week Aberystwyth
If you were in The Glen on Saturday 23rd September, you'll probably have seen an odd chap in a very loud shirt, inflating balloons and giving out "Hot Wet Sex" posters! The whole thing became a huge party - everybody bouncing balloons across the dance floor and waving posters in the air! (I wonder how …
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Postcards to Grandma
Dan sends some postcards to his grandmother from University.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #55:
In a fit of inspiration, after people keep on coming in to your room, in particular the guy in the room next door, and wiggling the cord of your wind chimes, much to your irratation, threaten that next time they … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Content Warning This archived blog post has been flagged as containing content that treats or depicts people negatively based on their appearance or identity. This wasn't okay at the time and it isn't okay now. I don't believe it's acceptable to pretend I didn't write them by removing them from the Internet - insofar as …
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #53:
Get an advent calendar! (the least said, the better)
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, during the first few months of my time at the University of … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #52:
Ride a train through water several feet deep, at 5mph, after the station at Dovey Junction becomes flooded, and, using traditional Welsh logic, it is decided that it makes far more sense to plough through it (making waves, for God's … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #51:
Spend all night playing e-mail tennis with somebody cross-campus, simply because it's 2:40am and you haven't got anything you'd rather be doing (except sleeping, but I'm not sleepy, soo...).
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #50:
Sit up 'til 5:00am coding for a project that doesn't have to be in until a week on Friday. On the up side, discover the root cause of the bug that was holding back the progress of the Group Project, … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #49:
Tear apart a pile of stolen computer keyboards to make a cool name plaque for your door, with real pressable buttons for each letter of your name, and not-pressable ones that say Enter, and Compose Character, and Do, and Lock, …