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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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #7:
Eat a pot noodle from a vending machine... Like they're not just the ultimate convenience food anyway - just add water and eat - they've now made a machine that adds the water for you! The bloody thing even gives … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #6:
Escape from an extremely boring lecture whose content you know and understand anyway, after signing the register, by the much fabled "slip under your the desk at the back row of the lecture theatre, then crawl under your seat, out … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #5:
Use your NUS card the the Varsity to get a free Key Fob, which entitles you to dirt cheap (ok; even cheaper than normal) drinks most nights of the week... Banks Bitter: £1.25; Fosters £1.45 etc.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #4:
Buy a ticket to see Craig Charles, Still Live On Earth, on November 20th, at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre (a.k.a. My Doorstep). Not bad.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #3:
Ask a complete stranger out on a date. And have her say 'No'. Bugger.
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 … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #2:
Go the The Cambrian, buy a "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster", and down it, then see how long you can remain vertical.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #1:
Stand on the sea wall at high tide during a storm and watch the waves crash over your head, then walk home wet.
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Aberystwyth Admission
Dan starts his academic career at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
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Avatar Diary - Tiberian Sun
Dan buys Tiberian Sun and spends a few weeks letting it eat his life.
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Avatar Diary - Solar Eclipse
Dan's first blog started with a commentary on the August 1999 solar eclipse. This placeholder post represents that experience.
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Head Sizes
Is there a correlation between head circumference and intelligence, as measured by GCSE scores? Our research says no.
Raw data:
MALE Head Size (cm) GCSE Score TOPLINE BOTTOMLEFT BOTTOMRIGHT 60.4 45 12.87 115.025625 21.855625 57.2 48 31.605 56.625625 2.805625 57.5 44 1.565 61.230625 32.205625 56.4 41 -18.83 45.225625 75.255625 57.1 44 1.485 55.130625 32.205625 56.6 … -
Swimathon 1999
This image was shared here in hindsight, on 25 May 2019.
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Avatar Diary
Went to church with Alecia and Richard. There's a weird experience for me. Tasted the new flavour of Juicefuls from Brewsters while I was in town - Strawberry flavour. They're just as addictive as all the other flavours. Though I had intended to use the remainder of the day to finish tidying my room (the …
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Got up late, and had lunch with my mum before returning to my dad's house. Made a chicken stir-fry for tea (one of my few culinary skills) while my dad repaired his bike... I wasn't actually being considerate of others needs: I was just hungry. Watched "Gattaca" on video in the evening, followed by Channel …
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Went into college for Pure Maths, and for the first time in 1999, arrived on time (as opposed to one or more hours early)! Went out for tea to McDonalds with my dad and sisters in the evening. Went to my mum's house, and spent five hours (almost breaking my personal record of 5 hours …