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Couldn't find GC4KHZ4 One in a Million - Festival Gardens
This checkin to GC4KHZ4 One in a Million - Festival Gardens reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. No luck for me this morning. Based on recent logs and photos I suspect the object to which the hint relates was repaired recently and the cache muggled at the same time.
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Temporarily disabled GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three
This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Temporarily disabled pending repair of Stage 2.
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Higher/Lower Datepicker
Can Dan make an even-worse "date of birth" field than those spinner ones?
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Goose-Related Etymologies
Geese seem to work their way all over our language. Let's take a look at the etymology of some goosey terminology.
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Parcel Delivery Scammers Could Try Harder
Dan dissects SMS parcel fraud scams and suggests four ways in which tomorrow's fraudsters might be smarter and more-dangerous than todays.
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Geohashing expedition 2021-06-26 51 -1
Dan cycles out towards the 2021-06-26 51 -1 geohashpoint but fails when he discovers he forgot to bring a bike lock and can't go the final kilometre with his bike.
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Couldn't find GC7PEG1 The Cachington Tour
While out geohashing, Dan tries to find a multicache in Cassington but fails because an essential clue is inaccessible.
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Creed Cult-ure
Automatticians seem to really believe in their creed. Is Dan's employer a cult? Let's try to work it out...
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Posted a note for GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge
This checkin to GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped by while out for a walk and discovered that "Gina + Kylie", a pair of presumably non-geocachers, found the cache on Tue 8 June and left a note in the logbook! This is cool, not just because …
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Ahead of schedule on work project. Invited to 2nd COVID jab next week. Spent half of day working on laptop in sunny garden. Parcel arrived from @LEGO_group with Everyone Is Awesome model (pictured).
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Just learned Tuca & Bertie is getting a 2nd season (thanks Adult Swim, no thanks Netflix). Super excited. In anticipation I'm rewatching season 1 of this sort-of "upbeat feminist Bojack Horseman" and (re)loving it.
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Getting Twitter Avatars (without the Twitter API)
Twitter's API sucks so hard that Dan resorts to screen-scraping for avatar images rather than bothering to use it "properly".
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Mow-Rio Kart
Dan's ride-on lawnmower is less cool the one in this video, which plays Mario Kart.
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Hey @LloydsBank! 2009 called and asked if you're done sending your customers links to unencrypted HTTP endpoints yet. How do you feel about switching this to a HTTPS link rather than relying on an interceptable/injectable HTTP request?
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Ireland and the UK Aren't In The Same Timezone!
Dan is surprised to find that Ireland isn't actually in the same timezone as the UK, and looks into how any why this is.