Blog
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Performed maintenance for GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo
This checkin to GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped by following TomTrxsh's log implying there was a problem with the cache container, but it seems to be fine. The lids on this kind of container can be completely removed but are easy to put back …
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Shifting into Automattic
Dan announces his upcoming departure from the Bodleian Libraries and looks forward to working with Automattic.
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JavaScript frameworks are better for accessibility (and other myths)
Chris Ferdinandi counters a Twitter user's argument that web frameworks solve a plethora of common web development challenges, and he's right.
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Dan instructs a 5 year-old in diagnosing and replacing a blown PSU in her mother's computer.
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Dan helps a 5 year-old launch stomp rockets to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.
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DanQ.me Ecosystem
Dan explains how he produces content for the Web, and his blog's place in the ecosystem of the places his content can be seen.
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Stellar Rescue
The survivors of the mining ship Red Dwarf sell out to take part in an advertisement for the AA. Which is awesome.
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Pure Fourier series animations for 12 oddly satisfying minutes
3Blue1Brown produced animations showing Fourier series configured to draw interesting pictures, and they're mesmerising.
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How a video game community filled my nephew's final days with joy
Mat Westhorpe on how the Elite Dangerous videogame player community came together to bring as much joy as possible to the final weeks of the life of his 15 year-old nephew. Is somebody cutting onions in here?
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Metropoloid: A Metropolis Remix
Yaz Minksy and Joe Blair use classic videogames to produce a contemporary soundtrack for epic 1927 silent film Metropolis.
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Imogen Heap: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Imogen Heap demonstrates how she uses her Mi.Mu gloves as an expressive music manipulation tool, and then goes on to sing the most haunting rendition of Hide and Seek you'll ever hear.
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#TodayILearned that if you get a perfect 100-100-100-100 + #PWA score from @Google's site performance/accessibility/best practice/SEO tool "@____lighthouse" then you're treated to an animated fireworks display alongside your scores. (Yes, this is for danq.me.)
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I Staked Out My Local Dominos to See Just How Accurate Its Pizza Tracker Is
Brian VanHooker tests the accuracy of the Dominos' Pizza Tracker by stalking his local delivery driver. Top-class investigative journalism.
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Performed maintenance for GC86MHH Top of the Footpath
This checkin to GC86MHH Top of the Footpath reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After receiving a confusing message about the logbook being missing, came out to check on the cache. All is well; keep caching!
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I Put Words on this Webpage so You Have to Listen to Me Now
Christine Dodrill is angry with the way that people use tool to do thing.