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Found GCBMAGR #08 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAGR #08 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Coming directly from the direction of #7, this cache container was visible from 30 metres out! The geopup busied herself with rolling in the grass while I did the necessary paperwork.
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Wrote note for GCBMAGF #07 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAGF #07 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Wasn't I just here? Yup! This is the only one of the series I'd already found, missing the FTF by only about half an hour the other week. It's still here and looking good!
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Found GCBMAG7 #06 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAG7 #06 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Very easy find while the geopup dawdled behind me, clearly having found something more-interesting for her to smell. TFTC!
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Found GCBMAAR #05 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3324
This checkin to GCBMAAR #05 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3324 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Another excellent container, though it was a bit of a stretch to reach it! A herd of playful cattle ran around far behind us as we searched, watching from a distance. TFTC. …
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Found GCBMAAD #04 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3326
This checkin to GCBMAAD #04 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3326 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Briefly overshot this one in our excitement to get out of the field with the sheep (and so allow the geohound off her lead) and rushed to the little bridge. Doubled back …
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ElenaJS (Progressive Web Components)
Ariel Salminen shared a release candidate for her new microframework Elena last week, and I love it! It's entirely geared towards Progressive Web Components and seems to provide all the scaffolding you'd need with none of the cruft. Delightful!
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Found GCBMA9M #03 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMA9M #03 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF when the GPSr dropped me right on it.
AltA lamb hides behind a sheep in a grassy field.
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Found GCBMA8X #02 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3323
This checkin to GCBMA8X #02 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3323 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Two for two. The dog watched from below as I reached for this one. Amazing container; love it!
AltA French Bulldog pants in a meadow.
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Found GCBMA4C #01 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMA4C #01 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. In the second hiding place I tied, and the evidence suggests I'm not the first to make my mistake. I dipped into this series on release day from the other "side"; now I've returned (with my geopup …
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NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears
New Scientist reports that the NHS are closed-sourcing a lot of their code, out of fear that AIs like Mythos will facilitate easier exploitation of their systems if they don't. Which is pretty-much... completely backwards thinking.
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£4,803.40 a Year for Water?
When we moved house, Thames Water failed to set us up an account correctly, and the hacky workaround they came up with claims that we spent our first 11 hours in the Chicory House perhaps pouring three tonnes of water into an ankle-depth 5×10 metre swimming pool.
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Reply to: locked-open
Dave Winer asked "What's the opposite of locked-in? Locked-open. Mwhahaa." Which kicked me off on thinking about how we secure the open-source nature of software, standards, and concepts... and the ideas that land in each.
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rejecting convenience
RNotté shares a manifesto to seek out inconvenience in order to seek greater human connection and authentic experiences. And you know what their post reminds me of? The Matrix!
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Something's gone wrong on the Jellyfin server I use to manage my household's film library, resulting in some unexpectedly-funny repetition...
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TV screen interface showing posters for many films. Groundhog Day is listed twice in succession. This is funny because the film is about a celebration date, 'groundhog day', repeating itself.
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Reply to: let's write a blog post about CSS
Dave's struggling to finish his blog post out CSS. I get the feeling... let me tell you about my blog post about pedestrian crossings.