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Review of The Coach and Horses
This review of The Coach and Horses originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Coach and Horses, The Green, Adderbury, Banbury OX17 3ND, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good food at spectacular prices. Friendly staff and free WiFi. A serendipitous find as I was exploring the village on my way back from …
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2018-08-22 52 -1 Geohashing expedition to East Adderbury
Dan's successful geohashing expedition to a field of cows near East Adderbury (and one more point on his Minesweeper grid!). More details.
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No.33: Twatt
Earlier this year, 2 friends and I decided to take on a hitch-hiking challenge to raise money for a charity called ‘The Campaign Against Living Miserably’. Last Friday Magnus, Sergio and I set off from Brick Lane with the intention of reaching the town of ‘Twatt’ on the Archipelago of Orkney – we gave ourselves…
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The Mystery Button-Box
Dan finds another bit of mystery hardware, and scares some head-scratcher photos.
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How Much of My Graticule is Covered With Water?
How much of an advantage do inland geohashers have over island ones? Dan attempts to quantify the answer in the hackiest way he can think of.
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Why Are You Bothering?
Why Are You Bothering? (The Polyamorous Misanthrope) A letter I got recently and a question I was asked in another forum really got me to thinking. The question was: How did you come to realize that poly-amorous relationships were right for you? Now … A letter I got recently and a question I was asked …
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Oat the Goat
Oat the Goat (oatthegoat.co.nz) Oh my Goat! We just finished reading this awesome pick-a-path story that helps children learn the power of kindness. Have a go… #OatTheGoat
Oat the Goat
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An Oral History of Leisure Suit Larry
https://melmagazine.com/an-oral-history-of-leisure-suit-larry-ef41bc374802 (melmagazine.com) If you happened to flip through a PC gaming magazine in the late 1980s or early 1990s, you would’ve probably seen an ad for a game called Leisure Suit Larry, or one of its many sequels. It was a graphic adventure game first released in 1987 with the primary goal of helping its …
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AI Nationalism
AI Nationalism by Ian Hogarth (Ian Hogarth) For the past 9 months I have been presenting versions of this talk to AI researchers, investors, politicians and policy makers. I felt it was time to share these ideas with a wider audience. Thanks to the Ditchley conference on Machine Learning in 2017 for giving me a …
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AC/DC's littlest fan?
1¾ year-old is Thunderstruck.
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Geohashing expedition 2018-08-07 51 -1
This checkin to geohash 2018-08-07 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location
A field South of Oxford
Participants
Dan Q
Plans
My meeting this afternoon got cancelled and my nearest hashpoint is only 6.5km (4 miles) away from my office. I can get this!
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2018-08-07 51 -1 Geohashing Expedition
Read the full hashlog report and see photos.
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Intercepting HTTPS Traffic from Android Emulator
A brief guide to decrypting HTTPS traffic sent to/from Android apps.
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The Web That Never Was
YouTube (youtube.com)
Dylan Beattie (YouTube)
Underappreciated video presentation on how only a few small changes to the timeline of the Internet and early Web results in a completely different set of technologies and companies becoming dominant today. Thought-provoking. -
Gaia
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gaia (smbc-comics.com) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal -
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal