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Review of FTL: Faster Than Light
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. FTL: Faster Than Light Rating: 👍 This game is just pure fun. It's not easy, and there's a lot of learning to be done, but it sort-of reminds me of playing NetHack for the first time, if NetHack were set in the Battlestar Galactica …
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Three Films I'd Watch (if anybody made them)
Dan pitches three movie ideas: "Knights of the Living Dead" (a twisted form of the Arthurian legends, with zombies), "My Daughter's Hand" (a story of love, homophobia, and family), and "The Bone Wars" (a dramatisation of the real-life rivalry of two of the Victorian era's most-famous palaeontologists).
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Suppose you have a time machine that can only jump to leap days. What's the chance that a random jump will put you on a Monday? [Maths]
Here’s a puzzle for you –
AltLike the TARDIS, your time machine has a fault.Like the TARDIS, your time machine has a fault. The fault isn’t a failure of its chameleon circuit, but a quirk in its ability to jump to particular dates. Picture courtesy aussiegall (Flickr), licensed Creative Commons.
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The Leap Machine (Puzzle)
Dan proposes a puzzle: if you know that it is 29th February in some randomly-selected leap year, what is the probability that it is a Monday? The answer is not one-seventh...
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Five
Dan and Ruth celebrate five years together; Dan spots some curious numeric coincidences; and the pair of them think about throwing a party.
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A brand new Golf from @ZipcarUK, a field of friendly cows, a tub of last night's curry, and an afternoon's #paramotoring. #LifeIsGood
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Review of Shiny EN001/NP01 Pre-Inked Paid Stamp
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Shiny EN001/NP01 Pre-Inked Paid Stamp Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ It's a stamp. It stamps. Hurrah!
It's a stamp. It stamps. It looks like it's going to dry out, but it doesn't. It works, and it's great.
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4 Things You Should Do When Writing A Will (Which My Dad Didn't)
While acting as executor for his father's estate, there have been four particular problems with Dan's dad's Will that have made the task monumentally more-challenging than it might have been. Here are four things that Dan's dad should have done to make Dan's job easier.
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A Bus Called Peter
Dan attends a ceremony to name a bus after his father, who died earlier this year, and surprises everybody present by pouring beer over the front of the new vehicle.
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Tonight a stand-up comedian asked my publicity-shy partner which of the men she was sitting with was her partner, and she said "Both." I am so proud.
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The second really did just walk into it when he asked Ruth “So which of these two men are you with? Or is it both?” “Yes, both,” she replied, and, in the period of silence while the comedian was still trying to comprehend what she’d said, added, “We’re polyamorous.”
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Six
Another day at the Edinburgh Fringe: comedy, whisky, a museum... and telling a room full of strangers about your unusual relationship configuration. Twice.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Five
Day five at the Edinburgh Fringe sees Ruth, JTA and Dan meet up with Matt's new girlfriend, Hannah-Mae, watch more comedy shows, drink gin, and point foam guns at one another.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Four
Dan, Ruth and JTA trek out to Leith and get very wet. And play disappointing board games. But they do get some good beer and delicious food.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Three
Dan watches lots more comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, eats two enormous meals, and learns about science.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Two
Dan's second day at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival sees magic, comedy, and lots and lots of whisky. Also a little cheese.