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The Difference Between Downloading and Streaming
Mostly to make use of an animation I made for a different blog post that hasn't materialised, let me take a moment to explain to you the fundamental technical difference between 'streaming' and 'downloading'. Which won't take long... because there isn't one!
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Today's Hide And Seek With The Kids is brought to you by the Bishop's Palace, St. David's, Wales.
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Dan crouches on a stone spiral staircase.
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Cwm-yr-Eglwys, on the West coast of Wales. Time for a (bracing) swim!
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Sandy beach in front of a narrow bay, flanked by cliffs, under turbulent skies.
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I was happy to get out of the traffic jam and get some fresh air, but the dog is REALLY happy! Running, rolling, sniffing, jumping... so excited to be able to move around!
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A French Bulldog happily rolls around on her back in lush green grass.
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Off to Pembrokeshire on holiday I've had to stop near Cardiff to put some more charge into the car... which provides the perfect opportunity for the doggo and I to explore a nearby sports field and take in All. The. Smells. 🐶
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Standing in a green park space, Dan gestures to his dog, a Frenchie, who's sniffing a nearby tree.
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Google Shared My Phone Number!
When people started calling my personal mobile number with questions about a voluntary organisation I'm involved with, I was confused: we weren't sharing that number. It turns out that Google had decided to take the number I used to verify my identity for Google Business some years prior and start putting it in Google Search results. WTF, Google?
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Found GCB4434 A Road Anarchy - A40 TB Hotel
This checkin to GCB4434 A Road Anarchy - A40 TB Hotel reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. On a diversion from my cycle from Witney to Eynsham I came along the A40 cyclepath to find this cache. And what a cache! An excellent container perfectly suited to it's hiding place. …
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Found GCAARWW Green All Around
This checkin to GCAARWW Green All Around reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After cycling into Witney on an errand, put a slight diversion in my return route to find this cache. Didn't see anything at the coordinates so hit the hint, and there's been enough fresh green growth here …
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Shower thought for the morning was: why is cream cheese spread 'Philadelphia' called that? Is it from Philadelphia? (My box isn't, of course: it came from Ireland.)
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Dan, a white man with blue hair and a goatee, wearing a purple t-shirt, stands in a spacious residential kitchen holding a 'Family Pack'-sized tub of 'Original Philadelphia'.
Nope, it turns out that it was originally invented in New York in the 19th century and named for Philadelphia because Philadelphia, PA was at that point famous for its dairy industry. Just another bit of parasitic branding leveraging a borrowed association, like the Quaker Oats guy or the Rolls Razor. Now I'm wondering how many other examples I can find!
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Off to London. BRB!
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Dan, sitting on a bus.
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Queer Coded 🌈
Paraphrased from a conversation in a Manchester pub last night -
Them: Your [dyed blue] hair is queer-coded, right? Like... you're telegraphing you're queer?
Me: I mean... I'm also wearing a pride rainbow t-shirt and my watch strap is a 'bi pride' flag. I don't feel like I'm being subtle.
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Found OK0063 Stella's on a mission
A quick diversion from my walk back to to train station to snap a selfie at the GZ while waving a rainbow handkerchief. TFTC!
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Did not find GCAF1WK KT 132 - Just a number 1
My sneaky hunt was interrupted when the fire alarm went off in a nearby building and its occupants spilled out into the street! Maybe another time.
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Found GC2MTTV Power to the People
This checkin to GC2MTTV Power to the People reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Not too busy here this morning so I was able to mount a proper search for the cache. No sign of the container, so providing a photo log in accordance with CO's instructions. TFTC.
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Found GC84F1A Manchester Central Library
What a truly spectacular cache. FP awarded, without hesitation. I've seen a similar kind in a library before but never with such depth, such a story, so voluminous a container, nor - let's be honest - so beautiful a building!