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Geohashing expedition 2023-03-10 51 -1
The dog needed a walk, so we explored North Leigh Common in the dark and found a hashpoint.
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The tape library robot that served drinks
@SecurityWriter shares a story about repurposing a backup tape management robot as a barkeep.
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UK Strikes in .ics Format
Need all the UK strike action in your calendar app? I just helped a coworker with that, and I'm happy to share the results with you.
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Yesterday's Internet Today! (Woo DM 2023)
At a work meetup a fortnight ago I presented a "flash talk" about how I've made WordPress into a CMS for Finger and Gopher as well as the web, and what I learned by doing so.
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Scottish-Mexican Fusion Cookery
Haggis tacos? Tattie scone quesadillas? Bean chilli stovies? I'm convinced there's mileage in Scottish-Mexican fusion cuisine, and I want to persuade you too.
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That Moment When You Forget Somebody's Dead
For the first time in years, perhaps, I had that "moment of forgotting my dad was dead" thing.
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Found GC8A40R Brockholes Stone Circle
This checkin to GC8A40R Brockholes Stone Circle reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with the elder geokid plus my mother and sister while on a layover in Preston to break up our journey from Aviemore to Oxford. We're getting to visit quite a few some circles this half term, …
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Found GC6CTKF Cache Wars - Han Solo
This checkin to GC6CTKF Cache Wars - Han Solo reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Travelling down from Aviemore to Preston on a multi-stage journey back home to Oxfordshire, we stopped off at the visitor centre and took the tour of the wind farm. My 6 year old loves wind …
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Found GCD6C2 Long Meg [Cumbria]
This checkin to GCD6C2 Long Meg [Cumbria] reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Ruth, the kids and I love a good stone circle. This one's in better condition than the one nearest our house (for which I'm CO to the Virtual, GC88ZY9!). We chanced it and counted the stones twice …
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Found GCA1NZ4 Long Meg
This checkin to GCA1NZ4 Long Meg reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An easy find for the geokids, Ruth and I while out on a walk with the geokids from Ruth's father's house in Reagill. SL, TNLN, TFTC.
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Found GC2HF4T Plus Lucis
This checkin to GC2HF4T Plus Lucis reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find while exploring the city after spending a few days meeting work colleagues from around the globe. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK! TFTC/DFDC!
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Found GC3CE1F Schubertkirche
This checkin to GC3CE1F Schubertkirche reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw the cache almost right away but had to stand around for a while pretending to read something on my phone while muggles passed by. SL, TFTC. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK.
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Found GC5GFNB DG - Linie
This checkin to GC5GFNB DG - Linie reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The second spectacular cache I've found from this CO. Absolutely amazing. Coordinates got me close, but it was only when I started looking around that I spotted something that didn't look quite right and found the cache. …
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Found GC5DC7H Friedensbrücke
This checkin to GC5DC7H Friedensbrücke reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Superb cache, my favourite in Vienna so far. Love the design; I might try to make one like this back in Oxfordshire, UK upon my return! FP awarded.
Coordinates put me exactly where I needed to be. Fortunately I had … -
Found GC91ZZ4 Ort der Barmherzigkeit - KH Barmherzige Brüder
This checkin to GC91ZZ4 Ort der Barmherzigkeit - KH Barmherzige Brüder reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find while I stopped to tie my laces. TFTC, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!