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Category: Personal

  • FastTheseusJS libary

    Minification vs the GPL

    Does distributing only minified code violate the GPL? What about if the "minification" is minimal and hand-done as part of other code improvements? There's a grey area here, and Dan's going to overthink it!

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1661 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2021
  • Performed maintenance for GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham

    This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped by for a maintenance visit. All is well except for a discrepancy between the paper and online logs, which I'm following up with the cachers in question.

    Update: I've verified that everybody who's โ€ฆ

    Read more (56 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GKJA
    • posted 2 November, 2021
  • Image representing post: Bisexuality Mythbusters

    Bisexuality Mythbusters

    Stephanie Beatriz busts some of the... less-common myths about bisexuality.

    Read more (23 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 1 November, 2021
  • Image representing post: From Synergy to Barrier

    From Synergy to Barrier

    Disenchanted by a lack of platform support, Dan switches from Synergy to its fork, open-source competitor Barrier.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1094 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 20 October, 2021
  • Image representing post: Note #19590

    Tesco Abingdon's phone menu system is diabolical, Dan discovers.

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    • Note
    • posted 15 October, 2021
  • Image representing post: Xday Dinner on a Yday???

    Xday Dinner on a Yday???

    Reminded of his sister's Family Vlog, Dan throws together a compilation reel of a particular running gag.

    Read more (67 words)

    • Video
    • posted 14 October, 2021
  • Dan dressed as The Flash

    Today is "superhero day" for nursery/reception, so I continued my effort to straddle the line between being a fun #parent and an embarassing parent line by dropping the kids off like this...

    Read more (33 words)

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 7 October, 2021
  • Image representing post: Note #19569

    Dan overengineers a geocache... so it looks like a sign!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (13 words)

    • Note
    • posted 6 October, 2021
  • Performed maintenance for GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham

    This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I like to check in on my new caches after about a week in the field to ensure there are no teething troubles with their hiding place/weatherproofing etc. All looks good here!

    Read more (33 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9GKJA
    • posted 6 October, 2021
  • Screenshot of YOURLS interface showing Dan Q's list of shortened links. Six are shown of 1,939 total.

    Making an RSS feed of YOURLS shortlinks

    After switching his personal shortlinks from S.2 to YOURLS, Dan dusts off his XSLT experience to make himself an RSS feed of his shortlinks!

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1663 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 5 October, 2021
  • Performed maintenance for GC9EZ55 Beam Approach Training

    This checkin to GC9EZ55 Beam Approach Training reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped in to check on this cache while out for a cycle nearby. Both the first stage puzzle object and the cache container are in place and healthy.

    Read more (28 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9EZ55
    • posted 1 October, 2021
  • GB sticker being affixed to a car.

    GB number plate sticker no longer valid abroad

    In light of legislative changes about 'GB' (now 'UK') stickers on cars, Dan adds a joke to his list of jokes that aged badly.

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    • Repost
    • posted 1 October, 2021
  • My @FreshRSS installation is the first, last, and sometimes only place I go on the Internet. When a site doesn't have a feed but I wish it did, I add one using middleware (e.g. danq.me/far-side-rss).
    Here's to the next 20 years of my #RSS addiction.

    Read more (47 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 29 September, 2021
  • Found GC944X7 Pop! Bang! Crack! Goes the Christmas Cracker

    This checkin to GC944X7 Pop! Bang! Crack! Goes the Christmas Cracker reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The second of the caches in this series that I found in between errands, this afternoon, was probably the easiest, because the hiding place reminds me distinctly of one of my own hides! โ€ฆ

    Read more (48 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC944X7
    • posted 14 September, 2021
  • Found GC93YF2 O Christmas Tree

    This checkin to GC93YF2 O Christmas Tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I'd picked this one out as an essential for this afternoon's "between jobs" hunt, because it completes my Solar System Wonders set. How pleased I was to find that through this cache a tree is properly - โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC93YF2
    • posted 14 September, 2021

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