Category: Personal
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Posted a note for GC79361 Prestwich Memorial Tribute and TB Hotel
This checkin to GC79361 Prestwich Memorial Tribute and TB Hotel reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Turned up on a Tuesday at 16:15 to find the place all locked up, despite a sign on the door saying it was open until 18:00! Might try again later in the week.
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Off to Cape Town. Don't wait up! ✈️ 🇿🇦
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Found GC4FJ91 Poke My Eye Out
This checkin to GC4FJ91 Poke My Eye Out reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found after an extended hunt with fleeblewidget. Hadn't brought my proper GPSr out and my phone didn't give us a solid fix, but a spoiler photo by a previous finder was enough of a clue to …
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Howdymattic Outtakes
Did Dan's Howdymattic video from yesterday look slick? That's the illusion of video editing for you. Here's the outtakes.
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Howdymattic
In anticipation of starting with Automattic tomorrow, Dan makes a video to introduce himself to his new colleagues.
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Mission Across Wales
A sweary idiot goes on an amazing adventure: trying to cross Wales in a completely straight line, no matter what obstacles the country puts in his way. (Hilarious, gruelling) 4hr video series.
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Without The Bod
Dan celebrates his final day at the Bodleian with drinking, games, and rap music.
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Reply to @ADumbGreyHam
Dan replies to Adam's tweet about Dan's dad's public transport legacy.
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Archived GC7R0HB The Fairy Elevator
This checkin to GC7R0HB The Fairy Elevator reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped by to visit and discovered this had been vandalised again; I don't think it's maintainable in its current location. Archiving.
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Shredding eight years of old payslips
Finally convinced he's not going to need them any longer, Dan shreds 8 years of past Bodleian payslips.
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Reply to: Indelible
Dan's friend Bryn gets a tattoo, and Dan shares his thoughts.
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Text Rendering Hates You
Alexis Beingessner takes a delightful dive into the variety of issues that face developers who have to implement text rendering. Turns out this is, and might always remain, an unsolved issue.
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Time-Efficient Shuffling
Dan proposes a more complexity-efficient alternative to the Fisher-Yates shuffling algorithm. And it's silly.
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Using JSLint For Evil - YouTube
JSON inventor Douglas Crockford explains why he gave permission for the reference implementation of JSLint to be used for evil.
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Supply-Chain Security and Trust
Bruce Schneier shares thoughts about why supply-chain attacks are, for now, undefeatable.