Category: Personal
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Prior to the invention of nose-picking by Dr. Edwin Snotter in 1893, a variety of less-effective techniques for the removal of dried nasal mucus were widely practised.
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Watch UK's Natural Land Diminish in 100 Seconds
If the different land uses of the UK were divided up into their percentage-ratio blocks, what would a 100-second tour of the country (with each second covering a single percent of the land usage) look like?
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Posted a note for GC86MHH Top of the Footpath
This checkin to GC86MHH Top of the Footpath reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Checked-in on this cache. Cache is findable/signable, though the hiding place isn't as good as it once was, and there's no pencil right now.
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Posted a note for GC86MTH Yarnton Lane
This checkin to GC86MTH Yarnton Lane reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Checked-in on this cache. All is well, although the pencil is blunt; I'll try to get out here with a sharpener if nobody beats me to it first.
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Can we fix it it? Yes we can! Yet more unusual work by the @BodleianLibs web/digital team (featuring @olearyalice).
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When Experienced Women Engineers Look for New Jobs, They Prioritize Trust and Growth
Excellent research courtesy of my soon-to-be new employer about the driving factors affecting women who are experienced software engineers.
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Counting Down
I wasn't sure that my whiteboard at the Bodleian, which reminds my co-workers exactly how many days I've got left in the office, was attracting as much attention as it needed to. If I don't know what my colleagues don't know about how I do my job, I can't write it into my handover notes.
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"One of the best things about working at The Bodleian... Pretending to be a PhD student..."
Dan's boss posted pictures to her LinkedIn of her pretending to be a PhD student, so Dan shares the ones he was in (and some social media featuring his kids).
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Found GC55HCZ Take a break!!
Dan finds a geocache at Warwick Services on the M40 while waiting for a car to recharge.
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These three explanations collectively describe quite well what @3RingsCIC and I are doing at @FairlawnsHotel today. 😊
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Performed maintenance for GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three
This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Replaced the vandalised note in Waypoint #1. Anybody who logged its absence in the meantime is welcome to message me and I'll reply with a description of what it says so they don't have to revisit …
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Automattic Recruitment (days -179 to -51)
Dan reflects on the last 128 days since he applied to work at Automattic, and looks forward to the remaining 50 until he starts.
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The Real Dark Web
An analogy between dark matter and the huge crowd of web developers who are using such "boring" technology stacks.
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Passport Photos
Passport photo rules make self-expression impossible. Or do they?
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The family that shrank France
Another video from the Map Men, this time about the Cassini map of France and its legacy on contemporary cartography, presented in their usual hilarious style.