Category: Personal
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The Web That Never Was
YouTube (youtube.com)
Dylan Beattie (YouTube)
Underappreciated video presentation on how only a few small changes to the timeline of the Internet and early Web results in a completely different set of technologies and companies becoming dominant today. Thought-provoking. -
Gaia
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gaia (smbc-comics.com) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal -
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Geohashing expedition 2018-08-04 51 -1
This checkin to geohash 2018-08-04 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location
Looks to be deep in the bushes alongside the unnamed road that connects Kidlington Road (to Islip), the sliproad exiting the A34 Southbound, and Bicester Road (in Kidlington).
Participants
Dan Q
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Posted a note for GC6P6WR Pub Quiz
This checkin to GC6P6WR Pub Quiz reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I just received a message from user LesHommesSauvages who're so close to solving this puzzle. Here's hoping that the mild hint I gave them about which digit they'd gotten wrong is enough to have their "Found it" message …
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Quantum Key Distribution Whitepaper
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/quantum-key-distribution (ncsc.gov.uk) This white paper describes our current position on quantum key distribution (QKD). QKD is an approach to key distribution that relies on the properties of quantum mechanics to provide security. ...
For all the practical, business and security reasons given above, at this point in time we:
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Are movies getting longer?
Are movies getting longer? (Stephen Follows) Either I’m getting older or movies are getting longer… and longer … and longer. So which is it? I took a look at the numbers. I studied the running time of the top 100 US-grossing films since 1994 (2,200 films in total) and all films shot in the UK 2005-14 (2,142 …
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The Bullshit Web
The Bullshit Web (pxlnv.com) My home computer in 1998 had a 56K modem connected to our telephone line; we were allowed a maximum of thirty minutes of computer usage a day, because my parents — quite reasonably — did not want to have their telephone shut off for an evening at a time. I remember …
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Challenge Robin
Dan drives a blindfolded man into the wilderness, steals his phone and wallet, and abandons him. But it's all okay!
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Digest for July 2018
Summary
In July 2018, I did a little geocaching and shared an awesome Pride GIF and an old advert.
All posts
Posts marked by an asterisk (*) are referenced by the summary above.
Checkins
Dan Q found GLWG7T19 Blind-House Lacock Revisited *
Dan Q performed maintenance for GC7R0HB The Fairy Elevator
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Review of National Trust - Cliveden
This review of National Trust - Cliveden originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. National Trust - Cliveden, Cliveden Rd, Taplow, Maidenhead SL1 8NS, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely country garden with knowledgeable staff. The hedge maze and the water gardens are especially nice.
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Review of Royal National Hotel
This review of Royal National Hotel originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Royal National Hotel, 38-51 Bedford Way, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0DG, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐ Small rooms with no air conditioning. Noisy streets below. Fire alarm went off in the middle of the night but no explanation or apology given, …
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Review of Isis Farmhouse
This review of Isis Farmhouse originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Isis Farmhouse, Haystacks Corner, The Towing Path, Iffley Lock, Oxford OX4 4EL, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Delightful riverside pub with great beer and good food. Only really accessible from the Thames Path and not by road, which personally feels like …
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Found GLWG7T19 Blind-House Lacock Revisited
This checkin to GLWG7T19 Blind-House Lacock Revisited reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. In Lacock on an "away day" with colleagues from the Bodleian Libraries to visit the Abbey, I found a spare few minutes to seek this cache. Spent some time puzzling over the first stage because somebody seems …
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Review of Pest Solutions Oxfordshire
This review of Pest Solutions Oxfordshire originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Pest Solutions Oxfordshire, Swinford Park, Eynsham OX29 4BY, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Same-day service... when I called on a Saturday lunchtime! Explained everything over the phone, charged fairly, and offered to come back for free if the problematic wasps …