Category: Personal
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Review of McDonald's
This review of McDonald's originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. McDonald's, 298 London Rd, Oxford OX3 8DJ, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Just another McDonald's. Generally fast service and not too busy, but limited parking space and access by car is made challenging by the narrow road - partially through a housing …
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An aging real estate tycoon's dementia gives him delusions that he's the US president. We are that delusion. #AlternateRealityProblems
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Review of Partyman World Of Play
This review of Partyman World Of Play originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Partyman World Of Play, Ozone Leisure Park, Grenoble Rd, Oxford OX4 4XP, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Moderately small but well-constructed soft play with plenty to do despite being smaller than some of its competitors. Clean and tidy. Good …
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Review of Jacob's Inn
This review of Jacob's Inn originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Jacob's Inn, 130 Godstow Rd, Oxford OX2 8PG, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Review of Sainsbury's
This review of Sainsbury's originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Sainsbury's, 289 Oxford Rd, Kidlington OX5 2PE, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Perfectly reasonable supermarket. Car park sometimes challenging to leave at busy times, with tailbacks stretching into the lanes. Two convenient islands of self-service checkouts.
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The Bad Hair, Incorrect Feathering, and Missing Skin Flaps of Dinosaur Art
llustrating long-extinct creatures is difficult, but important work. With no living specimens to observe, it’s up to “paleoartists” who draw, paint, or otherwise illustrate the creatures of prehistory as we think they might’ve been. Their work is the reason that when we talk about velociraptors, stegosaurs, or even woolly mammoths, we have some idea … -
For the love of god, not everything is about cats
Earlier this week, the Spanish government raided the Barcelona office of the PuntCat Foundation, the company that administers the .cat domain, and arrested one of its senior executives.
PuntCat means “dot cat” in Catalan, the language spoken in the Catalonian region of Spain as well as places in France, Andorra, and Italy. The office was raided … -
git git git git git
Ever found you've accidentally entered too many gits in your terminal and wondered if there's a solution to it? I quite often type git then go away and come back, then type a full git status after it. This leads to a lovely (annoying) error out the box:
$ git git status
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Why I Still Use Vim
I often get asked about why I use Vim as my primary editor, there is no particular reason for this, except that I ended up learning it when I moved over to Linux full time many years ago. I ended up liking it because I could edit my small source files on my quad-core … -
Digest for September 2017
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This month I advised people of a well-known but oft-forgotten trick to avoid spam to your GMail account by using a plus-sign and some arbitrary text (or the name of the company you're dealing with) in your email address, and shared with minimal interpretation a web app I'd developed: fnorders.com. I also made my … -
Review of St Margaret's Institute
This review of St Margaret's Institute originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. St Margaret's Institute, 30 Polstead Rd, Oxford OX2 6TN, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple, versatile space with lots of scheduled classes and groups.
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GMail Tip: Use A Plus Sign To Avoid Spam
Surely everybody by now knows that you can use a plus sign in your GMail address to dodge spam and improve email filtering. Wait, some people don't? Let's fix that.
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Review of Bytemark
This review of Bytemark originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Bytemark, 2 Opus Ave, York YO26 6BL, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Internet hosting services backed by knowledgeable customer service and "real people" you can talk to, all at great prices.