Kind: Articles
Traditional long form content: a post with an explicit title and body.
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Santander to Accept Homemade Deeds Poll
Santander are one of two banks who've been a thorn in Dan's side since he started helping people to change their name by deed poll. But no longer, perhaps.
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Rebuilding a Windows box with Chocolatey
As often happens when he moves house, Dan broke a PC. But thanks to package manager Chocolatey, he was able to get it back up-and-running in a fraction of the time he might have expected.
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Break Into . Us (lock puzzle game)
Some people, when faced with a puzzle, try to solve it. Dan tries to recreate it. That's how he wrote his latest game: Break Into Us.
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Buying Another House
By the weekend, Dan hopes to have moved house. Again, but perhaps for the last time?
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Sour Grapes... a Murder Mystery in Lockdown
Dan doesn't let lockdown get in the way of hosting a murder mystery party, with thanks to the power of video conferencing and a prefabricated script.
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Future Challenges for Remote Working
As more and more companies (especially tech companies) talk about retaining a remote-work culture after the coronavirus crisis, Dan considers some of the future challenges they might face.
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Automattic Lockdown (days 79 to 206)
In another 128-day-interval update, Dan looks back on months two through six working for Automattic.
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Mackerelmedia Fish
Dan reviews Mackerelmedia Fish, a surreal game by Nathalie Lawhead, and recommends that you give it a go.
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Digital Climate Strike's Carbon Footprint
Dan criticises a website promoting a "Digital Climate Strike" as being among the world's worst websites from the perspective of its carbon footprint.
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Understanding Them (Pronouns)
After many years, Dan has a change of heart and decides that the singular "them" isn't all that, and maybe we do need some other nonbinary pronouns.
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The 7 Types Of StackOverflow Answers
StackOverflow's a great resource, but it's also a terrible one. Dan explores the seven types of answers you'll get to any question you post to the site.
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Gratitude
Dan is grateful for a great many things, despite the current crisis.
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Hashcard
Dan receives an unexpected mid-expedition postcard from a fellow geohasher.
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Identifying Post Kinds in WordPress RSS Feeds
Dan shares the code he's written to improve Indieweb Post Kinds support in his RSS feeds.
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Difference Between VR and AR
Dan's sister challenges him to define the difference between AR and VR, and Dan realises that he can't.