Kind: Articles
Traditional long form content: a post with an explicit title and body.
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Non Stop Hammer Ti.me
Dan launches NonStopHammerTi.me, the latest pointless thing he's put on the Web.
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Dead Dad Day
In an unusual exhibition of grief, Dan explores his relationship with Dead Dad Day.
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Logitech MX Master 2S
Dan gets a new mouse, finally supplanting the "best mouse in the world" he declared over eight years ago.
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Modern CSS on DanQ.me
Dan explains three of the cutting-edge CSS features implemented on his blog.
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Happy Metamour Appreciation Day, JTA
JTA and Dan would be friends anyway, but having a partner-in-common has given them the opportunity to be closer still. Dan shares some of their history together.
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Debugging WorldWideWeb
His Geek Flag held high, Dan proposes a minor bugfix to some software that almost nobody cares about.
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WorldWideWeb, 30 years on
To celebrate the Web's 30th birthday, some of Dan's favourite geeks reimplemented the very first browser.
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TRRTL - Logo on Coffee
TRRTL.COM: CoffeeScript-powered Logo-like turtle graphics. On the Web.
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Hello, Friendly Insurance Salesman!
After a long chat with a car insurance salesman, Dan says thanks. Also: sorry.
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Why do book spines have the titles printed the way they do?
The orientation of the title printed on the spine of anglophone books is dictated by ISO 6357. Wrongly.
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CSS-driven console graphics
There's an Easter egg in danq.me which you can see in your browser's debug console.
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Ending on a High
Dan marks the New Year by climbing Ben Nevis.
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Festive Cranberry & Cinnamon Bagels
Dan shares a recipe for delicious and highly-seasonal bagels.
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Alpha-Gal and the Gaia Hypothesis
A tick bite can make you allergic to non-primate mammals. Gaia hypothesis advocates might suggest that the increase in frequency of such bites is an example of the Earth fighting back against intensive farming's impact on climate.
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Second Factor Safety Net
If your phone is your second-factor, what happens when you lose it? Dan shares his backup strategies and encourages you to think about your own.