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  • Image representing post: On This Day In 2004

    On This Day In 2004

    On this day in 2004 Claire and I hosted the eleventh ever Troma Night, a weekly event that became a central part of the social calendar of our friends for about six years. I've dug up some old photos, so I thought we might enjoy reminiscing about how young we all used to look.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (899 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 24 January, 2018
  • Dan and Annabel wearing My Little Pony headbands

    How I Became A Brony

    Dan doesn't describe himself as a brony, but others might: perhaps it's the t-shirts?

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1594 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 6 January, 2018
  • Image representing post: The Thing With Black Ice

    The Thing With Black Ice

    Dan sketches an MS Paint-grade comic showing how his partner Ruth came off her bike on black ice, this morning.

    Read more (51 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 19 December, 2017
  • Google and Samsung's emoji for "juggling".

    This Is Not What Juggling Looks Like

    Graphic designers creating emoji characters sometimes make questionable choices. Like with the "juggler" emoji...

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1156 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 13 December, 2017
  • Christmas card - and cake! - from Bytemark.

    Christmas Cheer with Bytemark

    For the last eight years, Three Rings has sent Christmas cards to our customers and special friends. And this year, a special friend sent a gift back...

    Read more (366 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 11 December, 2017
  • Spot The Difference - Bodleian vs Bilkent websites

    When One Library Steals From Another

    What happens when a university library completely rips-off the web design of a different university's library service?

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1469 words)

    • Article
    • 13 comments
    • posted 24 November, 2017
  • Image representing post: Bread Winner

    Bread Winner

    Ruth and Dan go to a Festive Bread Workshop and spend a satisfying but exhausting day practising making five different kinds of bread.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (853 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 23 November, 2017
  • Image representing post: Carry Fire

    Carry Fire

    "My dad'd love this!" Dan thinks as he listens to Robert Plant's new album, in the first case of him momentarily-forgetting-his-dad's-death in almost a year. It's a pretty good album, regardless.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (506 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 6 November, 2017
  • Eye of a storm as seen from the ISS.

    Jokes That Aged Badly

    Why is Margaret Thatcher like a pound coin? Find out why, and then have the joke explained to you, here.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1244 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 1 November, 2017
  • Filling in an Equifax registration form.

    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.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (776 words)

    • Article
    • 49 comments
    • posted 26 September, 2017
  • Players fight a basilisk across a paper RPG map.

    Stones Under Yetzin

    Dan's been running a roleplaying campaign for a few friends, and now that campaign's got it's own blog (not to mention a suite of companion apps, because... well, it's Dan).

    Read more (416 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 5 June, 2017
  • Annabel plays-dead after "falling off a mountain".

    Playing Dead - Toddlers Gone Weird

    At the request of a toddler, Dan spends an afternoon repeatedly re-enacting the circumstances of his father's death.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (726 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 26 May, 2017
  • Image representing post: AMP Is Poisonous

    AMP Is Poisonous

    AMP, Google's technology that tries to make the mobile web faster by giving Google a monopoly over it, is fucking poisonous and it destroys everything that makes the Web great. Reject AMP!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (666 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 19 May, 2017
  • Annabel is awed by the size of a tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.

    Science! (for toddlers)

    Nobody is too young for science! Dan shares some of his toddler-friendly science activities.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2080 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 5 May, 2017
  • Image representing post: The Long Tail of an Abusive Relationship

    The Long Tail of an Abusive Relationship

    Even the tamest of abusive relationships can have an impact that lasts for years or decades. Dan shares a facet of his experience.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1035 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 30 April, 2017

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