Kind: Articles
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Teaching Kids to Code - Why It Matters
Teaching children to program computers should be seen as being about making a new generation of computer programmers. It should be seen as an essential ingredient in making intellectual, fluent adults of tomorrow who can understand computers, not just "use" them.
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Secrets of Magic
Do you know the secret of magic? The secret of magic isn't, as many people think, secrets, but something else entirely...
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You Can't Do It Alone!
Dan places his most-ambitious geocache to date: a cache that requires two people to find it - on different sides of the city at the same time! How does this magic work? Dan reveals (almost) all...
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How to make a Cheese & Pickle Sandwich
What a strange species we are! Dan contemplates the complexity of a cheese & pickle sandwich.
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Blacksmithing
Dan and his coworker Liz take a day's course in blacksmithing, and discover quite how much hard work it is.
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Devon - the trip we'll never forget
Dan, Ruth, JTA, and Annabel take a holiday in Devon. And for better or worse, it becomes a trip that they'll never forget.
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Geocaching Like Batman
Dan finds his first "terrain 5" geocache. They said he needed a boat, but Dan laughs in the face of boats. Also in the face of safety.
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Social Engineering of the Day
Dan goes to deliver a lecture on security and, before he's even identified himself, manages to find out from the receptionist the best way to circumvent their door locks.
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Ice and Lemon
Recently, Dan read a book about an alternate-universe version of himself, authored by somebody who very-nearly shares his father's name. Once he's done being creeped out by the coincidences in it, he recommends it to you, too.
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Horoscopes
A long time ago, Dan dated a girl who would read several different horoscopes for her star sign, and pick the one she liked. And that wasn't even the craziest thing about her.
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Surprises, e.g. a Brother-in-Law
While on the way to a stag night in Edinburgh, Dan stops to perform magic in Preston and is surprised to discover that his sister has secretly gotten married.
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Cosmo - Building A Watercooled PC (Part 1)
Mostly-irrationally, Dan decides that it's time to build a new computer, and sets out to make a souped-up, liquid-cooled monster of a machine. This is the first part of that story.
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"Uncle Dan"
Dan reflects briefly on the birth of "tiny", and the crazy week that's come since, along with some adorable photos of the little rascal.
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Odd One Out?
Which is the odd-one out: gypsies, turkeys, french fries, or the Kings of Leon? It's a simple riddle, but it's still better than whatever you've gotten out of your cracker.
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The Hardest Hangman
What's the hardest possible word to guess in Hangman? Many have wondered, but Dan felt the need to find out for sure.