Kind: Articles
Traditional long form content: a post with an explicit title and body.
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Quiet On Set
When you watch The Quiet Ones, listen out for Dan cycling past, complaining the whole way about the film crew that have taken up camp between him and his office.
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Living In The Future
Google+ Hangouts makes multi-user video conferencing so easy that even Dan's mother can do it. It's like living in the future.
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Webcomics With Puzzles
Dan shares two webcomics that you might like to see, if you enjoy a good puzzle from time to time.
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KeePass for Opera
Dan develops a browser plugin for Opera to allow the KeePass Password Safe to work with Opera 12+, after the Opera team remove the feature upon which many KeePass users depended.
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Domain Name Hacks of 2013
With a plethora of new top-level domains planned to hit the Internet in 2013, Dan proposes a handful of new domain names, then feels sad that this new era might spell the end of "domain hacks", by making them too easy.
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Cardless Cashpoints
RBS Group banks now offer the ability to withdraw cash from ATMs without using a bank card, by making the withdrawal request from their mobile app. Dan gives it a go, and shares his thoughts on the process.
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Internetland
In Internetland, everybody has prosopagnosia. That's why it's so important that the people who live there treat their passwords with care. Dan tells a story about Alice, Bob, Eve, and an antiques store.
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Spee Kin Dork Weans Anguish
Darn desk covers eh Anguish languish, you sing eat toucan fusion Hanoi owl office fronds.
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The Signal and the Noise
Dan says nice things about Andy's new album, The Signal and the Noise, and offers to post his "spare" copy to you. Want it?
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Signs Seen in Service Stations
After a few motorway service station visits, Dan wonders how to drink alcohol in a parallel dimension, and whether its okay for Costa to make light of addictions.
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Eurovision Spectacular 2012
Eurovision Night 2012 is on Saturday, and it's time that we brought our disparate Eurovision Night Parties together via the power of the Internet. Let's share the experience.
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Worst Weekend Of Cinema - Part 2
In another bad cinema experience, Dan ends up watching the truly dreadful Piranha 3DD.
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Worst Weekend Of Cinema - Part 1
Dan goes to the cinema with Ruth and JTA, and they don't watch a film. However, they do have a good old complain.
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Pay To Post
Facebook is to introduce a new feature that will allow you to pay to "promote" your posts above those of your friends' other friends. Dan is reminded of Hashcash.
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On This Day In 2005
On this day in 2005, Dan received an unusual parcel. No, you're not reading the same post twice... this is not a fault... just deja vu!