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On This Day In 2011
As part of the On This Day series, Dan looks back over the last year that he's been running FreeDeedPoll.org.uk, a service that makes it easy and painless for British citizens to change their name (and have that name legally-recognised)
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The Artist
Dan and Ruth go to the cinema to see The Artist, and Dan shares his thoughts on it.
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Toggling
When he's on autopilot, Dan's been known to "toggle" things when he means to "set" them. And he can't even blame it on being sleepy or concussed, it turns out...
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New Computer #2 - Dana
Dana is the second of the two new computers Dan's acquired this month. She's tiny, reasonably-powerful, and uses almost no electricity.
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The Nontheist Glossary
Dan talks about what the word "nontheism" means to him, as an umbrella term for a whole heap of other exciting words. He then goes on to criticise how he sees the word "nontheist" used today, in what he sees as further misuse of an already-confusing word.
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Marks & Spensive
Dan trolls shoppers in the queue behind him at Marks & Spencer.
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Looking for Wikipedia?
Dan explains how to get around the Wikipedia anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout, should you need to.
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Northern Radio
While standing in the shower and listening to a local radio station, in Lancashire, Dan considers the impact of moving around the country on his perception of different dialects.
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Village Of The Bunnies
To celebrate his birthday, Dan is joined by Ruth in an effort to construct a diorama of a gingerbread village under assault from enormous gelatinous bunny rabbits. Alcohol may have been involved.
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My Very Excellent Liz Just Brought Us Sixteen Pizzas
Dan saw in the New Year, highly intoxicated, in Macclesfield at the house of his friends Liz and Simon. There's a video and everything.
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New Computer #1 - Tiffany2
This weekend, Dan built a new computer - Tiffany2 - to replace his aging media centre box.
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Five Beds
During his Christmas and New Year tour of the UK, Dan is offered the chance to sleep on no fewer than five separate beds. He's not been quite so crass as to rank the crash spaces he was so-kindly offered in order of comfort, but he might as well have.
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Marmite
This blog post is about Marmite.
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To The North Pole!
In April 2012, Dan's dad will walk to the North Pole. Dan shares a few words of encouragement, and asks you to consider sponsoring him
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The Old Asylum
Dan explains how he came to love abandoned buildings and forgotten places, by telling the story of how he and some school friends explored a the hollow remains of what was once Britain's largest mental hospital.