Kind: Articles
Traditional long form content: a post with an explicit title and body.
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Video Games I Have Been Playing - Part Two
Following up on his previous video games post, Dan finishes reviewing a handful of the games he's been playing this month.
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Hello, Facebook; Goodbye, Facebook
Inspired mostly by his experiences with Facebook over the last few weeks, Dan decides that it's time to hang up his Wall and quit. Goodbye, Facebook. There's also instructions in this post about how to keep in touch with him, if you've forgotten how to do that outside of repeatedly clicking "Poke" on his page.
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Video Games I Have Been Playing - Part One
Having finally found some free time in his life, Dan plays Skrim (completing it in about 85 hours) and Modern Warfare 3 (completing it in just 6). Don't try to do a value-for-money comparison on that.
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A Surprise Christmas Gift
A surprise package arrives outside Dan's office door. What's inside? A whole heap of goodness, that's what.
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Making Time
Finally at the end of a mammoth development stretch for the Three Rings project, Dan finally gets a little free time in which to play some video games.
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Banned From Facebook
Dan gets banned from Facebook, for being too awesome. Or something. He wasn't really paying attention to the reason, because he was distracted by all of the adverts and clutter that Facebook's full of, these days.
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Etiquette
Dan and Ruth go to the theatre and perform in a play in which they are also the directors, audience, and scenery. Then things get weird.
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Goodbye Reader
After Google apply an ugly-as-sin new style and break some of his favourite features, Dan finally gives up on Google Reader and sets himself up on Tiny Tiny RSS instead.
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Zip-A-De-Do-Car, Zip-A-De-Day
For the last few months, Dan's been a member of Streetcar (now part of Zipcar), an on-demand car club, primarily as a means of getting to and from his course at Aylesbury College. Here are his thoughts on his experience, for your enjoyment.
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Poly and the Census - Success! (almost)
After much to-ing and fro-ing, the Freedom of Information Act request that a fellow blogger made to the Office of National Statistics, on the subject of households with individuals in non-monogamous relationships or with non-binary genders, has begun to yield results. Dan comments on the findings.
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The Play
Dan posts a short review and recommendation of "The Play", a piece of hypertext interactive fiction entered into IFComp 2011.
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Hug An Asexual
Go hug an asexual. That's Dan's message for you today, on Asexual Awareness Week. Or, if you can't manage that, he's got an even more fun mission for you.
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Back To School
Next week is half-term. Why does that matter? Because for the first time in almost ten years, Dan is back in education and studying towards a Certificate in Counselling at Aylesbury College.
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Wanted
Ah, Oxford. You are so eccentric. Dan shares a photograph he took.
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Meat To Please You
Dan asks vegetarians, "What's with the fake meat?", while musing on what unicorn might tastes like.