Kind: Articles
Traditional long form content: a post with an explicit title and body.
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As an Aquarius, I'm shocked...
In the wake of Facebook and the rest of the Internet going crazy over a possible discrepancy in the interpretation of star signs, Dan is glad that his self-made certificate still shows that he's an Aquarius.
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The Worst Server Infection I've Ever Seen
Dan discovers a mountain of malware on a client's database server, and wonders how it all got there.
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Thirty - Part Two
Following his 30th birthday party, Dan shares a few thoughts about his recent melancholy mood, and how much this was improved by what was a cracking little party.
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Thirty - Part One
On his 30th birthday, the other Earthlings threw Dan a surprise party. Which wasn't much of a surprise, because one of the guests hadn't realised that it was supposed to be a secret and had let the cat out of the bag. Nonetheless, a great time was had by all, and the night wasn't entirely without its surprises...
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On This Day In 2004
Dan looks back to six years ago, when he and Paul argued about the usability of the Steam digital distribution platform.
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The Wedding - Unanswered Questions
Photos from Ruth & JTA's recent wedding, as a "teaser" to keep you on the edge of your seat until the bride and groom get around to actually announcing that the photos have been published, and where you can see them.
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The Wedding - Feedback
Ruth & JTA haven't gotten around to blogging about their wedding since it happened, yet, and I've so far failed to make available copies of many of the photographs I've been sent (although you can find a link to a few photos on this page) - although, in my defence, I've only just gotten the …
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Productivity
When we woke up this morning Oxford was caked with a blanket of snow, about two inches thick and growing fast. Ruth, JTA and I thought that we'd make the most of it and go for a walk along the Cherwell, and by the time we were heading back the snow was ankle-deep. Reaching the …
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A Very Confused Courier
I've just had a phone call from a very confused courier. My mother (who many years ago for reasons both too long and silly to go in to I nicknamed "Crusty Pasty") texted me last night to say that I was to be delivered an early Christmas present that would arrive today, and that she'd …
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Action Stations!
It's the morning of the wedding. Somehow I've found myself only the smallest number of tasks to be responsible for between now and the ceremony itself, at 10am, but I'm sure we'll find some way to make that balloon soon enough! My primary mission in the meantime is to act as a communications hub in …
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Hectic (so let's look at Paul, instead of writing a proper blog post)
Between SmartData work, Three Rings work, freelance work, strange new bits of voluntary work, and the rapidly-looming wedding between Ruth & JTA (along with handling all of the crises that come with that, like the two mentioned on the wedding blog and the threat of rail strike action on the weekend of the event, which …
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Favourite Firefox Four Feature FAIL!
I've been playing about with the beta of Firefox 4 for a little while now, and I wanted to tell you about a feature that I thought was absolutely amazing, until it turned out that it was a bug and they "fixed" it. This feature is made possible by a handful of other new tools …
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Googling for Suicide, Part II
You may remember that earlier this year I wrote a letter to Google suggesting that they ought to publicise the number of Samaritans to people searching for suicide-related topics: sort-of like a free Featured Link, but just advertising the phone number of a support service that, in particular, provides emotional support to those who are …
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A Video Game Movie I'd See
Video game movies are notoriously bad, no matter how awesome the game that inspired them. Wing Commander took a classic video game series and completely ruined it. Doom was incredibly dull, even though it was based on one of the most popular game series that have ever exited. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time …
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Skinheads
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to hear a reading of a fantastic piece of erotic literature, Skinheads, by a friend of mine, Jacqueline Applebee. The story isn't just wonderfully naughty, it's also full of edge-of-your-seat apprehension on behalf of the protagonist as she explores a terrifying taboo. This week I was delighted …