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  • Dan with his Masters Degree certificate (Master of Science in Computing: Information Security and Forensics)

    I'm unlikely to get a graduation ceremony like last time (on account of social distancing and whatnot), but I get a certificate to acknowledge my most-recent qualification.

    Read more (27 words)

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    • 18 comments
    • posted 7 August, 2020
  • Dan in his home office (links to an interactive 360ยฐ panoramic photo with info points).

    Dan's Office (360ยฐ Panoramic)

    This week, some of Dan's colleagues are sharing pictures of their workspaces. So Dan made a 360ยฐ panoramic with interactive "info points".

    Read more (33 words)

    • Note
    • 4 comments
    • posted 4 August, 2020
  • With #lockdown guidance as it stands, only six of the seven dwarfs can meet together in the park?
    The seventh dwarf won't be Happy.

    In fact, he'll be Grumpy.

    Which is a problem, because that means one of the six is Sneezy.

    Read more (42 words)

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    • 3 comments
    • posted 10 June, 2020
  • Jeremy wites: Hi Dan! I know this is a little random, but I wanted to thank you for writing your blog post about the WordPress hiring process. It helped me wrap my head around the whole experience. I started yesterday and I couldn't be more excited.

    A new Automattician who started this week looked me up to thank me for the first in my series of blog posts about starting with @automattic. I feel useful! ๐Ÿ˜

    Read more (29 words)

    • Note
    • 5 comments
    • posted 20 May, 2020
  • Image representing post: Note #17103

    Chafed nipples. But we only have Frozen II themed plasters in the house. So now I'm wearing an Elsa & Anna pasties. How did my life come to this?

    Read more (28 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 13 May, 2020
  • I think our local red kites were mostly living on roadkill, and the lockdown means they're not getting fed. They've also forgotten how to hunt: this afternoon I watched one get its ass handed to it by a medium-sized crow.

    Read more (40 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 9 May, 2020
  • :maskchallenge:

    For the benefit of my South African colleagues on Slack, I give you the #maskchallenge #emoji.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (16 words)

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 24 April, 2020
  • (Fake) letter from Boris Johnson stating that the government's new policy is just to write-off 2020 and carry on from 2021, after the coronavirus crisis has passed.

    Dan receives a second letter from the Prime Minister, and fully backs the government's bold new strategy.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 April, 2020
  • Handwashing poster to the tune of Paul Johnson's Get Get Down.

    In these complicated times, this is how I get my groove on.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (12 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 16 March, 2020
  • Dan remotely attends IndieWebCamp London 2020

    Remotely attending #indiewebcamp London 2020 (after Covid-19 kept us from meeting in person) and hacking on some note/checkin-posting tools.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Note
    • 4 comments
    • posted 14 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: Note #16856

    1. @indiewebcamp London - which I'd planned to attend - is cancelled for #COVID19 ๐Ÿ˜ข
    2. I'm left with a hotel room I can't cancel ๐Ÿ˜ 
    3. Overhear my brother-in-law planning to book a hotel in London ๐Ÿค”
    4. EverythingWentBetterThanExpected.jpg ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 13 March, 2020
  • View of 1960s buildings in front of Oxford Castle.

    Today my #distributed #remotework office is provided by @OCFI_OI, which provides me that most #Oxford of views: simultaneously containing architecture of the 1960s... and the 1160s.

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    • Note
    • posted 27 February, 2020
  • Critical error on woocommerce.com

    It's been said that you're not really part of a new #dev team until you break something user-facing. Today I achieved that milestone. Whoops.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 7 January, 2020
  • Nice simple design, @typehut, but with no RSS, Atom, nor h-feed you've made a blog platform to which readers can only subscribe by email. ๐Ÿ˜ข

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 6 January, 2020
  • Comic: carollers sing "We wish you a Merry Christmas" three times, the genie from Disney's Aladdin looks on in shock.

    Three Wishes

    How many times can you wish somebody a Merry Christmas before you've used up all your wishes?

    Read more - about 0 minutes (0 words)

    • Note
    • posted 23 December, 2019

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