Kind: Notes
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Nice: getting an unexpected parcel. ?
Nicer: from Hotel Chocolat. ?
Less nice: not being allowed to open it until Easter. ? -
Woke up this morning bleeding from the neck. Surprise #vampire attack?
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Saw this and thought of you, @themissprince: cantunsee.space
Still have "the eye" for pixel-perfect design? #UX -
AltLetter addressed to Dan Q, Developer, Bodleian Libraries.
Received a letter to "Dan Q, Developer". In case there's multiple Dan Qs @bodleianlibs? Nope: everyone's had the last word of their job title: Wikmedian in Residence > "Residence", Press & Media Officer > "Officer"... #mailmerge #fail? -
Partner's husband dropped car at garage. Garage calls me to say it's ready.
"My partner will pick it up," I say.
"The other guy said his wife would pick it up?" they reply.
Pause.
"Yeah, that's right."
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@davejthorp the RSS feeds at dave-thorp.me.uk (e.g. for posts and comments, presumably among others) are broken
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2004 called, @virginmedia. They asked me to remind you that maximum password lengths and prohibiting pasting makes your security worse, not better.
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"All #boardgames can be legacy games if you want it enough!" - @fleeblewidget, after drunkenly stumbling upon @thegodzillagirl's label maker. -
Summit of Ben Nevis with Robin (on almost the shortest day of the year) to finish off his 52 Reflect project. -
How did our parents cope with just I-spy and 99 green bottles on -hour journeys? This is definitely the way to hypnotise kids in the car! -
No, @NetflixUK, I don't want you to WhatsApp me. I never want you WhatsApp me. Why do you ask me every time? No means no. -
We need a movement of developers and enthusiasts who loudly, proudly, use @mozilla @firefox as their primary browser....
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See the @NYTimes story about how Dutch church @BethelDenHaag has been holding a non-stop six-week service in order to prevent the deportation of a family taking refuge within?
Story: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/world/europe/migrants-dutch-church-service.html
My take: https://danq.me/2018/12/15/to-protect-migrants-from-police-a-dutch-church-service-never-ends/ -
Playing Pong at the @bodleianlibs for #WDPD2018 #dp0c.
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The Prime Minister's New Bill
With apologies to Hans Christian Andersen and thanks to JTA, both of whom deserve the credit for this more than I.
Once there lived a Prime Minister, and she loved to wear clothes made of strong international relations. One day a Swindler came to the Prime Minister and he promised that …