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  • Fathers' Day cards for JTA and Dan

    Dan receives an unexpected Fathers' Day card because his eldest (to whom he's "Uncle Dan") decided he deserved one too.

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    • 7 comments
    • posted 15 June, 2019
  • Image representing post: Note #14044

    Dan's employer recently ran a staff survey which produced many interesting results, but he got a warm fuzzy feeling from one in particular.

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    • Note
    • 9 comments
    • posted 14 June, 2019
  • Annabel making elderflower cordial

    Elderflower season is here once again and the eldest and I are kicking off our elderflower cordial production line!

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    • 6 comments
    • posted 2 June, 2019
  • Dan receiving free pizza

    1. Step out of my office. 2. Receive handful of free pizza. Thanks @PapaJohnsUK!

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    • 4 comments
    • posted 3 May, 2019
  • Two small plastic ducks; one blue, one yellow.

    Our youngest, aged 2, may have just came up with his first joke.

    Yellow duck: Quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack.

    Blue duck: Shut up. I hate quacking.

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    • 6 comments
    • posted 21 April, 2019
  • Image representing post: Note #13404

    @rjavarley here's the photos I promised to send as you set off this morning on your epic sponsored Lime Bike ride from Lyme Regis to Limekilns.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 19 April, 2019
  • Hammer Logo

    nonstophammerti.me

    now a #PWA
    now available on #dat
    now open source (#GPL)
    still as pointless as ever

    More: danq.me/2019/04/03/nonstophammertime

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 3 April, 2019
  • Kiwi flower



    Kiwi flowers look exactly like you'd think they would. #woah

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 13 March, 2019
  • Unexpected parcel from Hotel Chocolat

    Nice: getting an unexpected parcel. ?



    Nicer: from Hotel Chocolat. ?



    Less nice: not being allowed to open it until Easter. ?

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 9 March, 2019
  • Blood on a pillow

    Woke up this morning bleeding from the neck. Surprise #vampire attack?

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    • posted 19 February, 2019
  • Image representing post: Note #12926

    Saw this and thought of you, @themissprince: cantunsee.space
    Still have "the eye" for pixel-perfect design? #UX

    Read more - about 1 minutes (17 words)

    • Note
    • 3 comments
    • posted 5 February, 2019
  • Letter addressed to Dan Q, Developer, Bodleian Libraries.

    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?

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    • posted 30 January, 2019
  • 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."

    #awkward #polyamory #moment

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    • posted 25 January, 2019
  • @davejthorp the RSS feeds at dave-thorp.me.uk (e.g. for posts and comments, presumably among others) are broken

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    • 3 comments
    • posted 19 January, 2019
  • Virgin Media password form, requiring 8-10 characters

    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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    • 23 comments
    • posted 3 January, 2019

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