Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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Neptune looking like a badass
[this image was originally posted to a private subreddit]
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Looking for red phone boxes in Oxford. Can you help?
I'm trying to index the location of red telephone boxes in Oxford, for a project I'm doing. I'm especially interested in ones outside of the city centre (it's easy to find the ones on Broad Street, High Street, Parks Road, St. Giles, etc.). If you're aware of any, or if you're e.g. willing to … -
Somebody put a toad ON this rug, and we'll go meta.
[the image attached to this post originally came from http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1092570622/Free-shipping-hot-sale-cute-most-fashion-65x45cm-frog-shape-bedroom-kitchen-bathroom-are-floor-living.jpg but since seems to have disappeared]
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Firefighter sucks flames safely into bottle, saves day.
http://www.gfycat.com/VictoriousMinorCatbird
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Storm brewing over the valley
AltConfusing view from beneath the surface of a fish tank
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A month ago, /r/geocaching helped me put the finishing touches on my "REQUIRES two people" cache. Here's how it ended up... [minor spoilers]
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Programming Is Not Math
When I learned to program, back when dinosaurs walked the earth and the internet had no cats, there was an idea: if you were good at math, you’d be good at programming. I was great at math as a kid, but perhaps because I didn’t like it much, no one steered me towards programming. I…
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Cache that REQUIRES two people: should I explain why it requires two people before they set out, or not?
Hi, Founditt!
Next month, I expect to launch a multicache with a twist: it requires two people to go to two different waypoints at the same time in order to determine the coordinates of the final stage - it's not physically possible for one person to do it alone (even if they go to one … -
29 readers?
Who are you, anyway?
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MegaLoungePearl... Wait, what??? That's not what I was expecting! (I need to fix my map)
[this was originally posted to a private subreddit]
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Six Tiny Months
On Monday, Tiny turned 6 months old. For half a year now, I’ve been a parent. It still feels pretty weird to call myself that, though. Parent is a word that conjures up a mental image of someone strong, nurturing, patient, and above all who knows all the answers. In many ways, I feel more …
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The Tour de France website lists the names of all hills using the French style...
...which looks awful with Yorkshire place names. Today's hardest ascent: "Côte de Buttertubs"
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Côte de Whatnow? (Or: Yorkshire, I love you.)
I've just been looking at the map of today's stage of Le Tour de France Yorkshire (inexplicably starting in England).The map lists the biggest hills on the route, and despite this section of the route being in England, the names are prefaced "Côte de "There's three hills worthy of note on the maptoday. The first, Côte…
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Fusion-dancing flashmob in Cornmarket - "Press For Fusion" - earlier this year
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The Sudokomic Game
The Sudokomic Game
Abstruse Goose