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  • Photo showing a mobile phone, held in a hand, being used to take a photograph of a rugged coastline landscape.

    Short-Term Blogging

    Next time you've got something to share or a personal project, why not start a blog?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (516 words)

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 25 July, 2023
  • Dan takes a selfie from a round table covered in laptops, with people hacking at them.

    WCEU23 - Contributor Day

    Today was Contributor Day at my very first WordCamp. I hacked code for WP-CLI and met some awesome people.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (503 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • In front of the Colosseum in Rome, Dan - wearing a rainbow-striped bandana atop which his sunglasses are perched - takes a selfie. Behind him stand a man with dark hair and a closely-trimmed beard wearing a purple "woo" t-shirt, a woman with long brown hair wearing beads and a multicoloured dress, a man wearing spectacles and a dark t-shirt on which the number "23" can be made out, and a man in sunglasses with a ginger beard, wearing an open blue shirt.

    Have Fun with Missions, Visions, and Values

    My team and I recently used a deck of Dixit cards to playfully work on refining our collective idea of our identity and our values. It turns out we're a D&D-like party of heroic adventurers!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (495 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 30 May, 2023
  • Dan holding an orange mint tin in a city centre.

    Found GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache

    This checkin to GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well that was quite the adventure!

    The first wayoint is right across the road from where some work colleagues and I are staying for an "away week". I decided to dash out during a break in …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC7FB9H
    • posted 23 May, 2023
  • Alongside the River Tiber, with a wide-arched stone bridge in the background, Dan sits on a wall and waves to the camera.

    Found GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05)

    This checkin to GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Took until the fourth hiding place before I found the cache. Out for a walk with work colleagues on the way to dinner. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9QCKH
    • posted 22 May, 2023
  • A modest-sized backpack in blue and yellow, with a WordPress logo stiched on, sits on an airport departure lounge bench. Alongside it is a burgundy-coloured British passport.

    Travelling light

    Lately, I've taken to "travelling light", and it feels carefree and liberating.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (582 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 21 May, 2023
  • Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress

    WPTavern reports that Automattic is to acquire Matthias Pfefferle's ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, and I couldn't be more excited!

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    • of this original
    • 23 comments
    • posted 14 March, 2023
  • Screenshot showing a Thunderbird calendar popularted with strikes on every day in February.

    UK Strikes in .ics Format

    Need all the UK strike action in your calendar app? I just helped a coworker with that, and I'm happy to share the results with you.

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 23 February, 2023
  • Image representing post: Yesterday's Internet Today! (Woo DM 2023)

    Yesterday's Internet Today! (Woo DM 2023)

    At a work meetup a fortnight ago I presented a "flash talk" about how I've made WordPress into a CMS for Finger and Gopher as well as the web, and what I learned by doing so.

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    • 12 comments
    • posted 21 February, 2023
  • Dan reaches up to touch a bust of Dr. Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach, Austrian chemist and engineer.

    Found GC2HF4T Plus Lucis

    This checkin to GC2HF4T Plus Lucis reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find while exploring the city after spending a few days meeting work colleagues from around the globe. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK! TFTC/DFDC!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC2HF4T
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Found GC3CE1F Schubertkirche

    This checkin to GC3CE1F Schubertkirche reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw the cache almost right away but had to stand around for a while pretending to read something on my phone while muggles passed by. SL, TFTC. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK.

    Read more (31 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC3CE1F
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a grey hoodie, stands in front of a highly-decorated industrial chimney stack.

    Found GC5GFNB DG - Linie

    This checkin to GC5GFNB DG - Linie reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The second spectacular cache I've found from this CO. Absolutely amazing. Coordinates got me close, but it was only when I started looking around that I spotted something that didn't look quite right and found the cache. …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5GFNB
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Found GC5DC7H Friedensbrücke

    This checkin to GC5DC7H Friedensbrücke reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Superb cache, my favourite in Vienna so far. Love the design; I might try to make one like this back in Oxfordshire, UK upon my return! FP awarded.

    Coordinates put me exactly where I needed to be. Fortunately I had …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5DC7H
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a purple "Woo" wooly hat, stands in front of the base of a statue of Johannes von Gott.

    Found GC91ZZ4 Ort der Barmherzigkeit - KH Barmherzige Brüder

    This checkin to GC91ZZ4 Ort der Barmherzigkeit - KH Barmherzige Brüder reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find while I stopped to tie my laces. TFTC, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (18 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC91ZZ4
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a grey hoodie and a purple "Woo" hat, holds a black puck-shaped geocache. Behind him, a concrete bridge support pillar is decorated with colourful graffifi.

    Found GCM8CB Urania

    This checkin to GCM8CB Urania reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've been in Vienna for a week to meet work colleagues, and today - our meetings at an end and still with a few hours before my plane leaves - I decided to come out and find some local …

    Read more (153 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCM8CB
    • posted 10 February, 2023

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