Tag: birthday
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Best Before
On his 40th birthday, Dan gets trolled by his breakfast.
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Look at Banner, Dan!
Dan's greeted by a happy birthday banner that MIGHT have been repurposed...
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Story Time
On his 40th birthday, Dan shares a comic about an old guy reminiscing about 2020. Hey, wait...
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Celebrate Seventeen
Happy birthday, WordPress!
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Geohashing expedition 2019-01-08 51 -1
This checkin to geohash 2019-01-08 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location
A34 near Peartree Interchange, Oxford.
Participants
Dan Q (whose birthday it is!)
Plans
It's my birthday on YYYY-01-08 (Birthday geohash achievement, here I come!), and even though I have to go into work … -
Geohashing expedition 2019-01-08 51 -1 (video)
On the morning of my 38th birthday I set out on an expedition to the geohashpoint in my graticule as a diversion from my way to work: read my full hash log for details (or on the geohashing wiki). Inspired by a spot near the hashpoint, I also hid a geocache ("2019-01-08 51 -1, 09:19", … -
Highlights of 2016 so far
Dan kicks off the new year with some happy highlights.
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Godzilla's Family Vlog Review - Episode 12 - Secret Birthday Bonus
My review of Episode 12 of Godzilla Huntley's Family Vlog was filmed on-location, secretly, in Godzilla's bedroom, which I visited and broke into while she was on holiday in the USA. Later, I left her a birthday present (it was her birthday a few weeks earlier), hidden in her own room, and only when she … -
Hello 2013: My Birthday
Dan managed to spend the afternoon of his birthday away from his computer and in the pub... but only because his office caught fire! This, and more from Dan's early-January trip to London.
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TIL that more than 1 in every 365 people die on their birthday, and nobody's sure why
A study by Swiss researchers has generated a startling statistic - you are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day of the year. But why should that be?
As the researchers put it, "birthdays… appear to end up in a lethal way more frequently than expected ."
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Days Like Weeks
Dan keeps himself busy with the latest Three Rings release, the Three Rings 10th Birthday Conference, a counselling exam, and the UK Bus Awards. Phew!
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Three Parties
After three consecutive weekends of parties, it's no wonder than Dan's so tired. Andy's birthday, Earth's Summer Party, and a wedding.
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Argh! It Burns! Night 2012
The Earthlings celebrate their second Argh! It Burns! Night, with a meal of haggis, neeps, and tatties, lots of whisky, and readings of some of the worst fanfiction imaginable.
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New Computer #2 - Dana
Dana is the second of the two new computers Dan's acquired this month. She's tiny, reasonably-powerful, and uses almost no electricity.
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Village Of The Bunnies
To celebrate his birthday, Dan is joined by Ruth in an effort to construct a diorama of a gingerbread village under assault from enormous gelatinous bunny rabbits. Alcohol may have been involved.