Tag: dogs
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Geohashing expedition 2026-09-27 51 -1
I woke early and grumpy and, to try to shake myself out of a funk, went out with the dog in search of a geohashpoint near a trigpoint in a field near Tackley.
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Geohashing expedition 2026-09-13 51 -1
A successful geohashing expedition to a swampy area near Woodstock, despite an incident during which I was attacked by a wasp whom I'd attempted to squash using my genitals. (Yes, really.)
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That moment when you realise that you forgot your sunglasses but figure you'll just squint.
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A fawn-coloured French Bulldog sits on the wooden decking outside a back door, squinting as she looks towards the sun (evident from the direction of the shadows).
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Three(ish) Weeks In Spain
With exceptions for those of us who had work to do at the start or end, my family and I just spent three weeks hopping around the East of Spain, featuring surfing, a theme park, exploring, dodging the heat, and - of course - a total solar eclipse.
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BeepAlive - keeping my soundbar from going to sleep
My dog ate the remote for the soundbar on my TV/media centre, and it keeps going into 'sleep mode'. So I wrote a software tool that periodically makes an inaudible noise to trick the soundbar into staying 'awake'. That's how a hacky engineer like me fixes a hardware problem with a software solution!
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Demmy would like to know why I haven't turned off the UK's heatwave yet. 🥵
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Close up of the face of a fawny French Bulldog with her tongue blepping out to the side.
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I guess it's sweet that the dog has decided that I'm not to leave my home office without her noticing.
But when the naps right behind my wheelie chair I worry she's going to get her paws run over!
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A fawn-coloured French Bulldog lies on a laminate floor against the feet of an office chair.
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"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm."
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A fawn-coloured French Bulldog wrapped in a blanket in a way reminiscent of robes. This, combined with her wrinkled features, makes her look a little like Yoda.
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Rubberdogging
Rubberdogging, verb: attempting to invent a solution to a technical problem by explaining it out loud to a pet. From "rubberducking", the practice of doing so to an inanimate object, and "dog walking".
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Thames Path 7
Ruth's completed yet another stretch of the Thames Path, continuing at what could literally be described as a glacial pace, and she's written another part in what's turning out to be a wonderful blog series to follow-along with.
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Four OpenBenches
Despite Google making it harder for me to do so 🤬, I managed to add not one, not two, not three but four new memorial benches to the OpenBenches database during a dog walk this morning.
A particular excitement was adding my first bench with two plaques.
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How kind of the humans who constructed this sofa to leave a perfect dog-shaped nest in-between the cushions. Our pupper is appreciative.
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A satisfied but sleepy-looking fawn-coloured French Bulldog lies on a blanket that's slipping into the crack between two sofa seat cushions, forming a nest around her torso. Her legs hang, crossed, off the front of the sofa.
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Found GCBMA9M #03 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMA9M #03 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF when the GPSr dropped me right on it.
AltA lamb hides behind a sheep in a grassy field.
The dog complained that I wouldn't let her go play with the lambs while I retrieved … -
Found GCBMA8X #02 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3323
This checkin to GCBMA8X #02 Northmoor Loop - Little Bridges # 3323 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Two for two. The dog watched from below as I reached for this one. Amazing container; love it!
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Found GCBMA4C #01 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMA4C #01 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. In the second hiding place I tied, and the evidence suggests I'm not the first to make my mistake. I dipped into this series on release day from the other "side"; now I've returned (with my geopup …