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Tag: earth

  • Flag of Planet Earth

    The International Flag of Planet Earth



    The International Flag of Planet Earth
    Inspirational, well thought-out proposal for a flag for unified, "for Earth" projects. The website is terrible, but the artwork's great, and it's always nice to see an artist focus on the idea of "uniting humanity" in spite of our politically-fractured world.

    Read more (47 words)

    • Repost
    • 1 comment
    • posted 2 November, 2018
  • "You are here" pointing to Earth as seen by Spirit rover

    I can see (MegaLounge)Earth from here!

    [this was originally posted to a private subreddit]

    Read more (140 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 14 October, 2014
  • Dan is handed keys and a bottle of sparkling wine by Mark, the estate agent.

    Buying A House, Part 6

    The epic conclusion to the Buying A House series, in which Alec comes over and helps Dan, Ruth, JTA and Matt move an incredible amount of furniture and boxes from New Earth to their new house: Greendale.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1290 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 21 August, 2013
  • A very pink attic bedroom.

    Buying a House, Part 1

    Dan, Ruth, and JTA are looking for a new house, and their first opportunity to buy a home. Dan discovers that it's an intimidating experience to offer up huge sums of money for a home!

    Read more (421 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 2 May, 2013
  • Ruth's pregnancy test, showing "pregnant".

    Hello 2013: Goodbye 2012

    In a belated blog post, Dan looks back on 2012, and describes it as one of the hardest years of his life.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2028 words)

    • Article
    • 12 comments
    • posted 26 February, 2013
  • Checking the timetable while I wait for inspiration to strike me about what to say about the "engagement" responsibilities of a Three Rings Administrator.

    Conference Preparations

    Dan is swamped with Three Rings work: even though he's finished working on Milestone: Jethrik, he's being kept busy with preparing for this weekend's Three Rings Conference.

    Read more (302 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 15 November, 2012
  • Matthew and Katherine cut the cake in the garden of the Quaker Meeting House.

    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.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (780 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 17 August, 2012
  • Image representing post: New Computer #2 - Dana

    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.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (819 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 27 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: New Computer #1 - Tiffany2

    New Computer #1 - Tiffany2

    This weekend, Dan built a new computer - Tiffany2 - to replace his aging media centre box.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (566 words)

    • Article
    • 8 comments
    • posted 9 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: Marmite

    Marmite

    This blog post is about Marmite.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (479 words)

    • Article
    • 14 comments
    • posted 1 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: A Vintage Murder

    A Vintage Murder

    Dan reviews the Earthlings' last Murder Mystery Night, a quiet affair entitled A Vintage Murder.

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 15 September, 2011
  • Spirit of the Century

    Dan and the other Earthlings play "Spirit of the Century", a roleplaying game set in the style of the pulp novels of the early 20th century.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1094 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 27 June, 2011
  • Content Freeze

    After a significant blow to the head, Dan loses the ability to write to his long-term memory for several hours. Hilarity ensues.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (898 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 25 May, 2011
  • Image representing post: Weird Music Only Paul Likes

    Weird Music Only Paul Likes

    Dan finally works out where Paul gets his weird music from.

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    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 23 May, 2011
  • JTA, Paul and Ruth eat pizza and drink Earth Sunset.

    Earth Sunset

    As regular readers will no-doubt know, the other Earthlings and I are currently in the process of moving house. Last weekend, as well as watching the Eurovision Song Contest, of course, we packed a lot of boxes (mostly stuffed with board games) and moved a handful of them over to New Earth, our new home, โ€ฆ

    Read more - about 3 minutes (522 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 21 May, 2011

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