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Tag: mythology

  • The sun completely occluded by the moon.

    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.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2030 words)

    • Article
    • posted 23 August, 2026
  • A Roman aquaduct spans a forested valley.

    L'Aqüeducte Romà de les Ferreres

    Of all the architecture with which the devil is (per legend) credited with the construction, L'Aqüeducte Romà de les Ferreres might be the most impressive.

    Nice work, Satan.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 12 August, 2026
  • FastTheseusJS libary

    Minification vs the GPL

    Does distributing only minified code violate the GPL? What about if the "minification" is minimal and hand-done as part of other code improvements? There's a grey area here, and Dan's going to overthink it!

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1661 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2021
  • Woman cutting vegetables with dog behind; from this angle, she looks like a centaur.

    A centaur cutting vegetables in her kitchen [x-post /r/misleadingthumbnails]

    AltWoman cutting vegetables with dog behind; from this angle, she looks like a centaur.

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    • Repost
    • posted 21 October, 2014
  • Image representing post: Meat To Please You

    Meat To Please You

    Dan asks vegetarians, "What's with the fake meat?", while musing on what unicorn might tastes like.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (637 words)

    • Article
    • 14 comments
    • posted 12 October, 2011
  • Insanity Clause



    This was one of my most-popular articles in 2009. If you enjoyed it, you might also enjoy:

    The Ten Weirdest Sex Toys I've ever seen (2009)!
    A dirty-looking calendar I found at work (2011).
    My beliefs about why it's wrong to lie to children about Santa (2009), complete with pictures of naughty elves. …

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2031 words)

    • Article
    • 12 comments
    • posted 10 December, 2009

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