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Tag: parcels

  • On a verdant manicured lawn under a summer sky, two parents walk barefoot after their young child, who is running towards a traditionally-coloured yellow-and-white British ice cream van with visible branding reading 'fresh dairy ice cream' and '99 flake'.

    Delivery Songs

    In the UK, ice cream vans are perhaps the only delivery service with their own jingle. Turkey and India are WAY ahead of us in this regard, and I've got a few ideas about how we fix that...

    Read more - about 4 minutes (943 words)

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    • with an accompanying podcast
    • 5 comments
    • posted 29 March, 2025
  • Image representing post: Milk and Mail Notifications with Flic 2 Buttons

    Milk and Mail Notifications with Flic 2 Buttons

    Dan deploys Flic 2 "smart buttons" to remind him to read his post and bring the milk in.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1106 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 22 June, 2022
  • The 'keyboard' that Adam had sent.

    A New Keyboard

    Dan already owns the best mouse in the world. Maybe it's time for a new keyboard, too. But what's this? Not what he expected, that's for sure...

    Read more (455 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 2 May, 2012
  • Diplomacy Map 211

    Diplomacy, Parcels, and WW2 RTS Games

    What have I been up to of late? Well, as you ask...
    Diplomacy
    Ruth's game of Diplomacy got off to a fine start, and the backstabbing began soon afterwards. I'm not so keen on the engine, for reasons I'll discuss later. Here's how the map looks right now.

    I'm the red guys down at the โ€ฆ

    Read more - about 4 minutes (851 words)

    • Article
    • 9 comments
    • posted 25 January, 2007
  • Paul Is The Most Fucking Random Person In The World

    Paul M: fucking nutter. The most random person you're ever likely to meet. But you've got to love his sincerity.

    This morning, I'm happily sat at my workstation, staring, as I do, at program code and pausing from time to time to check the RSS feeds of the usual crew, when the phone rings: Matt answers โ€ฆ

    Read more - about 3 minutes (484 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 5 May, 2005

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