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  • Dan sits in a library, his finger to his temple, alongside a superimposed image of a ยฃ5 coin marked-up as a 'beer token'.

    The Beer Token [Video]

    A vloggy video version of my blog post about Beer Tokens, for those who'd rather watch than listen or read.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (14 words)

    • Video
    • posted 4 September, 2025
  • A pint of light-coloured beer on wooden board, with the sea in the background. An orange towel sits alongside.

    The Beer Token

    Thanks to the success of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, we can never forget quite how much beer you used to be able to get for a fiver (plus an exceptionally-generous tip). Nowadays, it'll get you one pint, if you're lucky... and that offers us an exciting opportunity...

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1490 words)

    • Article
    • with an accompanying podcast
    • 1 comment
    • posted 4 September, 2025
  • Calendar showing Sunday 25 August through Sunday 1 December inclusive, with a coloured "spot" on each day with a size corresponding to the number of posts made on that day, broken into a pie chart showing the proportion of different post kinds.

    99 Days of Blogging

    I've blogged a total of 219 posts spanning 99 consecutive days of blogging, a personal best by a long stretch.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (478 words)

    • Article
    • posted 1 December, 2024
  • Monochrome photograph showing sprinters at the starting line.

    100 Days To Offload

    The #100DaysToOffload challenge asked personal bloggers to author 100 posts in a year. I've done that a dozen times by accident, but does it count?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (628 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 5 February, 2024
  • A person wearing a cardboard box on their head, labelled "BRAIN". Above, a hand reaches from out-of-frame to hold a sign labelled "IDEA" above them.

    [Bloganuary] My Biggest Challenge

    What's the biggest challenge on my horizon as I come into the New Year? Right now, it feels like it's Bloganuary! But there's an underlying challenge of winter motivation and procrastination that makes Bloganuary seem so hard.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (498 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 January, 2024
  • Overlaid graphs showing blog post frequency by post kind on DanQ.me, throughout its entire history and through the calendar year.

    Blogging Stats

    I finally got around to automating the generation of statistics about my blogging frequency. Now with interactive graphs!

    Read more (339 words)

    • Article
    • posted 13 December, 2023
  • (Specimen) 2021 census form on which Ruth declares that she cohabits with both a husband AND a partner.

    Hey ONS: This Is Not A Mistake

    Last census, Dan and his family had to fill the paper version to work-around monogamy-centric validations on the digital versions. The Office of National Statistics have had 10 years to fix the bug... do you reckon they've managed?

    Read more (277 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 2 March, 2021
  • MegaLounge Generosity

    MegaLoungeVII is the most-generous of the first 15 MegaLounges! (and other interesting statistics) [x-post /r/MegaMegaMonitor]




    Thanks to the data that /r/MegaMegaMonitor collates, I've been able to throw together some fun statistics about the MegaLounge chain. Let me share some graphs with you:

    Number of accounts at each level
    There are 3,020 accounts authorised to access /r/MegaLounge, 906 in /r/MegaMegaLounge, 487 in /r/MegaMegaMegaLounge, 307 in /r/MegaLoungeIV, and similarly fewer and โ€ฆ

    Read more (334 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 11 February, 2015
  • MegaLounge Generosity

    MegaLoungeSol is the most-generous MegaLounge (highest gilding-to-member ratio) in the entire chain! Congratulations!

    AltMegaLounge Generosity

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    • Repost
    • posted 11 February, 2015
  • I've run some statistics on MegaLounge chain membership, gilding levels, generosity and whatnot, over on /r/MegaMegaMonitor, if you're interested. There's pretty graphs!







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    • Repost
    • posted 11 February, 2015
  • Gildings by MegaLounge

    Some graphs about the MegaLounge chain




    Thanks to the data that MegaMegaMonitor collates, I've been able to throw together some fun statistics about the MegaLounge chain. Let me share some graphs with you:

    Number of accounts at each level
    There are 3,020 accounts authorised to access /r/MegaLounge, 906 in /r/MegaMegaLounge, 487 in /r/MegaMegaMegaLounge, 307 in /r/MegaLoungeIV, and similarly fewer and โ€ฆ

    Read more (335 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 11 February, 2015
  • Poly and the Census - Success! (almost)

    After much to-ing and fro-ing, the Freedom of Information Act request that a fellow blogger made to the Office of National Statistics, on the subject of households with individuals in non-monogamous relationships or with non-binary genders, has begun to yield results. Dan comments on the findings.

    Read more (312 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 28 October, 2011
  • Poly and the Census โ€“ Part Four

    More fun and games in Zoe's quest to get meaningful information out of the Office of National Statistics, about how census data reflects non-monogamous and non-heteronormative relationships.

    Read more (223 words)

    • Article
    • posted 19 June, 2011
  • Poly and the Census - Part Three

    Dan hears back - albeit only via somebody else's Freedom of Information Act request - to his concerns about the possible treatment of polyamorous households by the Office of National Statistics during this year's census. And he's not happy.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (601 words)

    • Article
    • 10 comments
    • posted 13 May, 2011
  • Poly and the Census - Part Two

    Still no reply from the Office of National Statistics... but somebody's put in a Freedom of Information request now asking a very similar question.

    Read more (104 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 28 March, 2011

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