Tag: that bacon sandwich picture
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Details/summary lightboxes in pure HTML + CSS
For years, I've been using a HTML+CSS-only technique for popover 'lightbox' images on my blog. Now I've come up with a more-semantic way to do the same, and its HTML code is tidier too!
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Lightboxes Without JavaScript
An image lightbox overlay with no JavaScript whatsoever? Absolutely. Here's how I do it.
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Alpha-Gal and the Gaia Hypothesis
A tick bite can make you allergic to non-primate mammals. Gaia hypothesis advocates might suggest that the increase in frequency of such bites is an example of the Earth fighting back against intensive farming's impact on climate.
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A Suitable Blog
Dan writes the 594,000th (surviving) word in his blog, making it longer than virtually every novel, and reveals that his family will be getting a little larger this year.
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How to make a Cheese & Pickle Sandwich
What a strange species we are! Dan contemplates the complexity of a cheese & pickle sandwich.
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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.
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The Meats I Miss
After a year and a bit of being vegetarian, Dan looks back and considers the things that he misses more or less than he expected from eating meat.
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Meat To Please You
Dan asks vegetarians, "What's with the fake meat?", while musing on what unicorn might tastes like.
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Seven Billion
In a little over a month, the world population is expected to reach seven billion. Seven. Fucking. Billion. Dan thinks that we might already have too many humans, and - even if we don't - we will pretty soon, and explains how this realisation has impacted on his decision to not breed.
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How Can You Have Any Pudding If You Don't Eat Your Meat?
To those of you that don't know already, I have a confession to make. After years of picking holes in and finding flaws in their various ethical or other arguments and of mocking their dietary choices, I've become... a vegetarian.
Okay, this probably wasn't actually a shock to anybody. Between the observations of the barbeque food …