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Narrowboating
12 December, 2013Back in the summer, Dan went narrowboating with Ruth, JTA, and Matt P, and the experience slowed his thinking...
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New Volunteers for Three Rings
8 July, 2013Following their weekend in Jersey, Dan, Ruth and JTA went off to Malvern to train three new Three Rings...
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Jersey
24 June, 2013JTA, Dan, Ruth, and her mother take a long-weekend holiday to the island of Jersey, and nobody kills anybody.
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Edinburgh Free Fringe 2012 Venue Map
25 July, 2012To help him get around the Free Fringe in Edinburgh this year, Dan's made a map of all of...
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Five Beds
4 January, 2012During his Christmas and New Year tour of the UK, Dan is offered the chance to sleep on no...
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To The North Pole!
27 December, 2011In April 2012, Dan's dad will walk to the North Pole. Dan shares a few words of encouragement, and...
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Zip-A-De-Do-Car, Zip-A-De-Day
31 October, 2011For the last few months, Dan's been a member of Streetcar (now part of Zipcar), an on-demand car club,...
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The Queen’s Passport
27 September, 2011Inside the front cover of Dan's passport is a note from the Queen, demanding that he be allowed to...
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Instead Of Blogging…
1 August, 2011In a declaration of 'blog bankruptcy', Dan lists all of the topics that he'd hoped to have blogged about...
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Roadspotters
5 February, 2011Dan learns about the way that road numbers are organised around the UK and speculates about the existence of...
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A Primer Puzzle
9 June, 2010There’s a film that I’m a huge fan of, called Primer. Since I first discovered it I’ve insisted on...
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Dave!!! Highlights From Robin’s Birthday
14 March, 2010Right now, I’m out in Oxfordshire for this a “code week” – a get-together for the purpose of hacking...
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A “Never Mind The Buzzcocks” Moment
22 January, 2009Remember Let Loose? They reached #2 in the singles chart back in 1994 with Crazy For You? (you’ll remember...
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Quickly, Before They Turn The Glass Into Lesbians!
5 November, 2007So, what have I been up to this weekend, you ask. Well… “Cover The Mirrors” Launch Party On Friday...
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How Not To Watch Comedy
24 August, 2007We failed quite miserably to see any live comedy yesterday (although the day before was good). I blame the...
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Edinburgh Fringe
23 August, 2007Well, we made it to Edinburgh. After scooping up (well, not literally, although that could have been funny) Ruth...
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Le Grande Tour
16 April, 2006Firstly; thanks to everybody who tested my kitten-based authentication system yesterday. It seems to be working quite well. Claire...
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Off To Malawi!
16 June, 2004I’m off to Malawi! I’ve found my bus ticket (stupid train strikes), my passport (stupid immigration laws), my juggling...
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Pre-Malawi Update
14 June, 2004[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been...
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Oh! You’re Going To Malawi? While You’re There, Pick Me Up Some AA Batteries…
23 April, 2004[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been...
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Almost Passed This On The Way To Work
10 July, 2003Another fantastic story from the BBC: this one took place yesterday, and so I missed it, as I didn’t...
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Back From Lancashire
30 June, 2003Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other...
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Cool Thing Of The Day
18 November, 1999Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #52: Ride a train...
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Cool Thing Of The Day
12 November, 1999Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #46: Go for two...
