Hello 2013: My Birthday
5 March, 2013Dan managed to spend the afternoon of his birthday away from his computer and in the pub... but only...
A Surprise Christmas Gift
1 December, 2011A surprise package arrives outside Dan's office door. What's inside? A whole heap of goodness, that's what.
QR Codes of the Bodleian
30 September, 2011For the Bodleian Libraries' latest exhibition, Treasures of the Bodleian, Dan's produced some unusual QR codes to sit alongside...
Time
22 August, 2011Some people are goldfish, and some people are midgets. Dan's a goldfish. What are you?
Work Calendar [NSFW?]
13 August, 2011Dan is momentarily alarmed by an abstract art piece - supposedly inspired by a flower - that appears in...
First Class Film
29 June, 2011Dan watches X-Men: First Class, and spots his office in the background during a part of the film. No;...
Fonts of the Ancients
23 June, 2011Dan adds UTF-8 support to the CMS that powers the Bodleian Libraries' websites, and ponders how he'd justify the...
My New Pet Hate, part II
15 June, 2011Dan shares a screenshot of a screenshot within a screenshot. I N C E P T I O N.
A Small World Conspiracy
19 April, 2011Dan is contacted by somebody he met many years ago in a chance meeting, which quickly goes on to...
The Final Hours
8 April, 2011It's Dan's final day working for SmartData: on Monday, he starts his new job at the Bodleian Library. As...
On This Day in 2002 (New Job!)
4 March, 2011Dan looks back to 2002, when he began working for SmartData. Now, nine years on, he's planning to move...
The Week of Balls
16 February, 2011Dan says the word "balls" a lot, statistically speaking, as he deals with a broken boiler (at home) and...
Hectic (so let’s look at Paul, instead of writing a proper blog post)
17 November, 2010Between SmartData work, Three Rings work, freelance work, strange new bits of voluntary work, and the rapidly-looming wedding between...
Roman Typesetters
27 September, 2010When ancient Roman typesetters or web designers were showcasing a design, and didn’t want the content of the (dummy)...
Right Feature, Wrong Project
17 September, 2010Since I’ve been working from home, things with my “day job” at SmartData have ticked along pretty much the...
There Is Such A Thing As Working Too Hard
25 May, 2009And while I’ve failed at hitting it, having scooped up my laptop and gone down to the beach only...
What Does This Bug Report Mean?
2 January, 2009A bug report just came in from a client I’m responsible for at work. It reads: …Main menu –...
Swimming To Work
12 August, 2008I turned up to work this morning, bright and early, and the first thing I noticed was that my...
Paul Is The Most Fucking Random Person In The World
5 May, 2005Paul M: fucking nutter. The most random person you’re ever likely to meet. But you’ve got to love his...
I’m Still In Aber. Yay.
30 March, 2004[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been...
Out Of Place
18 December, 2003[this post was lost during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004; it was recovered on 21st March...
Frustrating
16 December, 2003[this post was lost during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004; it was recovered on 21st March...
Royal Welsh Show
23 July, 2003I’m writing this from the (badly-protected: just had to go to a page with a particularly funky JavaScript to...
Dark Side Of The Moon
21 July, 2003Spent last night in a dark room with Paul, Kit and Claire, listening to a DTS-encoded 5.1 surround sound...
Injured
16 July, 2003Spent last night on the beach with Andy, Alec, Paul, Claire, and others last night. Folks like Andy and...
Butterfingers
14 July, 2003Butterfingers gave me a courtesy call at work this morning to tell me that my juggling gear will be...
Monday Morning
7 July, 2003Another new week. I’m surprisingly jolly about it. Spent the morning so far discussing corporate image with my boss....
Late
2 July, 2003Running late for work. Was supposed to get up and take laptop to Daton as part of an insurance...
LiveJournals
1 July, 2003Many of my friends here in Aber seem to have thier own weblogs on LiveJournal. I’m almost tempted to...
Back From Lancashire, Continued
30 June, 2003Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other...
