Year: 2017
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Review of Deepdale Shopping Park
This review of Deepdale Shopping Park originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Deepdale Shopping Park, Blackpool Rd, Preston PR1 6QY, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Strange mixture of the kinds of shops you expect in a retail park plus a few out-of-place "for trade" outlets. Insufficient parking at peak times, presumably because …
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Review of Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park
This review of Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park, Elsfield Way, Oxford OX2 8NP, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful sprawling Oxford park with a huge variety of things to do: the modern railway (check opening days in advance), aviary, duck pond, sports courts, …
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Review of Avenham and Miller Park
This review of Avenham and Miller Park originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Avenham and Miller Park, S Meadow Ln, Preston PR1 8JP, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sprawling park near Preston city centre in the style of a London park: long boulevards, well-manicured lawns, fountains, a folly, and a riverside walk. …
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Review of The Jolly Boatman
This review of The Jolly Boatman originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Jolly Boatman, 216 Banbury Rd, Thrupp, Kidlington OX5 1JU, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐ We'd visited before and enjoyed ourselves on several ocassions previous, but our last visit was appalling: incredibly slow service (despite booking and it being relatively …
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Review of The Blackpool Tower
This review of The Blackpool Tower originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Blackpool Tower, Promenade, Blackpool FY1 4BJ, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐ Compared to trips here in my youth, this iconic tourist attraction now seems very expensive (with 'modular' pricing: no more can you just buy a ticket and enjoy …
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Review of Miller & Carter Kidlington
This review of Miller & Carter Kidlington originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Miller & Carter Kidlington, 117 Bicester Rd, Kidlington OX5 2PX, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shared a delightful tenth anniversary meal here recently. Hadn't booked, but despite being busy they managed to squeeze us in. Enjoyed the third-best steak …
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Review of Cygnet Nursery Kidlington Ltd
This review of Cygnet Nursery Kidlington Ltd originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Cygnet Nursery Kidlington Ltd, 44-45 Evenlode Cres, Kidlington OX5 1RF, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loving, friendly staff provide a great environment for fun and development for babies through preschoolers. Failed an Ofsted inspection in 2016 but were swiftly …
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OMGYes
Wow, I was really blown away by OMGYes. The concept sounded novel but I wasn’t prepared for how completely engrossed listening to the interviews, watching the examples, and getting to practice the different techniques on the interactive vuvlas would be. This is genuinely an invaluable resource for folks looking to learn about touchin’ twats. OMGYes…
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Engineering Empathy
This was a talk I gave at an internal R&D conference my last week at Workiva. I got a lot of positive feedback on the talk, so I figured I would share it with a wider audience. Be warned: it’s long. Feel free to read each section separately, though they largely tie together.
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Manchester's bike-share scheme isn't working because people don't know how to share
I really wanted to believe that Mancunians could be trusted with nice things. Just over a fortnight ago, a Chinese company called Mobike brought 1,000 shiny new silver and orange bikes to my city. Unlockable with a smartphone and available to rent for just 50p for half an hour, they could be ridden wherever you liked …
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A hacker stole $31M of Ether - how it happened and what it means for Ethereum
Yesterday, a hacker pulled off the second biggest heist in the history of digital currencies.
Around 12:00 PST, an unknown attacker exploited a critical flaw in the Parity multi-signature wallet on the Ethereum network, draining three massive wallets of over $31,000,000 worth of Ether in a matter of minutes. Given a couple more hours, the hacker … -
Why it is just lazy to bad-mouth Ruby on Rails
It's inevitable these days: we will see an article proclaiming the demise of Ruby on Rails every once in a while. It's the easiest click bait, like this one from TNW.Now, you may say "another Ruby fanboy." That's fair, but a terrible argument, as it's a poor and common argumentum ad hominem. And on the …
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