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Author: Dan Q

Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.

  • Magnetically levitating spinning top amongst smoke; animated GIF

    Smoke and maglev spinning top



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    • posted 19 September, 2016
  • Image representing post: In Defense Of A Boring, Comfortable Life

    In Defense Of A Boring, Comfortable Life

    They call it β€œthe easy life” for a reason.

    I got my degree from a small, public college in upstate New York.

    People went there, got their degrees and then went off to have quiet and sometimes boring lives. Although a degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) system is a valuable commodity outside of …

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    • posted 19 September, 2016
  • Image representing post: Godzilla's Family Vlog Review - Episode ??

    Godzilla's Family Vlog Review - Episode ??



    Just because there hasn't BEEN an episode of Godzilla Huntley's IRL (the "Family Vlog") in a long while doesn't mean that I can't do a review of one, right?

    Right? See Godzilla's channel (to complain about the lack of a new vlog yet).

    Music: Starkey, by Koona, used under a Creative Commons license.

    With special thanks to Doreen …

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    • posted 16 September, 2016
  • I'll be coaching at @codebar #Oxford on 11 October! More details/sign up at https://t.co/gMiw13DdI4

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    • posted 14 September, 2016
  • How you know your job is awesome: "Shall we get the VR toys out before or after we go for ice cream?" @j_townshend @mccarthy_liz

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    • posted 14 September, 2016
  • SMBC: Security Vulnerability

    Security Vulnerability



    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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    • posted 12 September, 2016
  • XKCD: Earth Temperature Timeline

    Earth Temperature Timeline



    XKCD

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    • posted 12 September, 2016
  • Image representing post: Quake

    Quake



    Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw (Zero Punctuation)

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    • posted 31 August, 2016
  • SMBC: Teach a Man to Fish

    Teach a Man to Fish



    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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    • posted 31 August, 2016
  • Extra Ordinary comic 434

    434 | Extra Ordinary Comics



    Extra Ordinary

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    • posted 27 August, 2016
  • RSVP slip; third option for meal choice is "children"

    I'll eat the third option, please



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    • posted 26 August, 2016
  • Why GNU grep is fast


    I am the original author of GNU grep. I am also a FreeBSD user,
    although I live on -stable (and older) and rarely pay attention
    to -current.

    However, while searching the -current mailing list for an unrelated
    reason, I stumbled across some flamage regarding BSD grep vs GNU grep
    performance. You may have noticed that discussion too...
    Mike …

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    • posted 26 August, 2016
  • Bohemian Rhapsody in code

    The Queen of Code



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    • posted 26 August, 2016
  • Daryl Hannah in Splash

    I Want to See a Gender-Swapped Version of Every Movie. Literally Every One.

    In case you haven’t heard, Splash – the 1984 fantasy romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks as the man who falls in love with a mermaid Daryl Hannah – is being remade, with Channing Tatum as the mermaid.

    I like this.

    Bullish

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    • posted 26 August, 2016
  • Newspaper with headline "Woman in sumo wrestler suit assaulted her ex-girlfriend in gay pub after she waved at man dressed as a Snickers bar"

    When your headline takes up half the page



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