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.
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After a wonderful night of comedy with @BrynS, I'm back in the office (in the building that caught fire), now powered by a huge generator.
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Decamped to a number of venues around East London. The team I've been working with and I are in the basement of a nearby cafe!
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Still no power at @SquizUK following yesterday's fire. Just waiting for more people to arrive so we can work out where we're working today.
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Expected a gimmick. Expected it to be about the food. But it's not. It's about so much more than that. Would eat here again.
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Just came out of Dans Le Noir, the restaurant where you eat mystery food in the dark, and... OMG.
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Visiting @SquizUK in London when... Building caught fire! Heaps of smoke, two pumps. Been evacuated.
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RT @misterjta Dear 2012, Fuck off. Sincerely, JTA.
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Owl spreading its wings [x-post from /r/pics]
AltOwl spreading its wings.
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Phone Security == Computer Security
Dan gets paranoid and despairs about the ease with which mobile devices can be stolen, the wealth of personal information stored on them, and the under-use of readily-available encryption tools.
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TIL that the Malaysian government is one of few who HAVEN'T asked Google to censor satellite photos of sensitive areas, because they feel that to do so would make it MORE obvious where the sensitive areas are!
MALAYSIA will not ask Google Earth to blur images of the country’s military facilities to avoid terrorist attacks. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said doing so would indirectly pin-point their location anyway.
"The difference in, or lack of, pixelation of images of the military facilities compared to the surrounding areas will make it easy for … -
The Snip, Part 2
Dan is rendered sterile, and takes a picture of the removed parts of his vas deferens to share with you, along with his write-up of the entire procedure. Aren't you lucky.
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Oxford Under Water
Parts of Oxford have flooded, making it difficult for Dan to cycle to work. Difficult... but not impossible! Wellies on, Dan sets out into the disaster zone.
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Network Rail engineers near Redbridge Park & Ride sit in their van as it sinks into a field. I feel really sorry for them!
AltNetwork Rail engineers sinking into a flooded field
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Doing my bit. Now if only I could persuade a few billion other men to do the same.
No children. My vasectomy's next week. Took a little persuasion to get my doctor to sign off on the operation, but got there in the end.
My story (in a self-post because I don't want to look like I'm reaping karma for doing something that billions of men should consider).
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11 years, 11 days.
The escape is imminent. I am leaving Aberystwyth (with Jim soon to join me) for Gloucestershire. I am greatly looking forward to several things: Access to proper shopping More live music More comedy Multiscreen cinemas! Having disposable income Being nearer to some of my closest friends There are, of course, things that I’ll miss: The…
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