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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A Bad Slogan Put To Good Use
My apologies to those of you to whom this means nothing.
Things look better in the light of a new day. I suppose that means something on several levels.
Desktop wallpapers and high-quality versions of the image above are available here. [update: link very dead]
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Shit Happens
Shit happens. [archived copy]
Shit really happens.
Shit really happens.
Shit continues to happen.
But while there's a job to be done, those of us that care will hang on and will pick up the pieces and will fight and sweat and will put things together again and we will … -
Back From Barcelona
Claire and I got back from Barcelona this weekend, after our short break away there with my mum and sisters. We were staying in a reasonable-sized second-floor apartment right in the middle (it was advertised as being in the "lively" district) of Barcelona: in an alleyway off a sidestreet to the famous La Ramblas.
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Who’s For Sangria?
Claire and I will be back in Aberystwyth by about 8:45pm: if you want to come over and let us bore you with video clips from our holiday and stories and whatnot, we'll feed you Toblerone and a glass or two of sangria. See you at The Flat at a quarter to nine if you …
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Preston, Houghton Tower, etc.
Claire and I are in Preston. Saturday evening we went to an orchestral concert at Houghton Tower, which was better than the year before last, but still not as good as the year before that. Live outdoor music, dancing, drinking, and fireworks are all fab, but my mum got a little more drunk than she …
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Off To Barcelona (Via Preston)
Claire (on a new blog!) and I are off to Barcelona, via Preston (for a concert by an orchestra & a fireworks display at Houghton Tower, as we did a couple of years back). Here's the usual series of updates for everybody who remains:
Troma Night is on this and next Saturday. Sort it out … -
ANSI Escape Codes
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ANSI Colour & Escape Codes -
This Looks Promising
Hmm... my blog works. On it's new host.
This looks promising.
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Bash Prompt Configuration - PS1
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Penguins
Funny picture. Just needs a caption.
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The Scat Men
Don't usually go in for these memes, but this one was too funny not to publish.
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The Scat Men Stats
Formed: 29th June 2005 Split: 10th September 2011 Best Album: 'Supremo' 7/10 in the NME Best Single: 'Unstates' 6/10 in the NME Records Sold: … -
Widescreen - Huge free wallpapers
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No2ID: The Musical!
An introduction to ID cards for fans of Gilbert & Sullivan.
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Abnib Gallery
As you may be aware, Jon is developing the next generation of Abnib (preview - looks fab, eh?). To coincide (and integrate) with this, there's now an Abnib Gallery, to which Abnib-ettes can post photos relating to the activities of themselves with other abnib-ettes: a place to collate our photographs of the fires we have …
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Sewage Leak Update
I see that the council are still recommending that people don't swim in the sea off Aberystwyth, with signs all along the promenade, after a pollution incident at the weekend, although they've allowed access to the beach again. I called the hotline number and determined that the sewage leak most likely occured at the pumping …