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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Some Pictures From My Phone
Some pictures I just extracted from my phone:
ASSA are branching out. Not just (experi)mental music, they do locks, too!
This sticker was found in the ladies toilets underneath the library on Llanbadarn Campus. I think it might be a little out of date... look at the phone number!
Paul & his dragon. I'm not sure whether or … -
Dan’s Dingbats Challenge I - Results
I'm glad to see so many people took part in Dan's Dingbats Challenge I; hope you all had fun. As promised, here are the results (and the answers). Don't forget, the total time is the time taken plus a 30 second penalty for every wrong answer or skipped question. I did award a number of …
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Dan’s Dingbats Challenge I
Think you can think laterally: think again!
Remember Dingbats, that board game with the cards with the phrases on them, expressed through cleverly laid-out words and pictures (a bit like Catch Phrase, that old TV show [is that still running]). Well, anyway, it involves pictures a bit like this:
The picture shows the word "somewhere" mysteriously suspended … -
Troma Night
Apologies to those I "disappeared" on last night - I was feeling quite horribly unwell and went to bed.
Still, Amadeus was wonderful. -
KnightmareWikiGame
My upcoming RockMonkey WikiGame is set to impress, I hope: I'm aiming for the most adventurous WikiGame ever created. There's a screenshot available of the kind of thing I've got working so far. Probably a few weeks from completion, though.
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Curry Tonight
The Usual Crew are having curry tonight at Cafe All Spice, 7pm (NOT the previously advertised time of 6:30pm). All welcome, BYOB. More details on request.
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Exploding Toads
Umm... yeah...
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Build Library Here (Or Else!)
This last few days, Claire and I have been listening to a hell of a lot of the new Pagan Wanderer Lu album, Build Library Here (Or Else!). And it's such an impressive album that I've decided to write a little about it here, in the hope that some of you who've never heard of …
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All Looks Well
I can appreciate how Andy feels: all seems pretty 'well' in my little corner of this little corner of the world.
Friday's Geek Night involved a four-hour long, six-player game of Knights & Cities Of Catan, which Andy won, perhaps contributing to his good mood.
On Saturday, Troma Night was particularly laid-back and relaxed. This was, of … -
Knightmare Night
The plan for this evening, for all those that are interested:
Knightmare Night will be running from 8pm to about 11:15pm: we'll be watching season 2, episodes 10 through 16. BYOB, etc. I've even tidied the flat... a little. And Claire's done the washing-up.
But before this, at 7:20pm, we'll be doing a "bottle bank run", to … -
Big.McLargeHuge Lives
Nobody on Earth, not even Gareth, knows or understands what happened to cause the server problems on Big.McLargeHuge yesterday, but, as usual, everybody's blaming me. My apologies to everybody who was inconvenienced by the problems. It's amazing how much damage can be caused by a MySQL server going down... almost all the sites on McLargeHuge …
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Celebrations Are In Order!
Celebrations are in order! Paul says so!
To celebrate Sian (and others) having completed recent dissertations and other academically-significant projects, the usual crew are cordially invited for curry at Cafe All Spice at 6:15pm, followed by the Ship & Castle (there's a beer festival on!). -
Another Knightmare
Peter and I, this time joined by Matt, JTA, Ruth, Andy R, Sian, and Katie watched another eight episodes of Knightmare (the first half of the second series) last night. Highlights include:
First ever winning team: they sucked up, they bribed, and they otherwise twisted the NPCs around their little fingers. Having seen this … -
Spellcasting: A-L-C-O-H-O-L
Last night, Paul, Claire, Pete and I sat down, beer and gin and Dooley's to hand, and watched the entire first series of 80's kids TV game show Knightmare, taking a drink every time:
Team gives directions to dungeoneer that they can't possibly follow. ("Go through the door.")
Team gives wrong directions to … -
My Footbone Hurts
I dropped a saxophone stand onto my foot this morning and I think I might have broken my little toe. I've not broken a bone before, but my foot feels exactly like people who've broken bones in their feet have said it feels: a dull pain in the affected area at all times, coupled by …