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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Norfolk
Claire and I's grand tour of the United Kingdom brought us yesterday to Terrington St. Clement, near Kings' Lynn, in Norfolk, where Claire's dad lives.
As I anticipated, this has resulted in me here, too, helping to repair computers. Claire's dad's PC was a mess - Ad-Aware reported 183 malware/adware programs, Norton Anti-Virus reported 10 threats … -
Preston
Things achieved so far:
Got to Preston in three hours, which is pretty good going. We got stuck behind some idiots who seemed to think that "national speed limit" meant 30mph for awhile, but by the time we got to the big roads it was plain sailing. Without sails. Or a boat.
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All The Fun Of Aberystwyth
Aber's great this time of year - late enough that the weather becomes favourable, but early enough that the tourists haven't arrived. Alec came down the day before yesterday for an interview for the PGCE course he wants to get onto, which was cool, 'cos I haven't seen him in a long while, and we …
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RFC 2812 - Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: RFC 2812 - Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol.
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TinyApps.org
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: TinyApps.org.
Really tiny, really useful applications -
egghelp.org
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: egghelp.org.
Eggdrop bot configuration & management help -
Hide and Seek In The Castle
Yesterday, as Claire and I ate our lunch, we had an idea. It was a gorgeous Sunday, warm like Easter break should be, so we thought - why not gather those folks who remain in town for a big game of hide & seek in Aberystwyth Castle. This was great fun last Autumn and the …
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Dan And Claire’s Grand UK Tour
Well, the plans are set now.
On Thursday night (or Friday), Claire and I will be travelling up to Preston to spend the weekend with my folks. Hopefully my gran will be able to make it down, too. We'll also get a chance to look at the new puppies (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3), who'll … -
Seymore Butts
Is this actor real? Seymore Butts (say it out loud) is listed on the IMDb, director of such films as Anal Surprise Party, Female Ejaculation Review, and Tongue In Cheeks, as well as over 60 other films. Also performed in 50 films... most of which don't have an IMDb score...
...so it's an anonymous pornstar with … -
Troma Night Makes International News
If you come to Troma Night tonight, I'll explain the above picture (click for a larger version). It's got something to do with this new account on the web site.
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The Starling
I have a hard time believing that this story is true: it's just too crazy - but the photos are good and hard to forge without more resources than your average internet prankster. So, here's the tale as it was told to me...
There's a company in the States that sells automatic car washers as a … -
Physical Device Fingerprinting Over TCP
A PhD student in San Deigo has written a fascinating paper which will spook internet anonymity freaks - Remote Physical Device Fingerprinting - which describes how a physical computer can be uniquely identified on the internet, regardless of operating system, IP address, or data sent, just by looking carefully at it's TCP packets (which contain …
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Settlers Of Catan
Total three to six players wanted for pre-Geek Night rules exploration and playtest of The Settlers Of Catan, this evening. Usual rules apply.
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Infinity Games
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Infinity Games.
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World Jump Day
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If we all jump at the same time, we'll move the earth: 20th July 2006