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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Found GCAAD6C El pont sobre el riu #14 Set a La Pobla Cérvoles
I borrowed a bike from our hosts in el Vilosell so I could ride the rough hilltop trail to the bridge over the river Set, 3km away, and find a geocache.
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Okay, is every company using AI to fuck up their mailing lists, now?
For the second time this week I've received an email from a company whom I'd explicitly demanded cease processing my PII. This time, in February they outright told me that they'd deleted my data and sent screenshots to "prove" it (which was already after they'd failed to unsubscribe me from their mailing lists in the first place).
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Found GCAA274 Garrigues #23 - El Vilosell
This checkin to GCAA274 Garrigues #23 - El Vilosell reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The geokids and I are staying nearby and came out for a walk this morning to discover this under-appreciated cache. What an amazing location and such a great view! We searched many "obvious" locations without …
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The Time Travel Movie That Doesn't Move
The Nerdwriter's done a video essay about La Jetée, and it truly does justice to that remarkable movie.
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Just received an unsolicited marketing email from a company that I asked to remove me from their systems eleven and a half years ago (!).
I haven't heard from them since then.
The marketing email is sent using a platform that "uses AI to help you seamlessly connect with your customers". By which I assume the platform means "we'll crawl your email history to find anybody we can possibly spam".
Just gonna go grab my GDPR/DPA2018 beating-stick. This is gonna be a fun one.
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Hero of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria is my hero. And it's not for the steam engine he didn't invent (that was Vetruvius), nor for his formula for the area of a triangle, nor even for his programmable robot (yes, really). It's for his square root algorithm.
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Made it through a day and a half of theme park fun with the kids. Time for a much-needed beer, then as long a sleep as circumstance will allow.
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Three glasses of beer held by adult hands clink together against a glass of water and a bottle of Fanta held 6 by cold hands.
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Sex With Monsters
Just in time for Halloween, this comic (published via the ever-excellent Oh Joy Sex Toy) is fundamentally pretty silly... and yet still manages to touch upon important concepts of safer sex, consent, aftercare etc.
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Did not find GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON
This checkin to GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The geokids and I had to give up after an extended search. We solved the riddle (we think) and counted steps, but, being unsure, hunted for a nearby map and attempted to un-do he …
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For some reason, the breakfast chef assumed that when I asked for two eggs benedict that I might want them on two separate plates. As if I WEREN'T totally planning to scoff them both myself! 😂
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Two portions of eggs benedict, in front of a window showing a 25th-storey view of Barcelona.
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Found GCA8R9X Xemeneies a Barcelona #2 Foneria Giralt
This checkin to GCA8R9X Xemeneies a Barcelona #2 Foneria Giralt reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An early morning walk from my hotel while I waited for the rest of my family to wake up brought me to this, another old chimney. I've really been enjoying discovering these relics of the industrial …
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Found GC1788D Torre Agbar
This checkin to GC1788D Torre Agbar reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My 7-year-old, who's really interested in skyscrapers, was excited to point this one out to me upon our arrival in Barcelona on Saturday, observing that it looks very similar to "The Gherkin"/30 St Mary Axe, a highly-recognisable London …
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Found GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes
This checkin to GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After failing to find this yesterday, I came back earlier this morning for another go. Thanks to the hint, I was pretty confident I'd been looking in the right place, and a message …
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Found GC1BA7C Parc central del Poblenou
This checkin to GC1BA7C Parc central del Poblenou reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF while on my way back to my hotel after a morning of exploring the area. GPC.
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Did not find GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes
This checkin to GC6TKBN MALIP - Monument a les il·lusions perdudes reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An extended search bore no fruit this morning. Worth help of the hint and an initial survey I was pretty confident in what kind of thing I was looking for, but though i …