Kind: Articles
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Lucy's Birthday
Dan's ended up really busy again, but he's found time to share a bug in a development version of Three Rings with you.
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Three Films I'd Watch (if anybody made them)
Dan pitches three movie ideas: "Knights of the Living Dead" (a twisted form of the Arthurian legends, with zombies), "My Daughter's Hand" (a story of love, homophobia, and family), and "The Bone Wars" (a dramatisation of the real-life rivalry of two of the Victorian era's most-famous palaeontologists).
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The Leap Machine (Puzzle)
Dan proposes a puzzle: if you know that it is 29th February in some randomly-selected leap year, what is the probability that it is a Monday? The answer is not one-seventh...
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Five
Dan and Ruth celebrate five years together; Dan spots some curious numeric coincidences; and the pair of them think about throwing a party.
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4 Things You Should Do When Writing A Will (Which My Dad Didn't)
While acting as executor for his father's estate, there have been four particular problems with Dan's dad's Will that have made the task monumentally more-challenging than it might have been. Here are four things that Dan's dad should have done to make Dan's job easier.
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A Bus Called Peter
Dan attends a ceremony to name a bus after his father, who died earlier this year, and surprises everybody present by pouring beer over the front of the new vehicle.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Six
Another day at the Edinburgh Fringe: comedy, whisky, a museum... and telling a room full of strangers about your unusual relationship configuration. Twice.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Five
Day five at the Edinburgh Fringe sees Ruth, JTA and Dan meet up with Matt's new girlfriend, Hannah-Mae, watch more comedy shows, drink gin, and point foam guns at one another.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Four
Dan, Ruth and JTA trek out to Leith and get very wet. And play disappointing board games. But they do get some good beer and delicious food.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Three
Dan watches lots more comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, eats two enormous meals, and learns about science.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Two
Dan's second day at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival sees magic, comedy, and lots and lots of whisky. Also a little cheese.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day One (was: On The Fringe)
Dan goes with Ruth and JTA to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and is joined by Matt R.
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Three Parties
After three consecutive weekends of parties, it's no wonder than Dan's so tired. Andy's birthday, Earth's Summer Party, and a wedding.
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Three Rings - Then And Now
Dan plugs the Three Rings blog, which recently published a post looking back on the technical changes to the Three Rings rota management system over the last ten years.
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The Coroner's Inquest
Dan provides reflections on his trip to Kendal for the coroner's inquest on his father's death, five months after he fell from a cliff in the Lake District.