Kind: Notes
Short content: a post or status update with just plain content and typically without a title.
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Inclusivity
The 'B' is not for Buses.
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.well-known/feeds
.well-known/feeds is a draft standard by which a site can publicise an OPML-based list of feeds (or other metadata) associated with it, that I literally dreamed-up last night. What do you think?
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Batman's World
I do not claim to have a good explanation nor excuse.
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Bottomings
TomSka says sauce and toppings should go under hot dogs. After my initial reaction of shock and horror, I think he might actually be on to something.
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512kb.club
Proud to say that danq.me is the newest site to be admitted into Kev Quirk's 512kb club. Let's keep the web lean!
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Mastodon Re-Introduction
Finally got around to rewriting my Mastodon introduction, now that my selfhosted server's got enough interconnection that people might actually see it!
If you're on the Fediverse and you're not already doing so, you can follow me at @dan@danq.me. Or follow my blog at @blog@danq.me. -
Morning walk with Demmy, first of her name, Queen of Stealing Your Spot On The Sofa, Empress of the Farts Of Doom, rightful keeper of That Gross Chew Toy, bringer of snuggles, destroyer of rosebeds, scourge of the mailman.
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Threads
Meta are launching Threads tomorrow. If you're wondering how this will impact the world and society's social connections, I direct you to the predictive powers of 1984 British cinema.
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I have minus 26 new articles in my RSS reader! Either I'm a time traveller, or there's a wraparound bug when you neglect your unreads for long enough.
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![Screengrab from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Paladmin Xenk Yendar, played by Regé-Jean Page, rides his horse through a forest. It's subtitled with him saying "I'm sorry." and also "[horse nickers]".](https://bcdn.danq.me/_q26u/2023/05/d0a809c06b0d71981-978x480.png#21313)
Today I learned that the quiet, high-pitched neighing sound horses sometimes make is called "nickering".
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Max props to the developer of puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth. Saved me a ton of work circumventing Cloudflare's bollocks while I was trying to get my own data as recorded by my smartwatch.
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I bought Zach Weinersmith‘s Bea Wolf for my kids (9 and 6, the elder of them already a fan of Beowulf). It arrived today, but neither of them have had a chance to because I wouldn’t put it down.
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Beginning to prepare/test my costume for an upcoming murder mystery party, I glanced into the mirror and briefly didn't recognise myself. Glasses can do so much to change your face shape! -
Hasbro Alignment Chart
Hasbro seem to be rolling up a new character. Maybe this'll help them.
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Things The Other Child Did Wrong That Lead To The Fight that I've heard so far today:
Clapped too loudly
Sang too loudly
Sang too quietly
Sang the wrong words
Put their feet too close to the dog
Ate the last grape
Ate the wrong grape (!?) …