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  • (Fake) letter from Boris Johnson stating that the government's new policy is just to write-off 2020 and carry on from 2021, after the coronavirus crisis has passed.

    Dan receives a second letter from the Prime Minister, and fully backs the government's bold new strategy.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 April, 2020
  • Handwashing poster to the tune of Paul Johnson's Get Get Down.

    In these complicated times, this is how I get my groove on.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (12 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 16 March, 2020
  • Dan remotely attends IndieWebCamp London 2020

    Remotely attending #indiewebcamp London 2020 (after Covid-19 kept us from meeting in person) and hacking on some note/checkin-posting tools.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Note
    • 4 comments
    • posted 14 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: Note #16856

    1. @indiewebcamp London - which I'd planned to attend - is cancelled for #COVID19 😒
    2. I'm left with a hotel room I can't cancel 😠
    3. Overhear my brother-in-law planning to book a hotel in London πŸ€”
    4. EverythingWentBetterThanExpected.jpg πŸ€œπŸ€›

    Read more (34 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 13 March, 2020
  • View of 1960s buildings in front of Oxford Castle.

    Today my #distributed #remotework office is provided by @OCFI_OI, which provides me that most #Oxford of views: simultaneously containing architecture of the 1960s... and the 1160s.

    Read more (27 words)

    • Note
    • posted 27 February, 2020
  • Critical error on woocommerce.com

    It's been said that you're not really part of a new #dev team until you break something user-facing. Today I achieved that milestone. Whoops.

    Read more (24 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 7 January, 2020
  • Nice simple design, @typehut, but with no RSS, Atom, nor h-feed you've made a blog platform to which readers can only subscribe by email. 😒

    Read more (24 words)

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 6 January, 2020
  • Comic: carollers sing "We wish you a Merry Christmas" three times, the genie from Disney's Aladdin looks on in shock.

    Three Wishes

    How many times can you wish somebody a Merry Christmas before you've used up all your wishes?

    Read more - about 0 minutes (0 words)

    • Note
    • posted 23 December, 2019
  • Post Office account signup form showing error message: "Password too long, max 12 characters"

    What's wrong with my password, @PostOffice? Is it too secure for you?
    It does nothing to fix your "old-fashioned" image that your password policy is still stuck in the 1990s. @PWTooStrong

    Read more (31 words)

    • Note
    • 6 comments
    • posted 18 November, 2019
  • Spreadsheet showing correlation the intersection of two variables.

    That moment when you realise, to your immense surprise, that the research you've spent most of the year on might actually demonstrate the thing you set out to test after all. 😲
    Screw you, null hypothesis.

    Read more (35 words)

    • Note
    • posted 9 November, 2019
  • Image representing post: Note #16045

    Who'd have thought that my onboarding fortnight at @WooCommerce / @Automattic would conclude with a very literal "on-boarding". Hang five! πŸ„πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

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    • 3 comments
    • posted 7 November, 2019
  • Well, Cape Town, you were a blast. But now it's time to get back to my normal life for a bit.

    πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦βœˆοΈπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺβœˆοΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

    Read more (21 words)

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 5 November, 2019
  • Dan with a pair of African penguins

    Seconds after I took this "penguin selfie", a third penguin snuck up behind me and bit me on the arse. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ§πŸ˜§

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Note
    • 14 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2019
  • Dan sitting on a rock on Table Mountain, Cape Town, with a sunset in the background

    I now have no doubt that from the summit of Table Mountain is an absolutely unparalleled place from which to watch the sunset. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸŒ…πŸ˜

    Read more (23 words)

    • Note
    • 16 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2019
  • Team Alpha in Cape Town

    Making magic happen alongside my new @WooCommerce Team Alpha buds in sunny Cape Town. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

    Read more - about 1 minutes (14 words)

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 30 October, 2019

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