[Note] Autumnal
Waiting patiently at the school gates on a distinctly Autumnal morning, our pupper’s squat stature means she’s about knee-deep in the season’s golden leaves. ❤️🔥 You're reading this post via the RSS...
View Article[Note] Dominated
Kids’ ability to pick up new words from context is amazing. Kids’ confidence even when they’ve misunderstood how a word is used is hilarious. 😊 This evening, our 7-year-old was boasting about how...
View Article[Note] Geohash Luck
Maybe it’s just that my sabbatical is making me pay more attention then usual, but it feels like I’m getting very lucky with nearby geohashpoints lately. Tomorrow’s hashpoint in my graticule might be...
View Article[Checkin] Geohashing expedition 2024-11-14 51 -1
This checkin to geohash 2024-11-14 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location Field East of Ducklington, West Oxfordshire Participants Dan Q Plans Not certain, but...
View Article[Checkin] Dan Q found GC656RM Church Micro 8564…Ducklington
This checkin to GC656RM Church Micro 8564...Ducklington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The dog and I came out to Ducklington today for a spot of geohashing, in...
View Article[Note] Harswell Steel
My past self, receiving a copy of Transport Tycoon for his 14th birthday, would have his mind blown if he could see the kind of insanely-complex super-stations that are possible in (the open-source...
View Article[Article] Sadder Than Fiction
On a number of occasions over the first two decades of this century I’ve attempted to write a particular short story with a science fiction/alternate history feel. Now, I’ve given up on it, and that’s…...
View Article[Repost] Cable Car Marquee
Was playing around with some HTML and made a cable car for my page. Hmh. Miikka Beautiful. It feels like it ought to have been wrapped in a HTML Web Component, maybe called <cable-car>, with...
View Article[Checkin] Dan Q found GC34G3G Coventry – Hertford Street
This checkin to GC34G3G Coventry - Hertford Street reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The rest of the family and I are visiting for my youngest’s birthday to do a...
View Article[Article] US Constitution and Presidential Assassinations
Hypothetically-speaking, what would happen if convicted felon Donald Trump were assassinated in-between his election earlier this month and his inauguration in January? There’ve been at least two...
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I was sceptical when the forecast said there’d be sleet and snow this morning, but sure enough, it’s just barely beginning to settle on the skylight of my attic bathroom. 🫢 🧨 RSS is dynamite! Thanks...
View Article[Note] Snow Cause for Confusion
Snuffles in the Snow. This morning’s freak snowfall in Oxfordshire is a source of some confusion on this pupper’s morning walk. 🕵️ Subscribing to DanQ.me's RSS feeds means that you'll get to see secret...
View Article[Note] The Dog and The Snowman
On the way to school this morning, the 10-year-old lagged behind to build a small snowman. On the way back, the dog saw the snowman, which wasn’t there when she’d passed earlier. She wanted to make it...
View Article[Article] Horse-Powered Locomotives
You’re probably familiar with the story of George and Robert Stephenson’s Rocket, a pioneering steam locomotive built in 1829. If you know anything, it’s that Rocket won a competition and set the stage...
View Article[Note] Geohashing Ireland
When my mother proposed that we take a holiday together somewhere, and that I could choose the destination, I started by looking at the Geohashing Expeditions Map. Where, I wondered, could I find a...
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Off to Ireland to hunt for geohashpoints. Wish us luck! 🧡 I love RSS feeds. And I love you for using them. 💙
View Article[Checkin] Geohashing expedition 2024-11-22 53 -8
This checkin to geohash 2024-11-22 53 -8 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location Field East of Abbey, Ireland. Participants Dan Q his mum Plans When my mother proposed...
View Article[Checkin] Dan Q found GC2BY40 Pallas Castle
This checkin to GC2BY40 Pallas Castle reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My mother and I are visiting the area in search of virgin graticules for geohashing purposes....
View Article[Note] Loughrea Unlocked
I’m on the map! No matter what else my mother and I achieve this week, my name will forever be recorded as the unlocker of the Loughrea graticule in Ireland: https://geohashing.site/geohashing/Ireland...
View Article[Checkin] Geohashing expedition 2024-11-23 52 -8
This checkin to geohash 2024-11-23 52 -8 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location Field East of Newcastle West Participants Dan Q his mother Plans On the second full day...
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