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The Nylon Pool is a sandbar in the Buccoo Reef, off the coast of Tobago. Despite the distance from the shore, it’s only about waist-deep. Truly mind-boggling. 🦸 You're my hero! (For using RSS to follow...
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[Note] Top of the World
After driving 300 (vertical) metres up a terrifyingly winding road, we find ourself at ‘Top if the World’, one of Tobago’s highest points. Being able to look down the steep sides of this long-extinct...
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[Article] Small-World Serendipity
As part of our trip to the two-island republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Ruth and I decided we’d love to take a trip out to Buccoo Reef, off the coast of the smaller island. The place we’ve been...
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[Checkin] Geohashing expedition 2025-01-15 10 -61
This checkin to geohash 2025-01-15 10 -61 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location Empty lot off Bhagan Trace, Chandernagore, near Chase Village, Trinidad. Participants...
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Yesterday, Ruth and I made the first ever attempt at a geohashing expedition in Trinidad & Tobago, successfully finding a hashpoint in Chase Village in the West of Trinidad! 🔗...
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This is funny, but I’m confident Wrexham’s potholes have nothing on the Trinbagonian ones I’ve been experiencing all week, which have sometimes spanned most of the width of a road or been deep enough...
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[Article] We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida
Another book I received at Christmas Eve’s book exchange was We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida, translated from the original Japanese by Emmie Madison Shimoda. It’s apparently won all kinds of...
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When you love Jesus but you’re sick of Him blocking your driveway. 🧨 RSS is dynamite! Thanks for subscribing to my blog. 💥
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Goodbye, Trinidad and Tobago. 🇹🇹 You were wonderful. I hope to visit you again. ❤️ 🕵️ Subscribing to DanQ.me's RSS feeds means that you'll get to see secret bonus posts not publicised on the main site....
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The final weekend of my sabbatical was spent, like the first one, at a Three Rings event. As a side activity to the volunteer work, everybody was asked to put their name on a paper plate and leave it...
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[Article] Sabbatical Lesson #1: Boundaries
Today was my first day back at work after three months of paid leave1. I’d meant to write about the overall experience of my sabbatical and the things I gained from it before I returned, but I’m glad I...
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Last year, a colleague introduced me to lazygit, a TUI git client with a wealth of value-added features. Somehow, though, my favourite feature is the animation you see if you nuke the working tree. 😘...
View Article[Note] Invertobang
My 8-year-old asked me “In Spanish, I need to use an upside-down interrobang at the start of the sentence‽” (I assume the answer is yes!) A little while later, I thought to check whether Unicode...
View Article[Checkin] Dan Q wrote note for GC71F0E UFO Light (Alien Alphabet)
This checkin to GC71F0E UFO Light (Alien Alphabet) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Cache page no longer shows image, and backup link doesn’t work either. Needs CO...
View Article[Checkin] Dan Q wrote note for GC9GTV3 Drive Slowly; Fox Crossing
This checkin to GC9GTV3 Drive Slowly; Fox Crossing reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Checked in on this cache while on a dog walk to ensure the Storm Éowyn hadn’t...
View Article[Repost] ‘All Americans legally female’: Trump invites mockery with sloppy...
Obviously all of the 118 executive orders President Trump signed into effect on 20 January fall somewhere on the spectrum between fucking ridiculous and tragically fascist. But there’s a moment of joy...
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After a night that alternated between raining and freezing winds here, at the edge of Storm Éowyn, this morning my skylight has ice patterns on it that look beautiful and almost organic. 👏...
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[Checkin] Dan Q found GCB2FZ4 Family Fun #2
This checkin to GCB2FZ4 Family Fun #2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. FTF! It’s been a while since I’ve typed that! Woke this morning slightly hungover and figured a...
View Article[Checkin] Dan Q found GCA1K70 Oak Protection
This checkin to GCA1K70 Oak Protection reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After claiming the FTF on the new cache to the North East, the geohound and I continued our...
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Back at work after a three-month break, and it turns out the first thing that I’d missed is my team’s quirky morning ritual. 🎗️ Using RSS feeds is a great way to keep up-to-date with my blog. Thanks...
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