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🆕 [Note] “I’m glad I’m not the only one”
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/25/glad-im-not-the-only-one/

Still at MegaConLive. I’ve not done this kind of con before (and still wouldn’t, were it not for my tweenager and her various obsessions). Not my jam, and that’s fine.But if there’s
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🆕 It’s Eddie Bowley!
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/24/eddie-bowley/

I may have been dragged to MegaConLive London by my multi-fandom loving 12-year-old, but I at least managed to find somebody worth getting a selfie with. ×
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
🆕 [Note] MegaConLive London
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/23/megaconlive-london/

My 12-year-old's persuaded me to take her to MegaConLive London this weekend. As somebody who doesn't pay much attention to the pop culture circles represented by such an event (and hasn't for 15+ year
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM
🆕 [Repost] How You Read My Content (The Answers)
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/22/how-you-read-my-content-the-answers/

Kev Quirk ran a one-question survey recently about how people discover and read his blog posts, and I think it's a pretty inspiring idea. Sure, consent-based surveying intro
January 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
🆕 [Article] PHP 8.4 on Caddy on Debian 13… in Three Minutes
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/21/php-caddy-debian-13/

I just needed to spin up a new PHP webserver and I was amazed how fast and easy it was, nowadays. Just the stock package repositories and around five commands and my fresh box and i
January 21, 2026 at 3:32 PM
🆕 [Note] Blogroll 88x31s
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/20/blogroll-88x31s/

Inspired by a conversation with Elle, I expanded my FreshRSS-to-blogroll generator to support injecting 88×31 buttons (where I have them) for folks I follow. There's still a way to go, but my blogroll's looking
January 20, 2026 at 11:46 AM
🆕 [Article] Peripheral Vision
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/19/peripheral-vision/

The other night, I encountered an optical illusion by which I could see a particular partially-obstructed light only when it was in my peripheral vision. This put me in mind of the experience of being only periphera
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
🆕 [Repost] gradient.horse
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/18/gradient-horse/

Michail Rybakov's gradient.horse might be the second most-amusing use of a .horse domain name I've yet seen. Draw a horse and let it run wild and free with its friends in the gradient plains of your browser window!
January 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GC8YPVJ Finn1
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/17/dan-q-found-gc8ypvj-finn1/

On the morning of the Three RIngs Christmas party, I took an early walk to a nearby geocache, just outside the area where the roads are closed for the Warwick leg of HS2's construction.
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM
🆕 [Note] 67 Bananas
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/16/67-bananas/

I think my “six seven”-obsessed younger child was in the kitchen with a biro earlier. How do I know, you ask? ×
January 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
🆕 [Note] I got a CCC postcard!
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/16/i-got-a-ccc-postcard/

Well my day, week, and year (which has been off to a slightly ropey start) got a whole heap better today when I received a postcard from August & Sappho, sent from 39c3 on a CCC postcard... with a CCC stamp!
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
🆕 [Repost] Gay sheep – what the FAQ?!
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/16/gay-sheep-what-the-faq/

About 1 in 12 rams (and a similar proportion of ewes) show a strong preference for other sheep of their same sex. To save them from being destroyed by breeders, this German farm is rescuing them and a
January 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM
🆕 [Repost] 88×31 Button Creator
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/15/88x31-button-creator/

Dan of ritual.sh has produced an absolutely epic 88×31 button generator; well worth playing with if you're into that kind of thing.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
🆕 [Article] Nostalgia, Music, and Computers
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/15/nostalgia-music-and-computers/

It turns out that I get nostalgic about technology in the same way as I get nostalgic about music. Here's some things that take me right back to being nine, eleven, thirteen and fiftee
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
🆕 [Note] EV Battery Low
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/14/ev-battery-low/

Tonight I learned that when my electric car gets down to 5% battery, it sounds an alarm. And that when it gets down to 4% battery, it sounds a louder alarm. And that when it gets down to 3% battery, it engages 'limited
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/14/27940/

Bitterly cold and starkly beautiful, this morning: West Oxfordshire is blanketed in an impenetrably thick freezing fog.It’s quite pretty, though I’m regretting not bringing my gloves out with me! ×
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🆕 [Article] Chain Words
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/13/chain-words/

I've been enjoying playing Chain Words, from eclectech, intermittently, since it came out in November. If you've not given it a go yet, and you like a word game that's a bit different, you should try it!
January 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
🆕 [Article] Imajica by Clive Barker
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/13/imajica-by-clive-barker/

I recently finished reading Clive Barker's Imajica for what I think is the fourth time. It remains one of my favourite fantasy novels, and I'd love to tell you why.
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/11/toilets-viewing-area/

Not kink-shaming anyone, but I’m not sure I want to go to the ‘toilets viewing area’. ×
January 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/10/27906/

The younger kids' taekwondo school put on a free 'new years workout' class this morning. It was pretty awesome. My watch says my heart rate averaged 146bpm, peaking at 169bpm. It's possible I'm not as fit as I used to be. �
January 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
🆕 [Video] Why I Am So Tired [Video]
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/09/why-i-am-so-tired-video/

A video version of my recent joke about why I'm so tired, which was also made available in article and podcast formats.
January 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
🆕 [Article] Why I Am So Tired
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/09/why-i-am-so-tired/

After dusting off and modernising a joke I first read in a chain email from 1996, I can tell you conclusively that the reason that I'm tired is because I'm overworked.
January 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
🆕 [Note] Bee
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/08/bee-2/

As part of my efforts to reclaim the living room from the children, I'm building a new gaming PC for the playroom. She's called Bee, and - thanks to the absolute insanity that is The Tower 300 case from Thermaltake - she's one of
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 AM
🆕 [Article] Visualising Forged In The Dark probabilities
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/07/probabilities-in-the-dark/

Blades in the Dark (and other Forged In The Dark-based games) use a highest-value-from-D6-dice-pool mechanic to resolve actions. I was looking for a visualisation of the resulting
January 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
🆕 [Repost] A small collection of text-only websites
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/01/06/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites/

Terence Eden's maintaining a list of websites that are presented as, or are wholly or partially available via, plain text. Obviously my own text/plain blog is among
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM