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This checkin to GC9BD0E Church Micro 14013...Clerkenwell - St Marks reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

I've been taking part in Weird Web October 2026 with a handful of "fun and weird" things.

Well, it looks like I've committed to playing this on the wettest imaginable weekend.

As part of my intermittent engagement with Weird Web October, this year, I'd like to share with you my entry for day 23: incognito: I've made...

I know, I know.

This is perhaps the most-adventurous of my contributions to Weird Web October this year, for today's spooky theme of: "skeletons".

So elegant.

This checkin to GC8VFV3 Freeland to Hanborough - Bonus Cache #2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

This checkin to GCAXYB9 Freeland to Hanborough #04 - Revived reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

This checkin to GCAF07M Freeland to Hanborough #06 - Revived reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

This checkin to GCAXZQ5 Freeland to Hanborough - Bonus Cache #5 reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

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Alternate timeline in which all Greek and Latin roots are swapped: catastrophe -> contraverse cephalopod -> capitoped chlorophyll -> viridofolia democracy -> populimpery homicide -> anthropoctony homosexual -> equigamic kilometer -> millimensure interregn…

As part of my recent website redevelopment, I added a suite of slashpages (indexed at /slashes)1.

I continue to fight to make BBC News' RSS feeds not-suck, despite ongoing efforts to dilute their value by the BBC themselves.

A peep behind the curtain: here's an animation illustrating how I had to learn to dissect/think about origami in order to make origami.danq.dev for my Weird Web October contribution today: 🥰 You're reading this post via the RSS feed.

I've been intermittently taking part in Weird Web October, this year.

A friend of mine was complaining this week that a school's website didn't work for her.

Last time I made a dental insurance claim, Aviva insisted on sending me a cheque.

Things I have recently discovered that tango is "like"1: Tango is like... improvising music You're moving within the freedom of a framework, and attempting to make yourself transparent and predictable to your partner while simultaneously bringing out the…

Ruth and I stopped at Hanley Swan for a picnic lunch on our way home from our weekend of Argentine Tango classes.

This checkin to GCB19MJ St Ann's Well reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

On the window sill of the bar at the hotel where Ruth and I are learning to tango... this morning I made a squirrel friend!

The bed in my hotel room tonight is made up for not one, not two, but three occupants.

The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.

Regular readers might recall that a year and a half ago, Halifax sent a letter about my credit card addressed to other people at my address (instead of to me).

I've been a fan and follower of Weird Web October ever since it started a couple of years go (and obviously I'm a fan of keeping the Internet fun and weird).

I just realised that I never shared this anecdote online before - One time, I got locked-in at the V&A Museum after closing-time.

Fuck you Ted Lasso season 4 finale, I hadn't planned on crying today. 😭 🥰 You're reading this post via the RSS feed.

A small, weird website every day of October.

I talk to a lot of old people, those who were born in the 20th century, and if I ask them what the word “unalive” means, they usually have no idea what I’m talking about, except for some of them who have kids or who study Internet culture. ...

This post is secret; you can only find it via my RSS feeds (and places which syndicate them).

I was in a forum thread with Loebas last week, who implied that webhosts might routinely firewall (e.g. via Fail2ban) IP addresses that engage in port-scanning against them.

This checkin to geohash 2026-10-04 51 -2 reflects a geohashing expedition.

A Three Rings development sub-team seems to have developed a habit of making production server changes at in-person events, right before meals are served.

This checkin to GC85TVQ Out Of Office reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

This checkin to GC85TVQ Out Of Office reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

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Since I use RSS to follow Reddit, I intend to discontinue my Reddit use on November 13, unless Reddit backtracks on their user-hostile decision to drop RSS.

Only a few weeks ago I was singing the praises of vertical tabs and specifically threw praise at Firefox's implementation, when coupled with Tab Groups (for combining tabs into a collection that can be moved together, folded-away and restored later) and M…

TIL that I dance Argentine Tango with Ruth better... when I close my eyes.

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Thanks to my geohashing expeditions over the last two months to a field between my house and Heathrow Airport while on my way to catch a flight, to a nature reserve near Woodstock where my crotch was attacked by a wasp, and this weekend to a field with a…

My newly-revamped personal site has an almost full suite of slash pages; something I'd been meaning to do for a while: https://danq.me/slashes Still no /now, but I'll get that sorted someday, perhaps!

This checkin to GC46YDF Second Row - Ball Retention reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

This checkin to GC46YCV Lock - Hanging Bison reflects a geocaching.com log entry.

This checkin to geohash 2026-09-27 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition.

"Thanking is an action applying to one visible thing."