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🆕 [Repost] Setting the width of selects to the width of the selected option
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/22/setting-the-width-of-selects-to-the-width-of-the-selected-option/

Sometimes a new CSS feature comes along and I immediately "get it". Like: that's a cool new feature, I can
June 22, 2026 at 6:04 AM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GC9P505 Paddington Bear & friends (Leicester Square)
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/21/dan-q-found-gc9p505-paddington-bear-friends-leicester-square/

A morning meander around the local (mostly virtual) caches under the guise of checking the condition of the West End Live
June 22, 2026 at 6:04 AM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GCB5KK7 Shakespeare Fountain
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/21/dan-q-found-gcb5kk7-shakespeare-fountain/

A morning meander around the local (mostly virtual) caches under the guise of checking the condition of the West End Live queue, while the rest of my group enjoyed a lie
June 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GCBJ704 Seven Dials Sundial
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/21/dan-q-found-gcbj704-seven-dials-sundial/

Approaching from the West I was foiled by the glare of the rising sun in my efforts to claim this fascinating monument from afar and eventually had to walk all the way pas
June 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GC38EQ3 Underground
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/21/dan-q-found-gc38eq3-underground/

Initially thought I'd be able to find this one without the hint, but when I couldn't get fix to closer than 8m I took a peep at it and was instantly aware of where to search. So
June 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GC240NQ West End 1 – The Beatles
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/21/dan-q-found-gc240nq-west-end-1-the-beatles/

Stood around for a bit reading about David Bowie while I waited for the waitstaff -on their pre-work fag break down the alleyway - stopped their muggling and wen
June 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GC5E4E Catastrophe, Calamity, Cataclysm Part 4
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/21/dan-q-found-gc5e4e-catastrophe-calamity-cataclysm-part-4/

Can't do the physical today, but scooping a pic with the virtual during a morning walk around the neighbourhood.
June 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🆕 [Checkin] Dan Q found GCAJJCJ Piccadilly Circus (Virtual Reward 4.0) ツ
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/21/dan-q-found-gcajjcj-piccadilly-circus-virtual-reward-4-0-%e3%83%84/

After nine hours on my feet yesterday queuing for and then attending the first day of West End Live in Trafalgar Square,
June 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🆕 [Note] Bus LAN
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/20/bus-lan/

Star network topologies are more common, but you can still occasionally find these… ×
June 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
🆕 [Note] Theatreland Double Takes
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/20/theatreland-double-takes/

Hanging out in London’s theatreland, attracting double-takes (and a handful of thumbs-ups!) for my t-shirt… ×
June 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/20/29501/

The hours of queuing pays off! Let’s go! ×
June 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
🆕 [Note] West End Live queue
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/20/west-end-live-queue/

Back of the queue for West End Live. It’s gonna be a long wait, but hopefully worth it! ×
June 20, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/19/29497/

Off to London for a couple of days of musical theatre fun! Don’t wait up! ×
June 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
🆕 [Note] F-Day plus 125
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/18/f-day-plus-125/

125 days since our house flooded, and the damaged furniture fittings, floors, underfloors, and now inner walls have been torn out.Over a third of a year since we had to move out, I’m optimistic that perhaps, at last, recon
June 18, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/17/29482/

🎶 It starts with sausage, A hot dog in a bun. One simple sausage, Put some mustard on one…Is it just me, or are (sinner) Sir Pentious‘s colours reminiscent of a hot dog? ×
June 17, 2026 at 7:48 AM
🆕 [Note] The chair guardian
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/16/the-chair-guardian/

I guess it’s sweet that the dog has decided that I’m not to leave my home office without her noticing. But when the naps right behind my wheelie chair I worry she’s going to get her paws run over! ×
June 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
🆕 [Repost] Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/16/elon-musk-human-ponzi-scheme/

With thanks to Mark Palko for sharing: this seems like a spot-on observation of Musk's career. Wouldn't it be nice if the world's first trillionaire also happened to be the world
June 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
🆕 [Repost] Ad Infinitum
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/15/ad-infinitum/

An excellent article by Matthias Ott describes Google's promised AI-first search experience, which dispenses with search results entirely and just uses an LLM (plus sponsored content seamlessly woven in), keeping you enti
June 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
🆕 [Repost] New social media restrictions
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/15/new-social-media-restrictions/

Despite being parody, diamond geezer's new age-gating - which e.g. asks for personal information but, obviously, doesn't actually block access to the site - somehow perfectly straddl
June 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
🆕 [Note] Tango Two
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/13/tango-two/

Making another attempt at learning to tango, this time at a more-beginner, more-local class. It’s still super hard but he makes me question whether I even know how to walk, let alone dance, but I love it so much!
June 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
🆕 [Article] My Polyamory is Boring
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/12/polyamory-is-boring/

A conversation with another openly-polyamorous blogger led us to ask one another why we don't write about our relationship structure more-often. In my case, the answer is simple: my relationships are bor
June 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
🆕 [Note] Remembering the 90s Web
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/11/remembering-the-90s-web/

This morning I had a lovely meeting with Andreas Marakis, who's researching the sociological impact of the Web of the 1990s on people who experienced it first-hand. I'm seeing more and more intere
June 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
🆕 [Reply] Is midnight in the middle of the night?
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/10/is-midnight-in-the-middle-of-the-night/

Niki wondered whether "midnight" is actually the middle of the night and discovered that it pretty much is. I explain that this is because he's in Berlin, whic
June 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
🆕 [Repost] I want my friends to have blogs too
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/09/i-want-my-friends-to-have-blogs-too/

Daniel loves blogs and loves blogging, but wishes that more of the people in his 'real life' blogged too. I get it, Daniel!
June 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
🆕 [Note] F-Day plus 115
🔗 https://danq.me/2026/06/08/f-day-plus-115/

115 days since our house flood, the beginnings of the very first of the remedial works are taking place. Today, builders will drill through and lift part of a cracked poured-concrete foundation to work out what's beneat
June 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM