I'd like to nominate DB13W3 for Most Cursed Connector. I mean, just look at that thing! <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/05/1000104078.jpg"><img width="640" height="496" src="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/05/1000104078-640x496.jpg" class="aligncenter size…

Out for a dog walk this morning along the Nevern Estuary, I spotted this brave fellow rowing his way (at least) half naked across the bay, on a route that pitted him against the wind, rain, <em>and</em> tide! <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/05/1000104685.jpg"><img…

Fellow <a href="https://abnib.co.uk/">Abnibbers</a> and I, who see each other extraordinary infrequently in our diaspora, have a tradition of sharing a group selfie when we happen to coincide. I forgot to take one when @garethbowker@infosec.exchange and I…

I'm apply for a few roles that might be the next step in my career. And to my surprise, updating my CV and tweaking my portfolio is doing a world of good for my feelings of self-worth! Seriously: looking back over the last ~25 years of my career and enumerating…

Could I rock an interview tech-test in a programming language I haven't touched in a decade? I wanted to know, so I found a tech-test... then solved it in six different programming languages in a single sitting.

In case you weren't already a little nervous or uneasy going in to the dental clinic, the doorstop at my dentist's front door will fix that for you. <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/06/1000105676.jpg"><img width="640" height="640" src="https://danq.me…

Happy Stone Circle Sunday! The youngest and I went out to Avebury Henge, the world's largest neolithic standing stone circle and henge. <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/06/20250615_145408-scaled.jpg"><img width="640" height="360" src="https://danq.me/…

As part of the Village Festival, there's a scarecrow competition around my way with a televisual theme. I love that my local community works so hard to carve out an individual identity and personality for itself!

Not just a global issue but a local one too. A local one... almost everywhere. <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/06/showyourstripes-oxford.png"><img width="640" height="360" src="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/06/showyourstripes-oxford-640x360.png" class="aligncenter…

Recently, I got to answer a technical interview question with "Coincidentally, I implemented exactly what you're describing two weeks ago. For fun. Can I show you the code and the blog post I wrote to explain my design choices?"

Pretty sure there isn't a prize for Throwing Wet Sponges At Children during the graduating year's "fun run" at the school sports day... but just like the kids are asked to, I'm going to try my best. 😁

Sometimes all you need to complete the perfect offset geocache is a GPSr, some hand tools... and the willingness to unilaterally declare a remote bench to be a memorial to a fictional person, just to get a particular set of numbers out into the world! <a…

The court ruling that declares Anthropic's use of (purchased) books as training material leaves a curious sorites paradox. If we assume that an LLM trained on only one book (and so only capable of producing content directly inspired by that book) would necessarily…

Fellow Nightline enthusiast James Buller has written a stirring piece about his decades of volunteering for and around Nightlines, and - as usual - underplays the importance and significance of his work. Here's my take.

Sometimes LinkedIn's approach to anonymising who looks you up isn't very effective. <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/07/founder-at-wordpress-viewed-your-profile.png"><img width="508" height="96" src="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/07/founder-at-wordpress-viewed…

I'll soon by starting in my new role at Firstup, after a rollercoaster of a recruitment process that rocketed through all the usual tech job steps... but in barely over a week. What a rush!

The unrepentant bleppy face of a dog who, without fail, steals the warm spot I've left behind on the sofa within like three seconds of me standing up. <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/07/20250706_192708.jpg"><img width="640" height="634" src="https://…

Ruth and I sometimes send one another the 'person rowing boat' emoji when no other emoji seems to fit, and I can't even remember why we started.

I know how I'm SUPPOSED to read it, but when I see this I can't help but imagine a conversation like... "What shall we call our car wash?" /waves hand/ "I dunno." <a href="https://danq.me/_q23u/2025/07/1000089465.png"><img width="473" height="259" src="h…

Off to my first day at <a href="https://firstup.io/">Firstup</a>. Gotta have an induction: get my ID badge, learn where the toilets are, how to refill the coffee machine, and all that jazz. Except, of course, none of those steps will be part of my induction.…