🆕 Halifax Leaked My Financial Information... (Again) - https://danq.me/2026/10/09/halifax-dun-goofed-again/
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Halifax Leaked My Financial Information... (Again)
For the second time in two years, Halifax wrote to me about my credit card... but sent the letter to entirely the wrong person, leaking my personal financial information.
🆕 Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says - https://danq.me/2026/10/09/firing-squad-execution-to-be-livestreamed-pentagon-says/
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Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says
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. I feel physically sick.
🆕 Squirrel Friend - https://danq.me/2026/10/10/squirrel-friend/
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Squirrel Friend
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! At least now I'll have succeeded at <em>something</em> today even if I can't get the hang on not-treading-on-toes! <a href="https:…
🆕 Dan Q found GCB19MJ St Ann's Well - https://danq.me/2026/10/10/dan-q-found-gcb19mj-st-anns-well/
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Dan Q found GCB19MJ St Ann's Well
<p>There's some kind of foot race going on today and the well area is heaving with people: spectators lining the roadside are cheering and whooping as the runners barrel past. My partner <a href="https://fleeblewidget.co.uk/">Ruth</a> and are only in town…
🆕 Hanley Swan - https://danq.me/2026/10/11/hanley-swan/
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Hanley Swan
<a href="https://fleeblewidget.co.uk/">Ruth</a> and I stopped at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanley_Swan">Hanley Swan</a> for a picnic lunch on our way home from our weekend of Argentine Tango classes. Within seconds our lunch had attracted a large…
🆕 Oh, Aviva - https://danq.me/2026/10/12/oh-aviva/
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Oh, Aviva
Last time I made a dental insurance claim, Aviva insisted on sending me a cheque. So I asked them via live chat if I could claim via bank transfer. Yes, they say, although apparently I have to ask every time because "they can't store bank details". Sigh.…
🆕 Webpage Copy-Protection is Impossible (and that's great!) - https://danq.me/2026/10/13/webpage-copy-protection-is-impossible-and-thats-great/
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Webpage Copy-Protection is Impossible (and that's great!)
A friend of mine was inconvenienced by an over-eager bit of Web copy-protection JavaScript this week, and it reminded me that more-than-ever, these scripts are both harmful (to legitimate users) and pointless (ineffective at preventing downloading).
🆕 Webpage Copy-Protection is Impossible (and that's great!) - https://danq.me/2026/10/13/webpage-copy-protection-is-impossible-and-thats-great/
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Webpage Copy-Protection is Impossible (and that's great!)
A friend of mine was inconvenienced by an over-eager bit of Web copy-protection JavaScript this week, and it reminded me that more-than-ever, these scripts are both harmful (to legitimate users) and pointless (ineffective at preventing downloading).
🆕 Stripping 'sign up now' ads from BBC News feeds - https://danq.me/2026/10/14/stripping-sign-up-now-ads-from-bbc-news-feeds/
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Stripping 'sign up now' ads from BBC News feeds
I continue to fight to make BBC News' RSS feeds not-suck, despite ongoing efforts to dilute their value by the BBC themselves. Last month they started injecting ads for their email newsletter-based subscription option into their RSS feed. But I don't need…
🆕 /pfp - a /slashpage for profile picture history - https://danq.me/2026/10/15/pfp-slashpage/
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/pfp - a /slashpage for profile picture history
/pfp is a /slashpage standard intended to showcase a timeline of 'profile pictures' you've used to represent yourself online over the years. I've added one, now, and man do I look young in some of those photos!
🆕 /pfp - a /slashpage for profile picture history - https://danq.me/2026/10/15/pfp-slashpage/
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/pfp - a /slashpage for profile picture history
/pfp is a /slashpage standard intended to showcase a timeline of 'profile pictures' you've used to represent yourself online over the years. I've added one, now, and man do I look young in some of those photos!
🆕 Alternate timeline in which all Greek and Latin roots are swapped - https://danq.me/2026/10/15/alternate-timeline-in-which-all-greek-and-latin-roots-are-swapped/
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Alternate timeline in which all Greek and Latin roots are swapped
Remoteoscope and equigamic are both wonderful words and I envy our alternate-universe buddies. Concavenator has some more.
🆕 Re: My Hobby Is Learning - https://danq.me/2026/10/16/re-my-hobby-is-learning/
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Re: My Hobby Is Learning
Like me, Kev Quirk's hobby is learning... to the point at which he, like me, picks up hobbies like they're fistfuls of popcorn. I've got some thoughts on what this lifestyle means for me, too.
🆕 Dan Q found GCAXZQ5 Freeland to Hanborough - Bonus Cache #5 - https://danq.me/2026/10/17/dan-q-found-gcaxzq5-freeland-to-hanborough-bonus-cache-5/
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Dan Q found GCAXZQ5 Freeland to Hanborough - Bonus Cache #5
A quick find while out with the younger kid on a walk with his taekwondo school. TFTC!
🆕 Dan Q found GCAF07M Freeland to Hanborough #06 - Revived - https://danq.me/2026/10/17/dan-q-found-gcaf07m-freeland-to-hanborough-06-revived/
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Dan Q found GCAF07M Freeland to Hanborough #06 - Revived
A second diversion from the taekwondo group to find a cache just off the beaten track, this gloriously clear morning!
🆕 Dan Q found GCAXYB9 Freeland to Hanborough #04 - Revived - https://danq.me/2026/10/17/dan-q-found-gcaxyb9-freeland-to-hanborough-04-revived/
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Dan Q found GCAXYB9 Freeland to Hanborough #04 - Revived
Found in the third candidate place I looked, as the other walkers from my youngest kid's taekwondo school escaped into the woods ahead. Had to jog to catch up after this find! Discovered my kid leading the pack, when I finally got there.