Posts written by Scatman Dan
Worst Weekend Of Cinema – Part 2
In another bad cinema experience, Dan ends up watching the truly dreadful Piranha 3DD. Continue reading
Worst Weekend Of Cinema – Part 1
Dan goes to the cinema with Ruth and JTA, and they don’t watch a film. However, they do have a good old complain. Continue reading
Pay To Post
Facebook is to introduce a new feature that will allow you to pay to “promote” your posts above those of your friends’ other friends. Dan is reminded of Hashcash. Continue reading
On This Day In 2005
On this day in 2005, Dan received an unusual parcel. No, you’re not reading the same post twice… this is not a fault… just deja vu! Continue reading
A New Keyboard
Dan already owns the best mouse in the world. Maybe it’s time for a new keyboard, too. But what’s this? Not what he expected, that’s for sure… Continue reading
Ageism, Nightline, and Counselling
As a trainee counsellor, I’ve had plenty of opportunity of late for self-analysis and reflection. Sometimes revelations come at unexpected times, as I discovered recently. Continue reading
On This Day In 2004
On this day in 2004, Dan finally handed in his dissertation on the subject of Three Rings. Since then, Three Rings has become the de facto standard for University Nightlines, and has also become the most popular rota management system for Samaritans branches and a variety of other helpline charities, too. Continue reading
Visitor Tracking Without Cookies (or How To Abuse HTTP 301s)
A technique for abusing HTTP 301 redirects and random numbers to uniquely track users; even those who have cookies disabled in their web browsers. Continue reading
Star Wars – Machete Order
Ruth, JTA, and Dan watch the Star Wars series in Machete Order – that is, episodes IV, V, II, III, then VI. Continue reading
One Hundred And Sixty
Dan reminisces about old mobile phones, text messages, and those 160-character limits we learned to work around. Twitter could learn from this… Continue reading
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