Category: Personal
Jury Duty, Part 4
Dan’s jury service comes to an end, and he looks back on it as he fills in his expenses claim form and contemplates tandems. Continue reading
Jury Duty, Part 3
As part of his ongoing jury duty, Dan serves on a trial. And while he can’t write about the trial itself, he can tell you all kinds of other things… Continue reading
Jury Duty, Part 2
Dan’s done his first day of jury service, in which he mostly sat around in a waiting room and watched a patronising DVD. Continue reading
Buying a House, Part 1
Dan, Ruth, and JTA are looking for a new house, and their first opportunity to buy a home. Dan discovers that it’s an intimidating experience to offer up huge sums of money for a home! Continue reading
The Worst Joke I Ever Heard
After refusing to share it for over twenty years, Dan performs his first (and only) re-telling of the worst joke he ever heard. Continue reading
Jury Duty, Part 1
Dan’s been called for jury service. Naturally, he’s going to be blogging about it (except for the bits that he legally can’t, of course). Continue reading
What’s Wrong With Monopoly?
Monopoly enjoys cult status and a massive following the world over, yet it’s one of the worst imaginable board games. In a long-promised blog post, Dan explains why he hates the world’s most-popular game. Continue reading
Non-transitive Games
Dan learns about non-transitive games, writes a program to calculate the probabilities of winning a non-transitive dice game, and gives you a non-transitive coin game to play for yourself! Continue reading
Hello 2013: Les Gets
Continuing his series of “catch up about the beginning of the year” blog posts, Dan talks about his trip to the French Alps by train, and the skiing he did when he got there. Continue reading
Alternatives to Google Reader
Google Reader is slated to be shut down on 1st July. Many of Dan’s friends still use Google Reader as their primary RSS reader, so he’s put together a quick guide to evacuating to pastures greener. Continue reading
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