Dan Q
@dan.m.danq.me.ap.brid.gy
Blogs at https://danq.me. Founded https://threerings.org.uk. Based between Oxford and Witney, UK. Queerer than the average bear.
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Went to a West End theatre wearing my "Slamilton" t-shirt.
In this corridor, during the act break, a stranger spotted it and did a double-take.
"Is that...? wait... that's not Hamilton!", they said.
I seized my chance.
"It's Slamilton," I replied. "You know: 'Who […]
[Original post on danq.me]
In this corridor, during the act break, a stranger spotted it and did a double-take.
"Is that...? wait... that's not Hamilton!", they said.
I seized my chance.
"It's Slamilton," I replied. "You know: 'Who […]
[Original post on danq.me]
December 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Went to a West End theatre wearing my "Slamilton" t-shirt.
In this corridor, during the act break, a stranger spotted it and did a double-take.
"Is that...? wait... that's not Hamilton!", they said.
I seized my chance.
"It's Slamilton," I replied. "You know: 'Who […]
[Original post on danq.me]
In this corridor, during the act break, a stranger spotted it and did a double-take.
"Is that...? wait... that's not Hamilton!", they said.
I seized my chance.
"It's Slamilton," I replied. "You know: 'Who […]
[Original post on danq.me]
[Food (festive)]
Boxing Day breakfast (of champions (of leftovers)).
#note #christmas #food #breakfast #meat
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/26/boxing-day-breakfast/
Boxing Day breakfast (of champions (of leftovers)).
#note #christmas #food #breakfast #meat
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/26/boxing-day-breakfast/
December 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
[Food (festive)]
Boxing Day breakfast (of champions (of leftovers)).
#note #christmas #food #breakfast #meat
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/26/boxing-day-breakfast/
Boxing Day breakfast (of champions (of leftovers)).
#note #christmas #food #breakfast #meat
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/26/boxing-day-breakfast/
[Food (leftovers, now for a dog)]
Unusually, we had no guests this Christmas Day. This meant that my usual level of overcatering went even further than normal.
A side effect of this is that a certain little doggo was delighted and surprised by her Boxing Day […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Unusually, we had no guests this Christmas Day. This meant that my usual level of overcatering went even further than normal.
A side effect of this is that a certain little doggo was delighted and surprised by her Boxing Day […]
[Original post on danq.me]
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
[Food (leftovers, now for a dog)]
Unusually, we had no guests this Christmas Day. This meant that my usual level of overcatering went even further than normal.
A side effect of this is that a certain little doggo was delighted and surprised by her Boxing Day […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Unusually, we had no guests this Christmas Day. This meant that my usual level of overcatering went even further than normal.
A side effect of this is that a certain little doggo was delighted and surprised by her Boxing Day […]
[Original post on danq.me]
[Food (preparation)]
I asked the younger child to "help" me calculate how much Yorkshire pudding batter to make for this Christmas dinner.
"Well," he began, "I'm going to want FIVE Yorkshire puddings, soo..."
#note #christmas #xmas #cooking #food #parenting […]
[Original post on danq.me]
I asked the younger child to "help" me calculate how much Yorkshire pudding batter to make for this Christmas dinner.
"Well," he began, "I'm going to want FIVE Yorkshire puddings, soo..."
#note #christmas #xmas #cooking #food #parenting […]
[Original post on danq.me]
December 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
[Food (preparation)]
I asked the younger child to "help" me calculate how much Yorkshire pudding batter to make for this Christmas dinner.
"Well," he began, "I'm going to want FIVE Yorkshire puddings, soo..."
#note #christmas #xmas #cooking #food #parenting […]
[Original post on danq.me]
I asked the younger child to "help" me calculate how much Yorkshire pudding batter to make for this Christmas dinner.
"Well," he began, "I'm going to want FIVE Yorkshire puddings, soo..."
#note #christmas #xmas #cooking #food #parenting […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Reposted by Dan Q
Can't fall for phishing tests if you don't read your email
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Can't fall for phishing tests if you don't read your email
Reposted by Dan Q
As somebody with an unusual #name (which I changed by #deedpoll), I'll occasionally hear people ask loaded questions like "Yeah, but what's your REAL name? The one on your #birthcertificate?" 😡
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
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m.danq.me
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As somebody with an unusual #name (which I changed by #deedpoll), I'll occasionally hear people ask loaded questions like "Yeah, but what's your REAL name? The one on your #birthcertificate?" 😡
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
As somebody with an unusual #name (which I changed by #deedpoll), I'll occasionally hear people ask loaded questions like "Yeah, but what's your REAL name? The one on your #birthcertificate?" 😡
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Original post on danq.me
m.danq.me
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As somebody with an unusual #name (which I changed by #deedpoll), I'll occasionally hear people ask loaded questions like "Yeah, but what's your REAL name? The one on your #birthcertificate?" 😡
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
I'm not sure which of our children was last in this bath, but the configuration in which they've left their toys makes me feel as though I'm the subject of some kind of waterfowl-related shunning.
Perhaps they finally got wind or my heretical opinions on the God of […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Perhaps they finally got wind or my heretical opinions on the God of […]
[Original post on danq.me]
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm not sure which of our children was last in this bath, but the configuration in which they've left their toys makes me feel as though I'm the subject of some kind of waterfowl-related shunning.
Perhaps they finally got wind or my heretical opinions on the God of […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Perhaps they finally got wind or my heretical opinions on the God of […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Obviously I wasn't planning on going to the US anytime soon, but if I did... they might struggle with my visa application when I put every "email address I've used for the last 10 years" on, because I actively use a variety of catch-all domains/subdomains.
I've probably missed some addresses (e […]
I've probably missed some addresses (e […]
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m.danq.me
December 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Obviously I wasn't planning on going to the US anytime soon, but if I did... they might struggle with my visa application when I put every "email address I've used for the last 10 years" on, because I actively use a variety of catch-all domains/subdomains.
I've probably missed some addresses (e […]
I've probably missed some addresses (e […]
Since I relaunched freedeedpoll.org.uk three months ago (with new features) and made an explanatory demo video, the volume and kinds of questions I've been emailed has... become larger and more diverse.
I still get questions about childrens' names and citizenship and gender recognition […]
I still get questions about childrens' names and citizenship and gender recognition […]
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m.danq.me
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Since I relaunched freedeedpoll.org.uk three months ago (with new features) and made an explanatory demo video, the volume and kinds of questions I've been emailed has... become larger and more diverse.
I still get questions about childrens' names and citizenship and gender recognition […]
I still get questions about childrens' names and citizenship and gender recognition […]
Not sure I’m a fan of this new ultra-minimalist #christmastree trend.
🔗 Via: https://danq.me/minimalist-trees
#christmas #tree #trees #photo #funny
🔗 Via: https://danq.me/minimalist-trees
#christmas #tree #trees #photo #funny
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Not sure I’m a fan of this new ultra-minimalist #christmastree trend.
🔗 Via: https://danq.me/minimalist-trees
#christmas #tree #trees #photo #funny
🔗 Via: https://danq.me/minimalist-trees
#christmas #tree #trees #photo #funny
For the last few years I've been running a proxy of the BBC News RSS feeds (https://bbc-feeds.danq.dev) that strips out duplicate content, non-news content, and (optionally) sports news.
This weekend, for the first time, somebody asked if it could produce an edition that included only the […]
This weekend, for the first time, somebody asked if it could produce an edition that included only the […]
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m.danq.me
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
For the last few years I've been running a proxy of the BBC News RSS feeds (https://bbc-feeds.danq.dev) that strips out duplicate content, non-news content, and (optionally) sports news.
This weekend, for the first time, somebody asked if it could produce an edition that included only the […]
This weekend, for the first time, somebody asked if it could produce an edition that included only the […]
We got our dog a Christmas jumper.
My favourite thing about it is that its coat hanger contains instructions for use:
"Please insert dog" 🤣
#note #dog #dogs #christmas #xmas #clothes
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/03/please-insert-dog/
My favourite thing about it is that its coat hanger contains instructions for use:
"Please insert dog" 🤣
#note #dog #dogs #christmas #xmas #clothes
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/03/please-insert-dog/
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We got our dog a Christmas jumper.
My favourite thing about it is that its coat hanger contains instructions for use:
"Please insert dog" 🤣
#note #dog #dogs #christmas #xmas #clothes
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/03/please-insert-dog/
My favourite thing about it is that its coat hanger contains instructions for use:
"Please insert dog" 🤣
#note #dog #dogs #christmas #xmas #clothes
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/12/03/please-insert-dog/
I find a lot of these "this company is tried to usurp your brand with Chinese domain name purchases" emails in my spam folder, corresponding to my (many) domains. They're a scam, of course: the scammer is trying to goad me into saying "No, please help protect my […]
[Original post on danq.me]
[Original post on danq.me]
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I find a lot of these "this company is tried to usurp your brand with Chinese domain name purchases" emails in my spam folder, corresponding to my (many) domains. They're a scam, of course: the scammer is trying to goad me into saying "No, please help protect my […]
[Original post on danq.me]
[Original post on danq.me]
Reposted by Dan Q
Fellow folks at the interest-intersection of "public transport" and "queer activism" (I know you're out there!): I had an idea for a t-shirt.
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fellow folks at the interest-intersection of "public transport" and "queer activism" (I know you're out there!): I had an idea for a t-shirt.
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Fellow folks at the interest-intersection of "public transport" and "queer activism" (I know you're out there!): I had an idea for a t-shirt.
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fellow folks at the interest-intersection of "public transport" and "queer activism" (I know you're out there!): I had an idea for a t-shirt.
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Do I print it? Or give up on graphic design and go back to backend programming where I belong?
#note #trans #trams […]
[Original post on danq.me]
Can it perhaps be time that we stop saying "ethical non-monogamy"?
Nobody feels the need to say "ethical monogamy"; monogamous folks are given the benefit of the doubt and assumed to be practicing a relationship ethically.
I feel like polyamory, open relationships, relationship anarchy and […]
Nobody feels the need to say "ethical monogamy"; monogamous folks are given the benefit of the doubt and assumed to be practicing a relationship ethically.
I feel like polyamory, open relationships, relationship anarchy and […]
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m.danq.me
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Can it perhaps be time that we stop saying "ethical non-monogamy"?
Nobody feels the need to say "ethical monogamy"; monogamous folks are given the benefit of the doubt and assumed to be practicing a relationship ethically.
I feel like polyamory, open relationships, relationship anarchy and […]
Nobody feels the need to say "ethical monogamy"; monogamous folks are given the benefit of the doubt and assumed to be practicing a relationship ethically.
I feel like polyamory, open relationships, relationship anarchy and […]
Received my copy of @VOLEwtf's DOCTYPE magazine at the weekend, and made @sil's puzzle game The Nine Pyramids the first program I typed in (you heard me right, TYPED IN) from it.
The whole magazine is glorious, bridging both the fresh and the nostalgic, and I thoroughly enjoyed this first dip […]
The whole magazine is glorious, bridging both the fresh and the nostalgic, and I thoroughly enjoyed this first dip […]
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m.danq.me
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Received my copy of @VOLEwtf's DOCTYPE magazine at the weekend, and made @sil's puzzle game The Nine Pyramids the first program I typed in (you heard me right, TYPED IN) from it.
The whole magazine is glorious, bridging both the fresh and the nostalgic, and I thoroughly enjoyed this first dip […]
The whole magazine is glorious, bridging both the fresh and the nostalgic, and I thoroughly enjoyed this first dip […]
This form dynamically changes the labels for the Surname and Forename field based on the value of the Gender field. Wut?
Because a Male Surname is totally distinct and nothing like a Female Surname, I guess?!?
#note #gender #webdesign #names
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/24/male-surname/
Because a Male Surname is totally distinct and nothing like a Female Surname, I guess?!?
#note #gender #webdesign #names
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/24/male-surname/
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This form dynamically changes the labels for the Surname and Forename field based on the value of the Gender field. Wut?
Because a Male Surname is totally distinct and nothing like a Female Surname, I guess?!?
#note #gender #webdesign #names
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/24/male-surname/
Because a Male Surname is totally distinct and nothing like a Female Surname, I guess?!?
#note #gender #webdesign #names
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/24/male-surname/
Happy Polyamory Day y'all. (Plus max props to Petra without whom I'd have forgotten about it, like most years.)
Closest thing I did to celebrating it was going out to the pub last night for beer and food with my metamour, while our partner-in-common took our kids to see a film. Polyfam life […]
Closest thing I did to celebrating it was going out to the pub last night for beer and food with my metamour, while our partner-in-common took our kids to see a film. Polyfam life […]
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m.danq.me
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy Polyamory Day y'all. (Plus max props to Petra without whom I'd have forgotten about it, like most years.)
Closest thing I did to celebrating it was going out to the pub last night for beer and food with my metamour, while our partner-in-common took our kids to see a film. Polyfam life […]
Closest thing I did to celebrating it was going out to the pub last night for beer and food with my metamour, while our partner-in-common took our kids to see a film. Polyfam life […]
Reposted by Dan Q
RE: https://bot.openbenches.org/posts/69226b37-7b52-38e1-91df-84faff36a5ca.json
There at *so* many memorial benches in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
But my Japanese isn't good enough to say "hello respected elder, please stop sitting down so I can take a photo for my silly website."
There at *so* many memorial benches in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
But my Japanese isn't good enough to say "hello respected elder, please stop sitting down so I can take a photo for my silly website."
bot.openbenches.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
RE: https://bot.openbenches.org/posts/69226b37-7b52-38e1-91df-84faff36a5ca.json
There at *so* many memorial benches in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
But my Japanese isn't good enough to say "hello respected elder, please stop sitting down so I can take a photo for my silly website."
There at *so* many memorial benches in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
But my Japanese isn't good enough to say "hello respected elder, please stop sitting down so I can take a photo for my silly website."
Reposted by Dan Q
[Article: Postcards... from the Internet!]
A few weeks ago I published a PO Box address to which visitors to my site can post postcards, to try to bridge the gap between my 'Internet friends' and the physical world. Today I received my first two postcards, and I couldn't be more thrilled (not […]
A few weeks ago I published a PO Box address to which visitors to my site can post postcards, to try to bridge the gap between my 'Internet friends' and the physical world. Today I received my first two postcards, and I couldn't be more thrilled (not […]
Original post on danq.me
m.danq.me
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
[Article: Postcards... from the Internet!]
A few weeks ago I published a PO Box address to which visitors to my site can post postcards, to try to bridge the gap between my 'Internet friends' and the physical world. Today I received my first two postcards, and I couldn't be more thrilled (not […]
A few weeks ago I published a PO Box address to which visitors to my site can post postcards, to try to bridge the gap between my 'Internet friends' and the physical world. Today I received my first two postcards, and I couldn't be more thrilled (not […]
This telegraph pole in the centre of Eynsham carries the scars of hosting countless community announcements, notices, and flyers over the last 30 years.
#note #photo #photos #photography #oxford #uk #telephone #telephones
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/18/30-years-of-notices/
#note #photo #photos #photography #oxford #uk #telephone #telephones
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/18/30-years-of-notices/
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This telegraph pole in the centre of Eynsham carries the scars of hosting countless community announcements, notices, and flyers over the last 30 years.
#note #photo #photos #photography #oxford #uk #telephone #telephones
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/18/30-years-of-notices/
#note #photo #photos #photography #oxford #uk #telephone #telephones
Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/11/18/30-years-of-notices/
This weekend, I was inspired by the once-common, now-absent "Turbo" button of computers past. So I implemented a #webcomponent that reproduces the experience of pressing one and watching the little LED turn off and on.
Wanna see?
🔗 https://beige-buttons.danq.dev
Wanna see?
🔗 https://beige-buttons.danq.dev
Beige Buttons
A web component homage to the physical design and function of the turbo button, and the reset button that was so-often found alongside it.
beige-buttons.danq.dev
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This weekend, I was inspired by the once-common, now-absent "Turbo" button of computers past. So I implemented a #webcomponent that reproduces the experience of pressing one and watching the little LED turn off and on.
Wanna see?
🔗 https://beige-buttons.danq.dev
Wanna see?
🔗 https://beige-buttons.danq.dev