Dan
@dantheother.bsky.social
About me? I'm a code monkey who also loves design and all things pretty.
Aussie living in Thailand since '15.
He/Him/Oi Dickhead
Aussie living in Thailand since '15.
He/Him/Oi Dickhead
Wife saw someone making patongo on YouTube. Went "that looks easy", so she raced out the back. It wasn't even a "here's how to make patongo" recipe. Just someone crackin an egg in some flour then frying the dough a bit later.
This is FUCKING DELICIOUS. It's very much NOT patongo, but damn it's good!
This is FUCKING DELICIOUS. It's very much NOT patongo, but damn it's good!
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Wife saw someone making patongo on YouTube. Went "that looks easy", so she raced out the back. It wasn't even a "here's how to make patongo" recipe. Just someone crackin an egg in some flour then frying the dough a bit later.
This is FUCKING DELICIOUS. It's very much NOT patongo, but damn it's good!
This is FUCKING DELICIOUS. It's very much NOT patongo, but damn it's good!
I may have grumbled about this before, but jeepers the homework situation is ridiculous from granddaughters school.
15 pages of homework tonight 🤬
She's 8, in grade 2. I dread to think what's coming up in later years.
15 pages of homework tonight 🤬
She's 8, in grade 2. I dread to think what's coming up in later years.
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I may have grumbled about this before, but jeepers the homework situation is ridiculous from granddaughters school.
15 pages of homework tonight 🤬
She's 8, in grade 2. I dread to think what's coming up in later years.
15 pages of homework tonight 🤬
She's 8, in grade 2. I dread to think what's coming up in later years.
Haha, the Thai Meteorological Department has a No Gifts Policy. Guess I can't bribe my way to it being less stinking hot in April 😆
Maybe I'm too honest, but how could you bribe the weather dept for personal gain? Forecast rain and sell umbrellas maybe??
Maybe I'm too honest, but how could you bribe the weather dept for personal gain? Forecast rain and sell umbrellas maybe??
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Haha, the Thai Meteorological Department has a No Gifts Policy. Guess I can't bribe my way to it being less stinking hot in April 😆
Maybe I'm too honest, but how could you bribe the weather dept for personal gain? Forecast rain and sell umbrellas maybe??
Maybe I'm too honest, but how could you bribe the weather dept for personal gain? Forecast rain and sell umbrellas maybe??
Is it just me, or did Proper Cold Season start a bit earlier this year? I seem to recall it not being Jeans Weather for the school run until early December last year.
Mind you, now that I think about it, we've only had the scooter for a year... maybe I wasn't used to it yet.
It was COLD this morn!
Mind you, now that I think about it, we've only had the scooter for a year... maybe I wasn't used to it yet.
It was COLD this morn!
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is it just me, or did Proper Cold Season start a bit earlier this year? I seem to recall it not being Jeans Weather for the school run until early December last year.
Mind you, now that I think about it, we've only had the scooter for a year... maybe I wasn't used to it yet.
It was COLD this morn!
Mind you, now that I think about it, we've only had the scooter for a year... maybe I wasn't used to it yet.
It was COLD this morn!
Haha, guy at work just said "up to you" in a slack message and I was instantly @#$% you too buddy!
Then I realised that he probably didn't mean it the same way wifey means it, which is very "do what you fuckin want you idiot, I've told you what to do but if you won't listen, you're a moron" 😆
Then I realised that he probably didn't mean it the same way wifey means it, which is very "do what you fuckin want you idiot, I've told you what to do but if you won't listen, you're a moron" 😆
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Haha, guy at work just said "up to you" in a slack message and I was instantly @#$% you too buddy!
Then I realised that he probably didn't mean it the same way wifey means it, which is very "do what you fuckin want you idiot, I've told you what to do but if you won't listen, you're a moron" 😆
Then I realised that he probably didn't mean it the same way wifey means it, which is very "do what you fuckin want you idiot, I've told you what to do but if you won't listen, you're a moron" 😆
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Hi folks, I'm thinking of offering writing workshops online. Bespoke and small, like my work 😉 Each one will be unique and 1.5 hours long. For non-fiction and fiction, and complete beginners welcome. £12 per workshop. Interested? If so, I'll get something proper together and tell you about it soon ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hi folks, I'm thinking of offering writing workshops online. Bespoke and small, like my work 😉 Each one will be unique and 1.5 hours long. For non-fiction and fiction, and complete beginners welcome. £12 per workshop. Interested? If so, I'll get something proper together and tell you about it soon ❤️
I'm watching a Winter Olympics themed Blippi with the small boy. It is disgustingly wholesome. Actually good, and small boy is soaking it up.
I really want to watch a bloopers real though, I wonder if he's "oh gosh I just fell over" or "@#$& &$#@ @#$&".
I really want to watch a bloopers real though, I wonder if he's "oh gosh I just fell over" or "@#$& &$#@ @#$&".
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I'm watching a Winter Olympics themed Blippi with the small boy. It is disgustingly wholesome. Actually good, and small boy is soaking it up.
I really want to watch a bloopers real though, I wonder if he's "oh gosh I just fell over" or "@#$& &$#@ @#$&".
I really want to watch a bloopers real though, I wonder if he's "oh gosh I just fell over" or "@#$& &$#@ @#$&".
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This is the the thread you had no idea you needed tonight but YOU ABSOLUTELY DO
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is the the thread you had no idea you needed tonight but YOU ABSOLUTELY DO
Wow. Cold Season must be here. I just realised that the pedastal fan at my desk isn't on. 10am and I'm just starting to feel a bit warmish. Nice!
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Wow. Cold Season must be here. I just realised that the pedastal fan at my desk isn't on. 10am and I'm just starting to feel a bit warmish. Nice!
jiminy
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
jiminy
How good is The Internet. I wanted to take a clip of a YouTube song. One quick google later and I found ClipsCutter. It got the job done, for free, love it. Yeah, I could have run something together using yt-dl and probably ffmpeg, but nobody got time for that 🤓
www.clipscutter.com
www.clipscutter.com
Clips Cutter - Download Clips From Full Video
Cut your favorite video clip from youtube using clips cutter, an amazing online tool.
www.clipscutter.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
How good is The Internet. I wanted to take a clip of a YouTube song. One quick google later and I found ClipsCutter. It got the job done, for free, love it. Yeah, I could have run something together using yt-dl and probably ffmpeg, but nobody got time for that 🤓
www.clipscutter.com
www.clipscutter.com
Very Important Science happening in here
🧵So last week I asked Kiwis and Aussies if people prefer their fairy bread with margarine or butter, crusts on or crusts off, squares vs triangles. I figured since it has been ages since I've sampled the food of the fae, I should make sure the recipe is correct for my upcoming book launch party.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Very Important Science happening in here
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Woman in a bar: The restaurant sacked me today.
Man: Why?
Woman: I dropped a pizza. Face down. From a spiral staircase. Onto a bald man's head.
Man: Why?
Woman: I dropped a pizza. Face down. From a spiral staircase. Onto a bald man's head.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Woman in a bar: The restaurant sacked me today.
Man: Why?
Woman: I dropped a pizza. Face down. From a spiral staircase. Onto a bald man's head.
Man: Why?
Woman: I dropped a pizza. Face down. From a spiral staircase. Onto a bald man's head.
We're all going to mercilessly mock anyone who purchases the iPhone sock yeah?
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
We're all going to mercilessly mock anyone who purchases the iPhone sock yeah?
You're at Cannibal
I need you at Corpse
I need you at Corpse
You're at Five Finger.
I need you at Death Punch.
I need you at Death Punch.
You're at Echo
I need you at The Bunnymen
I need you at The Bunnymen
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
You're at Cannibal
I need you at Corpse
I need you at Corpse
I'm snickering like a schoolboy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
(wife made me a coffee, she put some butterfly peas on top because they're pretty, I looked them up and snickered at the scientific name of the butterfly pea, wikipedia had this in the See Also, ooh err that's rude!)
(wife made me a coffee, she put some butterfly peas on top because they're pretty, I looked them up and snickered at the scientific name of the butterfly pea, wikipedia had this in the See Also, ooh err that's rude!)
List of taxa named after human genitals - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I'm snickering like a schoolboy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
(wife made me a coffee, she put some butterfly peas on top because they're pretty, I looked them up and snickered at the scientific name of the butterfly pea, wikipedia had this in the See Also, ooh err that's rude!)
(wife made me a coffee, she put some butterfly peas on top because they're pretty, I looked them up and snickered at the scientific name of the butterfly pea, wikipedia had this in the See Also, ooh err that's rude!)
We are in the future. I hummed a few tracks at this, it got them all. Amazeballs.
Wish this was around 33 years ago when I got Under The Bridge stuck in my head, but I didn't know the name of the track because the DJ didn't back announce it.
Wish this was around 33 years ago when I got Under The Bridge stuck in my head, but I didn't know the name of the track because the DJ didn't back announce it.
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We are in the future. I hummed a few tracks at this, it got them all. Amazeballs.
Wish this was around 33 years ago when I got Under The Bridge stuck in my head, but I didn't know the name of the track because the DJ didn't back announce it.
Wish this was around 33 years ago when I got Under The Bridge stuck in my head, but I didn't know the name of the track because the DJ didn't back announce it.
Lock her up and throw away the key. Granddaughter just put ketchup ON SALMON 😱😱😱
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lock her up and throw away the key. Granddaughter just put ketchup ON SALMON 😱😱😱
Haha, go that man. The judge doesn't quite know what to do "ok, well, uh..."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-...
Pantless cop goes viral after Zoom hearing gaffe
A police officer in the United States has gone viral after appearing at a Zoom court hearing without wearing trousers.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Haha, go that man. The judge doesn't quite know what to do "ok, well, uh..."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-...
@smashrun.bsky.social Anyone had a longer gap than this?
I'm a walker, not a runner, went HARD for a few years back in Aus. Moved to Thailand and could no longer get out for walks without melting into a puddle.
Chucked the shoes on start of the month during school hols. Now getting up at 5am 😆
I'm a walker, not a runner, went HARD for a few years back in Aus. Moved to Thailand and could no longer get out for walks without melting into a puddle.
Chucked the shoes on start of the month during school hols. Now getting up at 5am 😆
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@smashrun.bsky.social Anyone had a longer gap than this?
I'm a walker, not a runner, went HARD for a few years back in Aus. Moved to Thailand and could no longer get out for walks without melting into a puddle.
Chucked the shoes on start of the month during school hols. Now getting up at 5am 😆
I'm a walker, not a runner, went HARD for a few years back in Aus. Moved to Thailand and could no longer get out for walks without melting into a puddle.
Chucked the shoes on start of the month during school hols. Now getting up at 5am 😆
Timeline cleanse 🧵
🧵Spotted recently at a Country Festival in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human (2?) is given a cone of ice cream covered in chocolate from a Mr Whippy truck.
He looks at it, frowns, then MASHES it against his face.
Startled chortle-splutters. (Hehe!)
Ice cream and chocolate going everywhere! (1)
A tiny human (2?) is given a cone of ice cream covered in chocolate from a Mr Whippy truck.
He looks at it, frowns, then MASHES it against his face.
Startled chortle-splutters. (Hehe!)
Ice cream and chocolate going everywhere! (1)
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Timeline cleanse 🧵
Granddaughters first natural tooth falling out happened tonight. She wrote (copied) a letter to the toothfairy asking for money, in English. The toothfairy just wrote back in Thai. Boy, the toothfairy has shocking Thai handwriting and took 30+ minutes to copy 5 lines of Thai text 😆
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Granddaughters first natural tooth falling out happened tonight. She wrote (copied) a letter to the toothfairy asking for money, in English. The toothfairy just wrote back in Thai. Boy, the toothfairy has shocking Thai handwriting and took 30+ minutes to copy 5 lines of Thai text 😆
People who don't reply to emails grind my gears. Rude inconsiderate assholes.
That's it. Send bleet/skeet.
That's it. Send bleet/skeet.
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
People who don't reply to emails grind my gears. Rude inconsiderate assholes.
That's it. Send bleet/skeet.
That's it. Send bleet/skeet.