I'm looking at listing for a ¼" to ⅝" screw adapter, for which the seller warns that I should "please allow 1-3cm error". A 3cm error would mean that a ⅝" screw could result in a screw thread anywhere between 1⅘" and... minus half an inch, I guess? (I don't even […] [Original post on danq.me]

A special level of #accessibiliy failure on Egencia's #mailingList subscription management page: the labels for choosing which individual mailing lists to subscribe to are properly-configured, but the "unsubscribe all" one isn't. Click the words "unsubscribe all" and […] [Original post on danq.me]

We made it to the end of another Bleptember, with a photo every day of my especially-bleppy young doggo. Thanks for coming along for the ride. See you next year! #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/30/bleptember-2025-30/

Somehow, even when she's alert and focussed, our dog's bleppy tongue makes her look at least a little bit dopey. It's the Twenty-Ninth of Bleptember; we're almost done for another year! #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/29/bleptember-2025-29/

It's a little wet and miserable this Twenty-Eighth of Bleptember, but what really perturbed this bleppy doggo was somebody she didn't recognise moving a wheelie-bin outside their house. What could they want? Can they be trusted? Might they have ham? 🐶 #note #dog […] [Original post on danq.me]

Sometimes people connect my unusual name to popular culture. They say things like "Oh, Q like James Bond?" or "Oh, Q like Star Trek?". I think their choice of franchise tells me more about them than they learn from my answer, which is usually "No, Q like the set of rational numbers." #note #q […]

Sometimes you're Just Tired. It's been a long week. Happy Twenty-Seventh of Bleptember. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/27/bleptember-2025-27/

Just a mini-blep this Twenty-Sixth of Bleptember, from a certain attention-seeking doggo who insisted on a cuddle from me while I sat in a Zoom meeting. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember #teleworking #telecommuting Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/26/bleptember-2025-26/

Perhaps it's because I've been away for a couple of days and she's missed me... but this bleppy dog wanted lots of cuddles and reassurance as we prepared for the school run, this Twenty-Fifth of Bleptember. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/25/bleptember-2025-25/

I've spent most of the Twenty-Fourth of Bleptember travelling, but my bleppy doggo got to go out and play with her best dogfriend. Photo courtesy of Lisa from Muddy Paws. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/24/bleptember-2025-24/

"What'chu lookin' at?" I'm away from home this Twenty-Third of Bleptember, but managed to snap this epic blep before I left. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/23/bleptember-2025-23/

Attempt #2 to get to Belfast starts... at 3:30am in a Premier Inn in Gatwick. 🥱 Today, perhaps, I'll catch a plane! 🤞 #note #travel #work Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/23/27296/

After standing completely stationary on the M25 for over an hour and a half and with no end in sight, I'm getting increasingly confident that I'm not going to catch my flight from Gatwick whose gate closes... in half an hour. 😢 Well, fuck. #note Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/22/27294/

Just blepping around the garden this Twenty-Second of Bleptember. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/22/bleptember-2025-22/

Developers just love to take what the Web gives them for free, throw it away, and replace it with something worse. Today's example, from @opencollective, is a dropdown box: standard functionality provided by the `<select>` element. Except they've replaced it with a […] [Original post on danq.me]

On the Twenty-First of Bleptember this young doggo was very excited to see a field of goats. Goats! I like to interpret her expression as saying "OMG have you seen the thing that's living in this field!?" An inquisitive and excited expression let down only slightly […] [Original post on danq.me]

It's the Twentieth of Bleptember, and I still struggle to conceive of how it's comfortable to lie down with not only your head but also 50% of your tongue lying flat on your soft, furry pillow. (This troublesome young lady stole and tried to eat a dry-wipe […] [Original post on danq.me]

Even play-fighting isn't an excuse for our bleppy dog to put her tongue away. Happy Nineteenth of Bleptember! Photo courtesy Lisa from Muddy Paws. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/19/bleptember-2025-19/

We took a longer-than-usual walk on this warm Eighteenth of Bleptember morning, and the doggle's all tuckered-out. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/18/bleptember-2025-18/

Sofa Time is Best Time. Happy Seventeenth of Bleptember. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/17/bleptember-2025-17/

Sometimes you really want the apparel for a band or album to exist and it just doesn't. And so, not for the first time, I made my own... Source image available for if you want one too: https://danq.link/slamilton-svg #note #slamilton #music #clothes Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/16/slamiltee/

It's the Sixteenth of Bleptember, and our derpy doggle's back from a playdate with her best friend... although you wouldn't know how close they are from this picture, in which she seems to be blowing a raspberry at him as she walks away! Photo courtesy Lisa from […] [Original post on danq.me]

It's the Fifteenth of Bleptember, and our young doggo has never looked so inelegant as when she lies on her back on the sofa with a dorky tongueful grin on her face. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/15/bleptember-2025-15/

The complaint form Ofcom says you should use to report websites for violations of the #onlinesafetyact does not allow you to enter URLs, because it might be illegal for Ofcom to look at them. What is going ON over there.

A lazy Sunday morning this Fourtheenth of Bleptember provides the perfect opportunity to dogpile onto a convenient nearby human... and gradually dampen their trouser leg with your blep. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/14/bleptember-2025-14/

It's the Thirteenth of Bleptember, and the bleppy young pupper is watching television. She enjoys the shows with dogs, of course, but also the ones with other animals whose silhouettes stand out against the background, like birds in flight. All Creatures Great and […] [Original post on danq.me]

👋 Re-#introduction, because the last one had gotten a little outdated. And long. :bisexual_flag:: :polyamory_flag:​ #Queer #polyamourous #geek. #Blogger since 1998, #IndieWeb fan since forever, #Fediverse citizen since 2018. 🇪🇺 :socialiststar: European in exile […] [Original post on danq.me]

It's the Twelfth of Bleptember, and our little blepper has tucked herself away tidily, wrapped up in her snuggly warm jumper, to hide from the torrential rain that's beating down across Oxfordshire. Oh, and her tongue's sticking out, of course. #note #dog #dogs […] [Original post on danq.me]

I had some Internet trouble yesterday, so I didn't get to share my Eleventh of Bleptember pic until now. When our doggo carries around her chew toy like this, I always think she looks a little like Winston Churchill with his cigar. If Churchill also wasn’t able to […] [Original post on danq.me]

It's the Tenth of Bleptember, and this doggo is desperately trying to stay awake in case the postman comes back or something else equally interesting happens, but I reckon she's going to nod off any... second... now... #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 […] [Original post on danq.me]

Sometimes, you just need a Long Nap and a Big Blep. Happy Ninth of Bleptember, Internet! #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/09/bleptember-2025-09/

Found the younger child not-in-bed but dancing around his room, using his pyjamas as perhaps some kind of streamers or flags. Me: "Why aren't you in bed?" Him: "I'm sorry; I got distracted by how amazing I am." Hard to argue with that. #note #parenting #children #funny Via: 🔗 […]

By a convenience of dates, I can today count in exact months how long I've spent in each of three phases of my life: 1. A child, with my birth name: 216 months 2. An adult, still with my birth name: 98 month 3. An adult, now with my assumed name: 222 months (I drew a pretty pie chart but a […]

Suddenly, there was the noise of somebody walking on our driveway. The doggo woke up and stood, alert, ready to defend the house from intruders. Unfortunately in her haste she forgot to put her tongue away. Happy Eighth of Bleptember. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember […] [Original post on danq.me]

It's the Seventh of Bleptember, and our dorky doggo has decided that this is somehow a comfortable position in which to take a nap. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember #sleep Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/07/bleptember-2025-07/

I am Doggle. See me Blep. Happy Sixth of Bleptember from this sofa-loving pupper. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/06/bleptember-2025-06/

It's the Fifth of Bleptember, and our bleppy young lady is enjoying some reassurance that the team of tree surgeons working noisily on the other side of the road don't pose any threat to her. #note #dog #dogs #bleptember Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/05/bleptember-2025-05/

Today, for the first time ever, I simultaneously published a piece of content across five different media: a Weblog post, a video essay, a podcast episode, a Gemlog post, and a Spartanlog post. Must be about something important, right? Nope, it's a meandering journey to coming up with a design […]

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I used to be embarrassed that I was a generalist who knew many things about many things instead of all the things about one thing. But you know what? In today’s world, I enjoy that. I will have been many things at different times. I don’t need to tightly couple my sense of self with work that I […]

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It's the Fourth of Bleptember, but I couldn't help but share a photo from the Third, when our dog just couldn't find space for her tongue and her ball in her mouth at the same time... but soon found a workaround. Photo courtesy Lisa from Muddy Paws. #note […] [Original post on danq.me]

It's the Third of Bleptember, and this routine-loving pupper is still confused by the fact that the elder child doesn't come on the school-run morning walk any more, instead leaving early to catch the bus to her new school. Look at those big anxious eyes, poor thing! […] [Original post on danq.me]

The Second of Bleptember brought back the morning school run into this doggo's routine. And while she was glad of the extra walk, she also seemed glad of the opportunity to lie down in a quiet, child-free hallway upon our return home. #note #bleptember #dog #dogs […] [Original post on danq.me]

Bleptember's upon us once again, so I'll be attempting to snap a daily picture of my bleppy doggo with her tongue sticking out! This young lady is dog-tired after a long day of running around and playing, this First of Bleptember. #note #bleptember #dog #dogs […] [Original post on danq.me]

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The dog came out for a walk with the eldest kid and I, but we couldn't stop her sticking her head down rabbitholes! (Oh, and the dog kept doing it, too.) #note #surprises #children #dogs #photo #walking #funny Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/08/31/rabbithole/

Looking forward to the school run starting again next week... so I get a bonus excuses for walks around our beautiful village! #note #photo #rain #weather #horses #children #school #stantonharcourt Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/08/29/27145/

Last night, an undermaintained VPS of mine went kaput. The data's all fine, and most of the services I was running on it came back up in new homes without difficulty, but just a handful of things are still down, including textplain.blog and freedeedpoll.org.uk, ugh. Not the best start to a […]