Dan Cowell

Author's details

Name: Dan Cowell
Date registered: March 18, 2010
URL: http://dfcowell.net

Latest posts

  1. Salad — January 29, 2012
  2. Clean — January 29, 2012
  3. Learning to Swim — January 24, 2012
  4. On Stars — January 21, 2012
  5. Night Beach — January 21, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Multimedia on Fedora 15 – MP3, MP4 Support — 14 comments
  2. Day 2 – Shopping in Shinjuku — 7 comments
  3. Day 9 – Koyasan & Shojoshin-in — 6 comments
  4. Fedora 15 – HP DV6 Laptop Screen Brightness Workaround — 6 comments
  5. Guild Wars Dark Glass Interface Mod — 4 comments

Author's posts listings

Jan
29

Salad

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I call this the “why oh why didn’t I go shopping on the weekend” salad. Somehow I managed to use beetroot on it while wearing a pure white shirt and I didn’t make a mess of said shirt. Never ask me to repeat that act.

Jan
29

Clean

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My room smells like clean. I wonder how long I can keep it that way…

Jan
24

Learning to Swim

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Anyone have a boat? These taken this morning at work:

Jan
21

On Stars

I’m lying on Main Beach, phone held aloft over my head, tapping out this message against a backdrop of stars. The wind is blowing and the damp sand below gently draws the warmth from my back with the parasitic subtlety of a leech, only in this case I am the smaller party in …

Jan
21

Night Beach

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No people. No sunburn. No noise other than the waves and the wind. Night beach is best beach.

Jan
19

WordPress Thematic Framework Custom Loops

I’ve just spent the last two hours searching for a solution to a stupid problem that only exists because the primary architect of Wordpress was given a blowjob by global variables as a teenager and has been infatuated with the diry whores ever since.

If you are trying to make a paginated category list of a custom post …

Jan
19

Lights Back On

Thanks to everyone for being patient as the lights went off for (approximately) 24 hours. Due to the fact that the USA was the incubator of today’s Internet, they have an incredible amount of power over it. Unfortunately that means that any legislation that passes and affects online activities on US soil …

Jan
05

Dat Introspection

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Tonight I had a Kyon’s Introspection moment.  A period of intense self-interrogation resulting in a life-changing epiphany.  For Kyon, it was figuring out that he actually did love Haruhi and enjoyed his life, regardless of how he might moan about it.  For me, I realised the direction I want my life to take.  I’ve …

Jan
05

Updates

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The last few days have been… Interesting. I’m still alive, I’ve met some fantastic people and had my worst day at work ever. I’ve missed a couple of walks on the beach and it has been noticeable. I’ve come to enjoy them – it’s a wonderful chance to clear my head …

Dec
31

2011 in Review

Where do I begin?  2011 was a massive year and there’s a lot that went down – I guess I’ll start with a couple of lists and elaborate on some bigger things later in the post.

Achievements unlocked:

Dropped out of uni,
First year living without the parents,
First solo overseas holiday,
First move without the parents,
Most plane flights in …

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