Dan Cowell

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

Latest posts

  1. Adventurous Blogs — May 17, 2012
  2. Reflections on Japan, One Year On — April 22, 2012
  3. Niku-Maki-Inspired Cooking — April 14, 2012
  4. One Week In — March 23, 2012
  5. Lessons from a Bike — March 10, 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

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

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Jan
19

WordPress Thematic Framework Custom Loops

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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 …

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Jan
19

Lights Back On

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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 will affect us …

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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 found …

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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 and get away from …

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Dec
31

2011 in Review

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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 …

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Dec
23

Tohoku 2012

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I’ve decided that Hokkaido would be better suited to February 2013 (due to the fact that the Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival) happens in that month) and therefore I will be travelling to Tohoku in 2012. This is my planned route: Lessons learned from my last trip which have gone into planning this one include: Changing …

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Dec
20

Shame

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I have a confession to make…  I was up until 11:00 last night.  I spent hours socialising and practicing my Japanese when I should have been sleeping and so I was lax in getting out of bed this morning.  I woke at 5:30 and promptly reset my alarm for 7:00 before dropping off to sleep …

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Dec
18

Redemption?

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After a tragic failure last night of being In bed at 10pm, I was afraid that rising at 5:30 to do washing and go for a walk would be a terribly in appealing prospect. Fortunately my body has adjusted itself to the new hours (finally!) and getting out of bed was perfectly easy. Hopefully my …

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Dec
16

Saturdays!!!

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Weekends are great. No requirement to be home to get ready for work means I can keep walking and thinking for as long as I like. This morning I was up early and after a quick shave I set out for the sea. The Southport Surf Club advertised a brisk morning (for a Gold Coast …

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