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Babies and Baubles
For a long time now, every year we've encouraged our two children (now 10 and 8 years old) to each select one new bauble for our Christmas tree. They get to do this at the shop adjoining the place from which we buy the tree, and it's become a part of our annual Christmas traditions.
ThisWonder Boy
There are video games that I've spent many years playing (sometimes on-and-off) before finally beating them for the first time. I spent three years playing Dune II before I finally beat it as every house. It took twice that to reach the end of Ultima Underworld II. But today, I can add a new christmas, game, games, arcade games, video games, nostalgia, travelAbsence/Presents
I'm probably not going to get you a Christmas present. You probably shouldn't get me one either.
If you're one of my kids and you've decided that maybe my blog isn't just "boring grown-up stuff" and have come by, then you're one of the exceptions. Lucky you.
Children get Christmas giftsFestive Cranberry & Cinnamon Bagels
I made "festive" cranberry and cinnamon bagels and they were so delicious I had to share the recipe: https://danq.me/2018/12/18/cranberry-bagels/Bodleian Advent Calendar
Hot on the tail of Pong, I wanted to share another mini-project I've developed for the Bodleian: this year's digital advent calendar:
As each door is opened, a different part of a (distinctly-Bodleian/Oxford) winter scene unfolds, complete with an array of fascinating characters connected christmas, bodleian, progressive web apps, web, advent, open sourceChristmas Cheer with Bytemark
For the last eight winters, we at Three Rings have sent out Christmas cards - and sometimes mugs! - to our clients (and to special friends of the project). The first of these was something I knocked up in Photoshop in under an hour, but we've since expanded into having an official "company artist" christmas, hosting, three rings, bytemark