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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 14/04/2025

He's really great at finding sticks for me to throw that I can't physically throw in front of him - I have to have him sit while I throw and then he fetches

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 14/04/2025

Ollie continues his found art series: Really Big Stick

Ollie - an Australian Cattle Dog mix, walks away from the camera carrying a 7-foot long piece of driftwood. He's on the edge of the water at a rocky beach, with the Cleveland skyline far on the horizon.

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 27/03/2025

Has the wink emoji literally ever _not_ been creepy? Like - IRL winks can be not creepy in the right circumstances. But something about 😉 just has a sense of....menace? malice? I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there are no words you can put near 😉 to make it be un-creepy.

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 11/03/2025

Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.

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Aboogail Screamini @abbeyperini.dev · 07/03/2025

Last time, I was tired. This time, I'm angry. Let's start by acknowledging that the kinds of people they're trying to erase have been and always will be integral to advances in programming and web development. dev.to/abbeyperini/...

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We've Been Here Since the Beginning: 2025 Edition

This is a submission for the WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience Last time, I was tired. This...

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 04/03/2025

Iceberg party looks lit

Floating ice in Lake Erie with a bunch of seagulls and other water fowl hanging out

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 22/02/2025

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! Feb 22: Q: Relax! Racism is a boomer problem! As old people die off, the younger generation takes over! Young people are less racist! Right? A: No. People do not become more "conservative" as they get older. That's a lie. Read the whole linked thread.

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mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)

Attached: 2 images I'm going to keep sharing this info until it sinks in. Young voters do not get significantly more or less politically activated. Voter suppression gets more or less effective. Bal...

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Nerajno is learning @nerajno.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Been hanging with community for 2+ years, @virtualcoffee.io has been a place to learn, build and maintain a tech community. Here is a good starter pack : go.bsky.app/JSiLLei

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 16/02/2025

The infrastructure of the Internet would run longer without electricity than without trans folks tbh

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 14/02/2025

Never gonna find a more focused person than a parent with a newborn who is sleeping 😂

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 14/02/2025

I spent many hours coding with our oldest tucked in on my chest when he was that age 😍

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 12/02/2025

My third-grade teacher had an entire drawer dedicated to things she took away from me. Didn't know they were called fidget toys back then 😂

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 12/02/2025

Just realized this could mean "you did a dumb thing" or "it was dumb that you got in trouble" 😂 My answer for the latter would be I got busted for buying candy cigarettes in 4th grade on a field trip to the West Side Market in Cleveland 🚭

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 12/02/2025

After school I went to the office and it was sitting on the secretary's desk. She was about to give it to me with a "don't bring this back to school, dummy" but then the assistant principal came in and we had to call my parents. Damn you Mr Nurse!!!!

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 12/02/2025

In second grade (so this would be like 1989ish) I brought my pocket knife to school to show my friends. It had a fork and spoon on it - it was really cool. I then proceeded to lose it on the playground during recess.

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 12/02/2025

Caught a coyote running across the ice this morning at Edgewater Park 😃

Photo of a coyote running across a frozen Lake Erie

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 02/08/2023

Special thanks to @simplebits.bsky.social for providing me with a preview version of the Free Lunch font I'm using for page titles - it's available to purchase now! simplebits.shop/products/free-lunch

Screenshot of my site using Free Lunch font by SimpleBits

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 02/08/2023

Finally forcing myself to stop tweaking and officially launch my new site - danott.dev It's been 10 years since I last redesigned the site. You can read about the updates here: danott.dev/thoughts/new-site-danott…

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 13/05/2023

The Compressed podcast with Amy Dutton and @jamesqquick.bsky.social has become one of my favorite tech pods (other than the @virtualcoffee.io podcast obviously) Their recent no-guest Q&A was really great! I always worry those will end up being self indulgent or self referential but nope!

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 13/05/2023

Bluesky seems pretty cool but this is just….

Screen shot of search UI where the last “c” in “search” is on a new line

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 09/05/2023

"creating html emails has quickly become the bane of my existence. second only to ie." twitter.com/danieltott/status/61500… IE - not a problem anymore. HTML emails: STILL A PROBLEM

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 09/05/2023

"I've really gotten in to using transparent PNGs for drop shadows. It excites me." twitter.com/danieltott/status/51545… So yeah this used to be a thing. If you've never had to cut out transparent pngs for drop shadows in front-end...be glad.

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 09/05/2023

Found some great gems looking through my old tweets:

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 09/05/2023

Had to go find my first tweet and mirror it 😂 twitter.com/danieltott/status/50156…

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Dan Ott @danott.dev · 09/05/2023

So, this is Bluesky.

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