Dan Q - The Podcast

I Hate (Most) Keyboard ‘Fn’ Keys

Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/06/09/fn-keys/ Sometimes keyboards come with a 'Fn' key that allows some of their context-sensitive keys to do particular general-purpose functions. Sometimes these are implemented in careful, considerate and configurable ways... and other times they just make me want to throw the keyboard out of the window. 00:00 Intro 00:23 I Hate (Most) Keyboard 'Fn' Keys 12:31 Outro

Wikipedia @ 25: Carl Person

Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/27/wp25-carl-person/ As I continue my 25-consecutive-days-of-Wikipedia, today's random article of the day was Carl Person, a lawyer with an interesting history. 00:00 Intro 00:22 Wikipedia's 25th Birthday 01:01 Carl Person 05:39 Outro

Wikipedia @ 25: Cirrothauma Murrayi

Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/25/wp25-cirrothauma-murrayi/ Today, Wikipedia introduced me to a mysterious deep-dwelling octopus. So cool! 00:00 Intro 00:25 Wikiedpia's 25th Birthday 01:01 Cirrothauma Murrayi 03:36 Aside: pluralisation of octopus 04:23 Octopus eyes 07:11 Outro

Wikipedia @ 25: Yousuf Karsh

Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/21/wp25-yousuf-karsh/ Wikipedia is 25 years old this year, and in celebration of that I found my way via a Mercurial crater to the article about Yousuf Karsh, one of the most-important portrait photographers of the 20th century. 00:00 Intro 00:20 Wikipedia's 25th Birthday 01:03 Karsh (crater) 02:33 Yousuf Karsh 04:40 Karsh's life 06:36 Outro

Wikipedia @ 25: Necker Island

Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/20/wp25-necker-island/ Today, thanks to Wikipedia, I learned a lot about a miniscule Hawaiian island with an interesting cultural and archaeological history... after I found my way there from a random page about a hip hop album! 00:00 Intro 00:34 Wikipedia's 25th Birthday 01:08 Here & Now (Pop Shuvit album) 02:06 Pop Shove-It (the skateboarding trick) 04:38 A history of skateboarding technology and tricks 07:50 Mākaha, Kāne’āki Heiau and other heiau 09:04 Necker Island 12:13 Outro