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May 17, 2026A long, long time ago I had an idea for a silly joke. Exactly when it hard to pin down, but the seeds were planted in the mid 1990s, in a file called bands.txt. This was a collaborative list of random phrases uttered by people we knew, that had been taken out of context on … [Read more …] [...]
February 15, 2025For those who’re just joining us, I’ve dusted off a two-decade-old project idea and have actually started working on it. There’s a working prototype which I’m not going to link in this post, because this text will likely be around long after it’s been and gone, either shelved for another 20 years or thrown online in some kind of working form. [...]

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

"1700 [...] Sept. 20 Affidabit was then made before Mr Horn of Widdow Shrub was buried in woollen only."

Goodnight, great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandma Joan who didn't even get a box.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I have traced some branches of my family tree back as far as the 16th century and so far every single person is ... nobody.

Nobody did any notorious crimes, traded any slaves, conquered any nations. Nobody got a statue. Hardly any even got gravestones.

I'm more than OK with this.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

@mwl can we have a "Goat Farming for System Administrators" guide in the near future? I'm probably not the only one feeling like that's the most appealing career progression path.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I've now had two phishing attempts this week that felt personally directed towards me by someone who has a profile of my basic information and what I do, rather than just getting generic bulk emails purporting to be from random services that I usually haven't ever used.

This timeline sucks.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I was briefly excited to learn that there was a DRM free ebook available of a book that I hadn't thought about in years, but also its two sequels that I was previously unaware of.

I attempted to throw money at the author for these items but apparently I'm too Australian to have these and may only purchase "protected" editions instead.

Cast all technology into the sea.