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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. [...]
February 9, 2025In April 2005, I registered a domain name. I had a plan, and it was an ambitious one. I had read an O’Reilly book on XML (cover-to-cover) a couple of years beforehand, and it did something to my brain and I thought I could see through time. Weblogs were ascending fast, the web was exciting, … [Read more …] [...]

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Driving through country Victoria during the runup to an election, I unsurprisingly saw quite a few banners and signs for various parties.

The main thing that stood out was the Nationals candidate running with the slogan "putting locals first" which seems like something of a contradiction of the party name, if you ask me.

(nobody has asked me)

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I'm in Orbost getting a latte right now and about to drive home. I needed this break but man, I'm keen to do something normal for a few days now.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
A joke incomprehensible to somebody from 1950

I saw a bloke on the street corner the other day with a map, turning it all sorts of ways and scratching his head.

"What's wrong buddy?" I said to him. "Is your phone flat?"

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

My estimation of the author of this book has gone through the roof. This isn't just a bit of casual fan fiction, or a work for hire. It's a piece of art.

The fucker has managed to sneak a Five Go Mad in Dorset reference in there.

God damn ... this is a passion project. 🤣