Chinwag Posts

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] https://social.chinwag.org/@mike
Chinwag admin, fan of open communication standards, maintainer of communities, male comedienne.
Winner of Time Magazine "Person of the Year" 2006 and will never get tired of that joke.
I talk about #retrocomputing a lot. I also do a lot of #gardening and occasionally make #bread and #beer. I have been a Unix #sysadmin for about 30 years but I think I'll be OK.
I live in #Melbourne, #Australia and sometimes tell jokes on stages around here. I co-host a #StarTrek podcast with @ThePingMachine
I have a growing suspicion that war may be good for absolutely nothing, and I wish someone could have pointed this out to us at some point.
I shouted at the TV the other day because a scene allegedly set in 1997 showed a computer with the Windows XP green hills desktop background. Why can't these productions just hire a couple of damn nerds?
I went out to the shops in person yesterday and purchased new clothing and I feel that I deserve a medal for that.
Nothing quite deflates the spirit like sitting down on Monday morning, thinking "right, what was I in the middle of working on last Friday?" and remembering that it was SELinux policy.
Temptation to type "setenforce 0" and do something else instead is quite high.
If we're giving helpful advice, you can easily tell if a piece of cement sheeting contains asbestos, because it'll tingle on your tongue like popping candy when you lick it.

