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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 1, 2026As the Rainbow Headcleaner project actually starts coming to a head, one thing I want to do is write a little bit about each track on the album as I finalise the version that’s going on the tape. I’m starting with the easiest one, Beaten Eggs. [...]

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I put my glasses on, walked out of the room, looked at my phone and realised I couldn't focus properly on the screen. Thought maybe I'd put the wrong pair on and then realised that the frame had cracked in two places and both the lenses had fallen out.

🙃

Good thing I have plans to be in Collingwood already tomorrow. I'm going to be dropping in at Dresden with a few questions.

Blue glasses frame with cracks under the lens area and two lenses on the table next to it

If I filled a data centre with millions of cats and got them to jump on keyboards 24/7, eventually one of them would type my password, but you would never say that the cats "hacked" me.

You'd put me in jail for underpaying the cats and failing to empty millions of litter boxes probably.

Watching The Mandalorian and Grogu has convinced me that the time is right and the technology is here for an epic reboot of Fraggle Rock.