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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
Radiohead implies Radioshoulders, Radioknees, and Radiotoes.
Heh, a retrofitted wifi module works great. This one doesn't support AP mode but I've got some others kicking around.
An old LTE modem with a GPS receiver would be fantastic, even if it doesn't support the right spectrum anymore would be great, then I could get pretty good NTP sync going.

Also, looks like someone bricked this old pfSense firewall device with a failed update at some point about ten years ago. They should have called me. It's fine now, and the device ID is recognised as having a perpetual license for pfSense Plus.
Amazed by how many internal expansion options this has, even a SIM slot for an LTE modem card - I think I have one kicking around somewhere.
Might not be fast enough for my needs on the main rack here but I think I'll try because it'll use less power and run cooler than my current (very overpowered) firewall.

In other news I'm taking a critical look at my drawer of spare and "junk" RAM and wondering if I need to move it to a safe deposit box in a vault somewhere.
If you picked up a 6 year old laptop recently, and it's missing a screw from the bottom cover and looks like someone may have cracked it open at some point, maybe have a look inside and see what they did in there.


