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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 3 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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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 …] [...]

Final Cuts – Beaten Eggs

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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@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

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

When you're clicking around looking for game recs for a Game Dad and stuff and suddenly realise you're reading a webbed site by @ifixcoinops

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 7 hours ago

7 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

After an extremely busy morning I'm giving myself 30 minutes with the cheap little Game Dad I got myself for my birthday, as a treat.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 days ago

2 days ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

best solvent to separate art from the artist

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 days ago

2 days ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I haven't played the music on anything yet (embarrassingly I don't have a DOS machine up and running at the moment) but I got the little animation off the disc!

I have a feeling someone's probably already got a recording of it somewhere but here's a link to the contents of the data track if any of you are bored!

https://drive.chinwag.org/s/nRmFxkNkRWmAz9C

(the CD audio tracks all seem to be 6 minutes of silence each, very dull)