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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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I'm going with dinner at Auntie Annie's (formerly The Quiet Man) this Thursday because it's highly accessible and the food is still good even if the vibe has taken a blow after the change of management.

Call it 6pm? Make some noise if you think you'll come and I'll book a table, but previously it's been pretty OK for space early on a Thursday.

Hey Melbourne fedifriends - I'm taking @CuriosityBlue to the (a) pub for dinner either Thursday or Friday this week. Anyone want to come along and do you have a preference for one day or another?

Thursday is probably a bit easier in some ways but if we can catch more people Friday let's roll.

Considering a west side location because westies rule, of course.

Update: Thursday, Auntie Annie's. See below in thread.

@ThePingMachine @ThermiteBeGiants @minga @koosli @futzle @timrichards @jpm please tag anyone appropriate thank