Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 12 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 12 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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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

12 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I have cancelled today because damn I just need one day to do fuck all except bum around the house before everything starts again.

I didn't exactly have a lot booked in today but I find just the act of giving myself permission to do nothing helps a lot. 🙃

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 24 hours ago

24 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Realising that if I was in the TNG universe, I'd be on Team "Data is a toaster" and what the hell, I'll go harder than that. The Doctor is a toaster. Picard is a toaster. Kirk is a toaster. We're all toasters, nobody is sentient and nobody ever has been.

Case dismissed or whatever. It doesn't matter.