Mike, First of His Name · 1 hour ago

Mike, First of His Name · 1 hour ago

Mike, First of His Name

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@mike

Admin of Chinwag, fan of open communication standards, maintainer of communities.

Winner of Time Magazine "Person of the Year" 2006 and will never, ever get tired of that joke.

I talk about #retrocomputing a lot, especially #Commodore64 stuff. I also do a lot of #gardening and am trying to make good #bread and #beer. I was a professional Unix #sysadmin for nearly 25 years.

Sometimes I get up onto stages and tell jokes. Don't applaud, just throw money.

I live in #Melbourne, #Australia

1 hour ago

Mike, First of His Name

Forgot how long it takes to compile stuff on a Raspberry Pi version 1.

Oh well, it's not like I need anything running on it today.

Mike, First of His Name · 4 hours ago

4 hours ago

Mike, First of His Name

There may come a day soon where I cannot just walk into the back yard and grab a nectarine off the tree if I fancy a snack, but today is not that day.

Mike, First of His Name · 18 hours ago

18 hours ago

Mike, First of His Name

Me just now: How the hell can this show that began in 2018 be starting season 5 now? That makes no sense! How many seasons per year is that?

*literally counts on fingers*

Me: Well, fuck.

Mike, First of His Name · 19 hours ago

19 hours ago

Mike, First of His Name

We're getting so close. A little more work on the top, then a clear gloss coat over the whole thing. #GuitarOfTheseus

The back of a pink bass guitar body resting on a table

Mike, First of His Name · 23 hours ago

23 hours ago

Mike, First of His Name

Tomorrow is the third birthday of Fry, one of my fish. It's so nice that so many people get a day off just to celebrate my fish's birthday and for no other possible reason I can think of.

Bremen Saki

Probably not what you were looking for.

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