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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 …] [...]

Chinwag Posts

What fucking possesses someone who decides that, despite knowing nothing about the issue at hand, sends you "I asked chatgpt about your problem and it says ..." in an unprompted message?

Just. Get. Fucked.

Even if you believe the chatbots have something to offer, at least credit me with having enough of a clue about my own job to be aware of all relevant information resources.

But maybe just stay in your fucking lane, hey?

I'm going to have a nice, big grown up drink and watch some TV now.