What’s Mike Doing?

Latest Updates
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

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Having an i7 CPU with 8 cores in a 2013 laptop feels pretty crazy, but in a good way.

I still don't actually know what I'm upgrading this thing for, I am waiting for a use case to materialise as part of the process.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Woohoo confirmed I can reflash the firmware with l33t hax instead of hardware, so I can put all the screws back in now and deal with all that later.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I want to attach a clip to this small chip to reflash the firmware, and I am absolutely considering cutting into this frame instead of doing a near-total disassembly to access it.

A small chip on a board poking out cheekily from under a big section of metal support framework
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Absolutely having the most relaxing holiday break by opening a dedicated business bank account, updating the currency and transfer settings in Stripe and Patreon for a couple of projects, and linking it all to Xero so I can do my bookkeeping without having to fish out my business transactions from my grocery shopping.