Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 6 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 6 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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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. [...]

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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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@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

6 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Because the universe punishes hubris, immediately after I called myself "highly experienced" I realised I keep running out of space on my backup server because I forgot to add two whole drives into the disk array. They've just been sitting there in the drive bays rent-free for months.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 9 hours ago

9 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

You can tell I'm a highly experienced systems admin because if I ever see anyone asking a technical question about running Linux on their computer, I immediately close my browser, walk away and pretend I didn't.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 16 hours ago

16 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Best INXS album? An absolutely 100% comprehensive poll with all possible valid answers included.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 17 hours ago

17 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Listen Like Thieves has got to be my favourite INXS album, but Underneath the Colours is a close second. Got it on in the office this morning and it's so good.