Chinwag Posts

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] https://social.chinwag.org/@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
The "very normal computer" project is going well. My NetBSD 11 machine has a very normal desktop (Mate with a simplified panel setup) and the usual very normal software.
I have done a few very normal things and look forward to continuing to do so without any major surprises for some time.

In the ultimate ironic conclusion to today's saga, I am now unable to go to bed because I am pinned down by a cat.
Meech bringing his big day to a close.

I am going home now because my brain is full.
Autocarrot makes some bizarre choices sometimes and due to hitting send without looking up, instead of "Thanks!" I just signed off an email with "Egg!"
I hope this doesn't awaken anything inconvenient for them.

