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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
Four years ago today, I boiled my Billy and cooked some rice and lentils for dinner at the World's End campground in South Australia.
Feeling good about having repaired an old oil radiator by bypassing the timer switch. It was just worn to the point that the switch wasn't being triggered. The safety thermostat seemed to be fine, but the tipover switch was gummed up with crap and was also not closing. Bit of contact cleaner sorted that out.
Can't believe I've actually managed to have some time with the doors and windows open today. Been a while since I got some fresh air into the house, heh.
You tube. You pipe. You absolute cylinder. You've doomed us all.