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May 17, 2026A long, long time ago I had an idea for a silly joke. Exactly when it hard to pin down, but the seeds were planted in the mid 1990s, in a file called bands.txt. This was a collaborative list of random phrases uttered by people we knew, that had been taken out of context on … [Read more …] [...]
February 1, 2026As the Rainbow Headcleaner project actually starts coming to a head, one thing I want to do is write a little bit about each track on the album as I finalise the version that’s going on the tape. I’m starting with the easiest one, Beaten Eggs. [...]

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

"Do not close this browser window until the job completes" should disable all "log out automatically when idle" timers, or your developers should go to jail.

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I was extremely tired this evening after a very long day and dozed off on the couch for a couple of minutes while watching TV, ensuring that I will now be awake until at least 2am after actually going to bed.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Imagine Star Trek replicators but they work at the speed of modern 3d printers so Picard says "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" and comes back 12 hours later to find half a cup, random glass fibres everywhere, and tea dripping on the floor.