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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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If I filled a data centre with millions of cats and got them to jump on keyboards 24/7, eventually one of them would type my password, but you would never say that the cats "hacked" me.

You'd put me in jail for underpaying the cats and failing to empty millions of litter boxes probably.

Watching The Mandalorian and Grogu has convinced me that the time is right and the technology is here for an epic reboot of Fraggle Rock.

Today Excel bugged me again to rate it, and when I tried it told me I was ineligible to submit a review.

Once again I am asking for all technology to be cast into the sea immediately or sooner.

A pop-up message asking me to rate Excel on the app store, with one star selected, and another message over the top saying I must own the item to submit a review.