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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 …] [...]

Final Cuts – Beaten Eggs

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

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

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Today is "rearrange the office" day and I both do and do not want to do this in equal amounts.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 22 hours ago

22 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Checked out the area around our new office site this morning.

#trains

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 24 hours ago

24 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Dresden replaced the frame happily and we had a chat about isopropyl alcohol! I'm mainly surprised that this took so long to happen. The staff member I spoke to didn't think the colour dyes would make a difference in how vulnerable the frames might be so it's just weird "luck" that my newest frames were the first time I encountered this.

That's assuming it was IPA that did this, of course, and not just a random manufacturing flaw in this one set.

Anyway I know to be more careful with my glasses when doing electronics stuff now!