Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 7 minutes ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 7 minutes ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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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

7 minutes ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Most of this setup has been progressively pulled out of ewaste piles over a period of several years and I think it's finally time for it to run NetBSD and fulfil its true destiny.

Is a computer from 2012 actually "retro"? Well ... it will be when I'm done with it.

#retrocomputing #thinkpad #NetBSD

A ThinkPad T530 at a gnome desktop attached to a dock with a key lock on the side, and a Lenovo keyboard and mouse set in front

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 41 minutes ago

41 minutes ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Now it's sinking in that there's a ticking clock and I have just a few days to rearrange a bunch of shit so there's somewhere for this fucking couch to go when it shows up.