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Mike, First of his Name https://social.chinwag.org/@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 was a Unix #sysadmin for 25 years and I'm slowly recovering.
I live in #Melbourne, #Australia and sometimes tell jokes on stages around here. I co-host a #StarTrek podcast with @ThePingMachine
I saw my first #MICF show of the year and it was a good 'un!
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/the-women-s-room-in-pieces
I found a lot of this far too relatable for comfort and I'm worried that being 50-something is actually a thing that's happening to me.
Anyway, these are funny people and if you like laughing and also like an early show so you can get home at a sensible hour to feed the cat and put your feet up as well, you should give them a go!
In their new show, The Women’s Room – In Pieces…
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/the-women-s-room-in-piecesI've heard there's some kind of "festival" of "comedy" in "Melbourne" starting tonight. Might go see one of these "shows" and see what the fuss is all about.
Comedy festival: We're doing *digital* participant passes this year! It'll be awesome!
Me: I'm not sure about this. This seems like the kind of tech it's hard to get right for a very broad group across multiple platforms.
Comedy festival: It's going to be great, you'll see!
Comedy festival: By the way you have a new name now.
I just finished reading Firewall by @davidmack - it's really good. I don't think I've read a new Trek novel since the 20th century, but I may have to start doing that again.
https://davidmack.pro/writing/firewall/
Really a perfect bridge for the character Seven of Nine into the current era, where she's really been excellently portrayed and given some depth that was sorely lacking in the Voyager era.
Denied a place in Starfleet, Seven of Nine finds a…
https://davidmack.pro/writing/firewall/Help I'm looking at hiking gear again.
I don't need anything more than what I already own, but of course this has not ever been a factor in my decision making process regarding this stuff.
I can already make a cup of coffee on top of a mountain, so what else is there really?