Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 8 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 8 hours 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 …] [...]

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February 15, 2025For those who’re just joining us, I’ve dusted off a two-decade-old project idea and have actually started working on it. There’s a working prototype which I’m not going to link in this post, because this text will likely be around long after it’s been and gone, either shelved for another 20 years or thrown online in some kind of working form. [...]

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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

8 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Once again I am begging people who create web sites showcasing retro technology to consider visual accessibility for half a second before deploying some wild vapourwave theme on it.

#retrocomputing

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 days ago

2 days ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I have sent An Art to Europe. I am a cultural ambassador.

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 days ago

2 days ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Who's got two thumbs and is going to get to watch @lardmotel play a record in a special room on Saturday?

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 3 days ago

3 days ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I have successfully remembered that my plans require me to drive the car into work today, which I was concerned I'd forget about, so good one Mike! You did it!

Unfortunately I forgot that I ideally needed to put fuel in the car sometime over the weekend to make this easier on myself this morning.