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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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Today's challenge - non-destructively free my Duckman tape from my VCR which doesn't want to power on, so maybe I can get a good look at the board underneath and see if something obvious has gone pop.

A vhs tape in a VCR with the cover removed exposing the internals and a hand written label

For fuck's sake let me disable your stupid chatbot menu bullshit. There is no way on earth, now or ever, that your bullshit software can "enhance" the CSV data I just pasted into the documentation I'm writing.

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