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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] 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 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
The best thing about agonising for ages over finding just the right colour of a paint for a project is finding out half way through that it's no longer available.
Today's success story, installing the teeniest tiniest bodge wire on a PlayStation Classic to disable current limiting on USB port 2 so it'll recognise USB3 flash drives, allowing a much neater setup when modded. 😎

I would like to give a shout-out to the frozen pie as a general concept, because on days when my brain is fried and the question of what to have for lunch seems impossible to answer being about to chuck one in the make-thing-hot box and come back in 30 minutes to find the job done is a miracle.
Ben Eater putting out a new video that could not be more perfectly targeted at me, someone who loves building janky digital clocks, on a cold and miserable Sunday morning is perfection.
Update: cat now on lap, life goals achieved.
People discovering @subvertworld today, you can check out my album over there too! 😎

