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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. [...]
February 9, 2025In April 2005, I registered a domain name. I had a plan, and it was an ambitious one. I had read an O’Reilly book on XML (cover-to-cover) a couple of years beforehand, and it did something to my brain and I thought I could see through time. Weblogs were ascending fast, the web was exciting, … [Read more …] [...]

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You can tell I'm a highly experienced systems admin because if I ever see anyone asking a technical question about running Linux on their computer, I immediately close my browser, walk away and pretend I didn't.

Listen Like Thieves has got to be my favourite INXS album, but Underneath the Colours is a close second. Got it on in the office this morning and it's so good.

New record, but the "free MP3 version" site longer seems to exist for me to redeem the code. How on earth will I get a digital copy now? I cannot think of any way. It is a mystery.

INXS - Underneath the Colours vinyl LP Label on shrink wrap offering a free MP3 copy of the album I have purchased.