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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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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I *should* go out to the shops and get some groceries, but I *could* give myself a real day off and just order stuff in and play with my Game Boy.

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I've tested all the components of my "dead" PC separately now. The CPU and RAM are fine. Used multiple GPUs and different power supply. The only thing left is the motherboard. What a random failure.

Yes, I swapped out the CR2032. Reset everything possible. No action at all and no signs of scorching or swollen caps.

I guess I need to buy another AM4 board, because I've got a decent video card and 16 gigarams I can't use in anything else that's running.

Fucking computers.

A small PC motherboard with a video card and power supply attached outside of a case
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Love to be harassed by a starving cat on the verge of death who leads you to his bowl where you both discover that the breakfast you left him this morning is still there.