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]

Thank you @Rhube for making my office chair creepily festive all year round! I love this.

https://www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pillow/Cthulhu-Christmas-by-Rhube/167312476/xwxm

An office chair with a cushion on it, printed with a picture of Cthulhu delicately placing a star on top of a Christmas tree.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 8 hours ago

8 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Today has already been A Lot and I didn't sleep super well last night so I'm going to do a sensible thing and let my brain rest and enjoy some caffeine before I attempt to engage with VLANs.

Maybe even leave it to tomorrow and do some other admin instead.

#SysadminLife

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 12 hours ago

12 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

It's a relatively nice day and the sun is out, which is rare at the moment. Of course this means I need to be at the data centre today, where time and weather do not exist.