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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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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

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

6 minutes ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

This boy made a valiant effort to prevent me getting up and going to work today. He gave up quite easily when I mentioned the word "breakfast" however.

#cats

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 23 hours ago

23 hours ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Testing out a few things on the Game Boy and thinking to myself, "What would @janbeta do?" 😜

A Game Boy Pocket displaying the start screen for Turrican

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 days ago

2 days ago

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.

🤔

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 days ago

2 days ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

The screen still needs a modern replacement, but progress is being made!

#retrogaming #nintendo

A Game Boy Pocket in a transparent orange shell with chrome buttons, displaying the Picross start screen

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 days ago

2 days ago

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.