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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 …] [...]
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. [...]
Chinwag Posts
I really owe Past Mike a big one for this morning, he anticipated my fuckup really well. 🙃
Additionally, the Powerball people should not send you emails that say "You've had a win!" if the prize total is less than the cost of the ticket.
Once again, I am begging the universe to provide me with the funds to hire a personal, full-time, DBA.
Successful restore of the primary server! Now to rebuild the replica that should have been the solution to the initial problem, if only I'd realised what was going on *before* I messed it up as much as the primary ...
55% restored, I might go take the bins out instead of watching the progress bar.