What’s Mike Doing?

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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 1, 2026As the Rainbow Headcleaner project actually starts coming to a head, one thing I want to do is write a little bit about each track on the album as I finalise the version that’s going on the tape. I’m starting with the easiest one, Beaten Eggs. [...]

Chinwag Posts

I have a feeling I might actually be sick when I've been assuming it was just the radically cooler weather today that had me feeling off balance. Whoops.

Dear several suppliers, I am trying to organise an exchange of money for your time and labour. Please reply to my emails. Thank you.

The "very normal computer" project is going well. My NetBSD 11 machine has a very normal desktop (Mate with a simplified panel setup) and the usual very normal software.

I have done a few very normal things and look forward to continuing to do so without any major surprises for some time.

Screenshot of a Mate desktop environment on NetBSD with a web browser showing a Chinwag post with a picture of a cat and an open menu with LibreOffice in the list of applications.