Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 minutes ago

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 2 minutes 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 …] [...]

Final Cuts – Beaten Eggs

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. [...]

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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

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I have been hoping for ages that the belt was the only issue because this thing was a very good example of 2006-ish home audio and it plays any retail CD, has no trouble with CD-R like some early players, and even will handle a CD full of MP3s, plus SD cards, USB drives ... and it's got an iPod dock too.

Classic.

Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] · 5 minutes ago

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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]

I managed to fix this old mini system the other day (the only issue really was the eject mechanism on the CD player needed a new belt) and today Moby is assisting me in the office.

Thanks, Moby.

Thoby.