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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. [...]
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 …] [...]

Chinwag Posts

Anyone who has ever had to listen to my opinions about public transport probably can see why I'm feeling incredibly justified by the "Altona North" dot on this proposal.

Screenshot of a map of proposed rail changes in Melbourne's west with a new station indicated at Altona North which is about where the old Paisley station used to be

Meech has taken one look at the day and gone back to bed, pretending it doesn't exist. I wish I had this option, but I'll have to rely on All The Coffee instead.