How Many Computers is Enough?
When I broke my Commodore 64, it was the only computer I had. This meant that for years afterwards, I simply didn’t have a computer any more. These days, the situation is really different.
Author: Mike
How I Broke My Commodore 64
It’s important I tell you how I broke my computer when I was 17 years old, since that act of carelessness on my part has left me kicking myself for decades and that machine shaped my life quite significantly.
Nostalgic Computing
The Commodore 64 changed my life in a million subtle ways and frankly if I started going into detail about some of the things that might be different in the world now if I’d owned a Spectrum or a TRS-80 or something you’d be amazed.
Tintinara Revisited
What happens when you check back on the site of a great artistic triumph after 21 years have passed? Maybe you’ll find out you changed the world.
The Return of Cyberpope Moses
In 2002, I received “The Worst Present Ever”, and turned it into an epic saga.
Extremely South
I attempted to walk to the southernmost point of the Australian mainland. Spoiler warning: I made it there and back again.
Extreme Points of Australia and Me
About ten years ago, I decided to visit as many of the extreme points of Australia for the hell of it. September 4th 2017 is the date that I finally made it to one.
An Interview With Me
I don’t update my personal blog much these days, do I? I keep posting everywhere else but here, it’s not that nothing ever actually happens to me. I got interviewed on SYN last week about how I came to end up running Mad Dog Comedy and a bunch of other stuff though. Here’s that!
XMPP Perfection
I just came across a post titled In search of XMPP perfection while researching some stuff, and it’s a pretty solid set of words that gels with my own feelings about the state of the XMPP network. You should go and read it if you’re interested in the topic of XMPP services, and if you’re following my blog I sincerely hope you are, or you’re going to get really bored.
ChinWag Lives
I’m going to draw a line under the ChinWag development blog at this point and say “phase one complete”. I have a working XMPP server, it’s cost very little money, it’s got a nice-looking site and a web chat client or two for ease of use for users if they can’t install software.