Needed to drop my suit off for cleaning and some minor repairs, which meant I was in the right place at the right time to have lunch with the kiddo. I am now full of eggs and coffee. This is good.
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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@social.chinwag.org
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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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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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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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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Mar 01, 2026
I swear I had a February around here somewhere. Where did it go?
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
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Mar 01, 2026
Me, yesterday: spends an hour scratching my head, looking through settings for measurement units, trying to figure out why the objects I'm creating are too large when I enter in what I'm measuring from an item in front of me, then giving up and just eyeballing it.
Me, today: finally realises that my digital calipers are "zeroed" at 5mm.
😭
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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
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Mar 01, 2026
Next iteration of a Pi1541 case is done, it's really looking the part. I wish I had a less yellowed Commodore 64 to compare it to, but the colour of this filament is really good for something sitting next to the older gear.
I've also done Babby's First 3D Editing and removed an internal mount for a micro USB board and enlarged the gap to fit some basic USB-C sockets I had in a drawer.
Remains to be seen if I get really ambitious and make a whole different front panel to mount a rotary encoder for input instead.
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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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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Feb 28, 2026
Me: I wish I had a small treat for dessert.
Past Mike: I picked up a slice of baklava from that nice shop earlier, it's in the kitchen.
Me: ♥️
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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@social.chinwag.org
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Feb 25, 2026
This is a real time recording of my git server's web access logs. It's a constant stream of requests from "Claude" attempting to access every possible item on the site.
A couple of months ago, I set up a rule to return an error code for every request its user agent makes. It has not retrieved a single valid item for many, many weeks at this point. Every request is immediately and abruptly terminated.
It hasn't even slowed down as a result.
Tell me again how their operation involves "intelligence" of any kind.
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
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Feb 17, 2026
Did a test print of a little Pi1541 case I really liked the look of, with its very classic Commodore style.
Need to move some bits around in the model because I have a Pi Zero and the SD card slot is in the wrong spot for a start, but it'll look great printed in a more appropriate beige later.
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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@social.chinwag.org
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Feb 17, 2026
Another fun doco from the BBC Archive channel, SUPER TRAINS! Look upon the amazing future of trains, from 1970.
Content Warning: opens with graphic scenes of rolling stock destruction!
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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
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Feb 16, 2026
What should I call my Beowulf sequel?
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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Feb 16, 2026
Grendel's mother: Beowulf you have slain my son Grendel and I will have my revenge.
Beowulf: He's not dead, he's pining for the fjords.
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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Feb 15, 2026
I'm surprised, and pleased, that Babylon 5 was released for free on YouTube.
I'm shocked, and utterly astounded, that it has no region restrictions.
So yeah, nice!
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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Feb 11, 2026
If anyone's super keen on IRC, there's a #chinwag on Libera if you're looking for somewhere to chill. Don't be a dick. :awesome:
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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Feb 03, 2026
When my phone doesn't recognise my face and tells me to "try again" it's hard not to take that personally.
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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Jan 31, 2026
Could someone please explain what I'm supposed to do with these now? The bloke in the shop was pretty insistent that this would solve my problem.
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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Nov 19, 2025
Could computer please just not
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@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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
social.chinwag.org
@mike@social.chinwag.org
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Aug 22, 2025
If anyone wants my old job, please let me know and I'll arrange an internal referral for you.
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