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 <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> a lot. I also do a lot of <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gardening</a> and occasionally make <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/bread" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bread</a> and <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/beer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#beer</a>. I have been a Unix <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/sysadmin" class=

Posts

Post #4311264
Well I guess I'm done with doing things today. #caturday
Post #4152595
Just another day at the office with my 45 gram light bulb. #TakeYourKitchenScalesToWorkDay
Post #4103243
Hmm, my desk needs a plant.
Post #4080332
The cord retractor thing on my vacuum cleaner is extremely weak and unsatisfying and nothing like the amazingly fast ones I recall from my youth and I blame woke.
Post #3981441
Watching The Mandalorian and Grogu has convinced me that the time is right and the technology is here for an epic reboot of Fraggle Rock.
Post #3944521
Fuck all, and it was glorious.
Post #3871018
The video for Fear goes public in five minutes! https://youtu.be/f2AoTe05biI #RainbowHeadcleaner
Post #3803223
Digital release on Friday! CD and cassette release whenever you happen to bump into me and I have a copy on me, I guess. 🌈😎 #RainbowHeadcleaner
Post #3727336
My new keyboard has a little screen in it, so I'm now hiring it out as advertising space to myself. My daily rates are astronomical, but the amount of money I am now owed to myself is going to make my 2027 revenue forecast look great to the investors. This keyboard is also tax deductible now! Follow me for more excellent financial advice. #RainbowHeadcleaner
Post #3695506
Computers were good enough to do everything we need them to do ten years ago. Everything since then is bullshit. If you can't do your job on a computer from 2016 you're just bad at your job. That's a fact, I don't make the rules. There are enough computer games to play now too. Your life isn't long enough to play all the ones we have, it's time to stop making more. Just play them. Stop making more computer. Immediately.
Post #3605095
Oh but hey ... Who's got two thumbs and just hit "save" on the antepenultimate cut of Rainbow Headcleaner? Yeah. This guy. :awesome: #RainbowHeadcleaner
Post #3420190
Banana muffins are ready. Anyone want one?
Post #3419166
All your value are belong to goose
Post #3364921
I'm so sick of this whole business where it's dark outside before it's even 6pm and I demand someone gets onto making the days longer immediately.
Post #3358992
I love a public art.
Post #3344550
@mwl@io.mwl.io can we have a "Goat Farming for System Administrators" guide in the near future? I'm probably not the only one feeling like that's the most appealing career progression path.
Post #3096045
My car is complaining that the brakes need service. I&#39;m sure that&#39;s fine, right? I can just ... let it slide. 😎 (BRB calling my mechanic)
Post #3096044
Lunchtime. Might fuck around and smash an avocado. Who needs a retirement plan?
Post #3096043
The weather outside is awful but I got awesome mail delivered today!
Post #3096042
Tonight, the potat is mashed.
Post #2599695
I have given myself a night off and ordered from the fish and chips place. However all the images of their food on the delivery thing are now generative slop that look nothing like what's going to show up. Is everyone just ignoring this? I'm used to accepting that pictures of food were usually dressed up and "best case scenario" but god damn this is just wildly wrong. Show me one Australian who is ordering a Chiko Roll and expecting this:
Post #2506180
Got some mixed used discs to see what my CD player is into, given it&#39;s been a bit inconsistent in what it&#39;ll play. Science.
Post #2506179
This review of the final installment of Good Omens is probably a better piece of writing than I&#39;m going to get from the show itself, &quot;... the cast, particularly Tennant and Sheen, very nearly redeem it.&quot;
Post #2345967
As the administrator of Australia&#39;s oldest still-operational Mastodon-compatible instance (now in its sixth year) I&#39;d like to say that both places I&#39;m involved in - Chinwag and The Blower - have continuity plans and a great deal of thought has gone into making sure they are not dependent on me alone to survive. If I should burn out at some point, I will pass the administration off to another person or suitable organisation. These communities are bigger than me and my wh...
Post #2333071
Going to spend the weekend installing NetBSD on everything because at this point why not? I&#39;m pretty sure this post is a joke, but I guess we&#39;ll find out on Monday.
Post #2214057
"Responsible disclosure" should imply "not on a Friday afternoon".
Post #2187268
Now the new X’Trapolis 2 trains (henceforth referred to as "iTrain 2.0") are running, what's the retroactive title for the first model? #MelbourneTrains #PublicTransport
Post #2057122
Mike&#39;s comprehensive guide on how to reuse usernames of departed staff members in your organisation&#39;s IT systems: 1. Don&#39;t.
Post #1796893
Once again, my professional recommendation in response to the latest Linux kernel vulnerability in the news is that you should gather up all your electronic devices, cast them into the sea, and retreat to the woods. Each night, gather your children and tell them tales of the Before Times when the hubris of humanity grew so large that we made idols of sand and spoke to them as equals. Remind them that the sand, of course, did not speak or think, but we imagined it could, and let it guide us to f...
Post #1507158
Remember back in the good old days when computers were a different kind of annoying? I hated them then too, but differently.