Mike, First of His Name @mike@chinwag.org
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Admin of Chinwag, fan of open communication standards, maintainer of communities.
Time Magazine "Person of the Year" 2006.
I talk about #retrocomputing a lot, especially #Commodore64 stuff. I also do a lot of #gardening and am trying to grow more of my own #food. I am learning to make good #bread and #beer. I've been a professional Unix #sysadmin for over twenty years.
I live in #Melbourne, #Australia
Joined Dec 2017
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Honestly my favourite thing about the fediverse at the moment is the #breadposting - more please. Never stop not breadposting.
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Hi #Chinwag - please consider yourselves informed that @dolldolldoll is now your official "backup admin" if a hit-by-a-bus situation should occur - follow her main at @dolldolldoll if you want!
I've known Ivy for close to two decades now, we've co-sysadmined things previously and I vouch that you can trust her as you trust me.
Ivy will have access to all the backend systems and accounts, not to run things on a daily basis, but to ensure continuity of service if I can't.
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Hey, I just wanted to say a quick #welcome to the recent Chinwag arrivals!
Chinwag's reason for existing is to provide communication tools for people, which is something I've always been interested in. I kind of target #Australian users, but welcome anyone from anywhere.
Please read our rules: https://social.chinwag.org/about/more
And our privacy policy: https://social.chinwag.org/terms
There's a basic guide to using Chinwag Social here: https://chinwag.im/social/
If you have any questions or concerns hit me up!
Been organising my "Permitted Worker" paperwork this morning. I want to get a big leather document folder for it so when I get to a checkpoint and they say "papers please!" I can pull it dramatically out of my overcoat and fiddle nervously with my hat while it's inspected.
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First a bit of cleaning for good measure.
This thing is shielded pretty heavily, so before attempting to break into this clam I'll take it a spin in a C64 and see what happens...
#c64 #1764 #reu #retrocomputing
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For some reason I just now realised that I could just go into the kitchen and make a big mug of hot chocolate if I wanted to.
Turns out it was a good idea!
Incredibly cold winds and rain outside. Meech is unconcerned. #MastoCats
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This month's Music Bookclub album is "Punk/HC" (July 2020) by LAVAGE, a Brazilian punk band (suggestion by @mgrondin )
https://lavage.bandcamp.com/album/punk-hc
https://open.spotify.com/album/1KIyMk0nVxOe6ebT85U7i1
Let's have a listen or five and then get together over the weekend of 29-30 August to discuss.
XMPP room is open at xmpp:musicbookclub@rooms.chinwag.im?join (thanks to @mike)
Enjoy.
It's a hell of a mess here, but my #Commodore128 is now actually working as a terminal for my main PC so I've effectively got three monitors now. I'm so cool. #retrocomputing
Do I still have to get a covid test if I'm experiencing a high temperature and a runny nose, but I just finished eating a curry?
Attempting to have a discussion about your instance's terms of service sure is a great way to identify the accounts of dickheads.
I'll have you know I spent MINUTES of work on this. MINUTES.
After buying TikTok , Microsoft immediately rebrands it to bring this exciting new market segment they have acquired in line with corporate identity guidelines.
Australia Post just re-sent me a ton of notifications to me about a delivery that happened on Friday. I wonder if someone rebooted something that failed over the weekend.
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Fox found with impressive shoe collection in Berlin - BBC News
Eagerly awaiting someone taking all these pictures and using the distances and angles to locate my house.
I'm learning my new limits, based on a 5km radius from home.
- It is permitted to touch the back wall of Bunnings
- There's a 7-11 in range
- I can drift out to sea a little
- Pie Face is no longer part of my world
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Stay sane, stay home, stay safe, mask up.
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Now that’s a pretty awesome looking loaf if I do say so myself.
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Seems to be some confusion around about stage four restrictions, so let me clear some things up:
Fuck buddies: Allowed in both regional Victoria and Greater Melbourne.
Threesomes: Couples living together can invite a third, third must reside within 5km radius.
Foursomes and above: Banned, except for sharehouses.
Polyamory: Allowed within the same house. Participants living outside the main residence can visit but if more than a total of five in residence, two must be out exercising.
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Gardens and lawn alternatives. AUS
The ground is sadness of sunbaked sandy soil compacted to all buggery. Not even weeds will grow in the worst spots.
I want to aerate and regenerate the soil without excessive labour or the use of animal products (e.g. manure/blood and bone).
My thoughts are to lightly work the top of the soil, plant something like red clover that fixes nitrogen and flowers. Mulch it as needed and hope a return of insect life provides other nutrients over the years.
Good/bad?
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Admin of Chinwag, fan of open communication standards, maintainer of communities.
Time Magazine "Person of the Year" 2006.
I talk about #retrocomputing a lot, especially #Commodore64 stuff. I also do a lot of #gardening and am trying to grow more of my own #food. I am learning to make good #bread and #beer. I've been a professional Unix #sysadmin for over twenty years.
I live in #Melbourne, #Australia
Joined Dec 2017
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