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Chinwag: The Next Generation
Since we first deployed a Mastodon instance, back in the wild times of 2017, the defining characteristic of Chinwag has been its style. Back then, Mastodon had extremely basic theme options, and no light mode theme at all. For someone who has trouble reading dark themes, Mastodon was extremely inaccessible and it was actually easier… Continue Reading →
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Deprecation is a Cool Word
It’s just so much fun to say “deprecation” but it’s not so much fun to say something that you use is deprecated. That’s not what’s being announced here though. Sort of. As of now, the original domain we used, chinwag.im, now redirects to the new chinwag.au web site. We used the IM domain back at… Continue Reading →
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Go Hard or Go Home
Hi everyone! Mike here. I usually write Chinwag announcements in the third person, because I don’t know why. It was a thing I started, and I liked separating the housekeeping from my personal posts and updates. This time will be different! This isn’t a catastrophic post or bad news or anything like that – let’s… Continue Reading →
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Happy 4th Birthday!
I’m just scraping in with about an hour to spare here – I planned a much bigger post, with lots of reflection about where we’ve been and where we’re going. A summary of some notable events maybe … but today turned out to be really busy and lots of work happened instead. Anyway, today marks… Continue Reading →
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Chinwag Services
Here’s some of the things we run that you might want to use!
Chinwag Social
Our flagship social media platform. You don’t need to be Australian to post here, but it might help.
Yellow Plastic
Yellow Plastic is a discussion forum for retrocomputing and older technology projects.
Chinwag Code
Any projects we modify or create are shared here, and we’re happy to provide some space for our users as well!
