I decided I was bored with the previous design, but wanted something that was in keeping with the previous design (brutalist and using a monospace font) yet different. I abandoned the yellow accent and went back to blue, my favourite colour. I also changed the font to Victor Mono … | Continue reading
Why do so many calendar apps offer Sunday as the first day of the week? It's not the first day of the week, it's the last. Why is that even an option FFS? Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so … | Continue reading
I've recently switched to Gnome's default apps for email etc. So instead of #Thunderbird doing all the things, I have Geary, Calendar, and Contacts. Most of the time I only need email, so it's nice having a much simplified UX. I also like how integrated into Gnome they all are. … | Continue reading
I've noticed recently that my phone needs to be charged way more often than I used to have to do it. I used to be able to go for nearly 2 days on an 80% charge, but I started having to charge daily. Sometimes even multiple times per day! My first thought was that my 2.5 year old … | Continue reading
Inside Ukraine's Kill Zoneby ReutersReally interesting (and saddening) look at the front line in the Ukraine/Russia war.Read post ➡ Saw this on Dense Discovery. It's a really interesting look at how the shape of warfare has changes from soldiers with weapons, to drone-based atta … | Continue reading
Carl's Doomsday ScenarioAuthor: Matt DinnimanGenre: Fantasy, Sci-fiReleased: 2021Rating: ★★★★★"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin." The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. Bu … | Continue reading
The New Patrol (Liam Scott #2)Author: Andy McNabGenre: Military FictionReleased: 2014Rating: ★★★☆☆KNOW YOUR ENEMY. Liam Scott is back in Afghanistan, this time with 4 Rifles. No longer the new guy, it's his chance to prove himself and take the lead. But the warzone has changed dr … | Continue reading
This is what rainy days were made for. 🌧️🐶 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leave a comment. | Continue reading
A friend asked for help setting up a blog, so I went with #Pureblog (obviously). We went from nothing to fully working blog, with all the customisations she wanted in about 25 minutes. I know I'm bias, but I love how flexible and powerful Pure Blog is becoming. … | Continue reading
Dungeon Crawler CarlAuthor: Matt DinnimanGenre: Fantast, Sci-fiReleased: 2020Rating: ★★★★★You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-m … | Continue reading
So one of the things I've been trying to do as part of my journey to lose weight and get fit is sort my diet out. As the saying goes, "you can't out-train a poor diet". And the worst part of my diet is definitely snacking in the evening. The routing generally goes: Have dinner. … | Continue reading
The Smell of AIby Kevin WammerKevin talks about his opinions for various use cases for AI and LLMs.Read post ➡ I started reading this post and thought to myself "oh here we go, another piece about how awful AI is..." but as I got further into it, I found myself nodding along. Wh … | Continue reading
I regularly get marketing emails off the back of this site. "Here's a free license for our tool" or "can we put a link to our service in a post?" At least back then they were slightly human. Now all I get are AI generated shitty emails with no personality whatsoever. Not bashing … | Continue reading
Working great 👍🏻 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leave a comment. | Continue reading
Last November I replaced my oldest son's PC with an £88 iMac that was so successful that I'm now doing the same thing again for my youngest son! Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. … | Continue reading
One of my favourite things to do online is perusing the IndieWeb. It's fun, and I've been able to discover a tonne of interesting people along the way. But every now and then, I come across someone who has published their salary history on their site. At first, I thought this was … | Continue reading
RebirthAuthor: RR HaywoodGenre: Sci-fiReleased: 2026Rating: ★★★★☆How do you prevent a hero from saving the world?In the first trilogy, three heroes were extracted from their timelines to save the world. Now we need them again. Meet Ben Ryder, Safa Patel, and Harry Madden. Just no … | Continue reading
Wife: I need help clipping the goat's hooves. Here, hold this... Me: ... Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leav … | Continue reading
Follow up from this post - I just signed into my Vinted account (to delete it) and it didn't send me an MFA SMS so how the fuck is me giving them my number securing my account in any way? The internet is fucked. … | Continue reading
Brilliant. I'm such a "valued customer" that they couldn't even be arsed to put my name in the email. Why is it even necessary to have a "business intelligence database" with a 3rd party? I ordered a fucking laptop. Can a tech company not create their own customer database? Full … | Continue reading
I have a habit of giving all our pets nicknames, there's many of them for each of our dogs. We've Nelly for 4 days and already I have: Nells Bells Nelly Bean Nelly Furtado Man Eater (after the song) Nelly the Elephant It's anyone's guess which will stick. Our other dogs, Tia and … | Continue reading
Wooh! The last few weeks have been absolutely mental here in Casa del Quirk. Around 2 months ago we started renovating the stables to make things better for the goats and chickens. We've had an extraction system put in so fresh air is always circulating, as chickens are very dust … | Continue reading
Thinking about selling the 64GB RAM from my laptop and paying off my mortgage... Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, … | Continue reading
Our new addition to the family, Nelly, has arrived and she's causing havoc already. 🤣 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this … | Continue reading
Signed up for a Vinted account. My options to "secure my account" were adding a phone number, or to logout. I fucking hate this side of the internet. Scumbags. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, … | Continue reading
Today is the first of August. Where the hell did the first two thirds of 2026 go??? 😵💫 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply … | Continue reading
So many links in one post. I ended up going down all kinds of rabbit holes off the back of this single post (also the second time I've linked to Sal's blog today 🙃). I discovered Coyote's blog, and Sylvia's. So went ahead and read some of their posts. I was already aware … | Continue reading
Apparently left-handed people can't use a fountain pen as the left hand smudges the ink as they write. I call bullshit on that. I'm left-handed, and I use a fountain pen just fine - even with an "overhand" grip. I read this post from Neal Stephenson a few days ago (thanks to Sal … | Continue reading
Toot.community is shutting downby Jorijn SchrijvershofSadly, toot.community is shutting down in October. This post talks about why Jorijn has made that decision.Read post ➡ So much of this post resonated with me and aligned closely with my reasons to step away from Fosstodon. Be … | Continue reading
Always fun when your bike runs out of electricity on the way to work. Note to self: connect the trickle charger TONIGHT! (Wife is on the way with my jump box to save me) Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RS … | Continue reading
The poor buzzard was still there when I was walking the dogs this morning, so clearly something was wrong. Luckily my wife was able to get hold of a local falconer who was able to catch him and hopefully nurse him back to health. 🦅 … | Continue reading
Taking the dogs for a walk with our oldest and we came across this beautiful buzzard just sat there. Wasn't bothered by us really. I just hope it doesn't have a bust wing or anything. Thanks for reading this po … | Continue reading
I think if I had my time again, I would have become a software developer. I just so much fun - coming up with ways to solve a problem in an elegant way is very satisfying. Then people emailing saying they enjoy the tools I'm creating. Very rewarding! Mind you, would it still be a … | Continue reading
Your RSS Reader Is Robbing Youby Antonio SantosAntonio opines that by using RSS feeds instead of visiting people's sites, we're robbing ourselves of enjoying the design many site owners have put a lot of work into.Read post ➡ On the other side of the argument is this post by Chr … | Continue reading
Security versus Privacyby Loren StephensLoren talks about the differences between Security and Privacy, but also how (and why) he prioritises one over the other.Read post ➡ I actually wrote about this topic back in 2019 - I agree with Loren that Security and Privacy are often us … | Continue reading
Yup. Goat-proofing the chicken door really worked a treat. FML. 🤦🏼♂️ Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by e … | Continue reading
Today was spent goat-proofing the automatic chicken door. We recently moved it to ground level and now the goats use it as a scratch post. 🐐 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are y … | Continue reading
Back in May, I wrote a post about how I'd migrated all my repos away from GitHub. This ended up being a combination of my self-hosted Git server on my Synology (for my private repos) and Codeberg for my public ones. Well, since then Codeberg has just given me problem after proble … | Continue reading
Anyone using Pop!_OS with Cosmic? I tried it when it was first released, but I looks like they've done a lot of dev work to it and it's improving all the time. Considering installing it again... Thanks for readi … | Continue reading
A few of us were talking to one of the summer interns at work about age: Someone: How old do you think Kev is? Intern: [with all the confidence in the world] 50? I turn 42 in August. FML. 🤣 Thanks for re … | Continue reading
I went for an 8km (5 mile) run this evening. I'm working my way up to 10km, but I think this was a little too much, too soon. We'll see how my middle-aged joints are in the morning... Thanks for reading this pos … | Continue reading
Every time I look at Sven's blog I get jealous. I loved his previous design so much I copied it (with his permission). His new design is so fun and it's making me want to make mine more fun (no copying this time though). I'm just not sure I have the time at the moment. 🤔 … | Continue reading
Haven't worn this watch for months, but it's such a fun one to wear in summer. Beautiful dial and a Seiko movement that will probably outlive me. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you … | Continue reading
It's a beautiful morning here in North Wales. My wife has taken our youngest to his cricket match, and our oldest is upstairs playing with his Lego out of the heat. Me? I'm sitting in the sunroom, listening to the goats and chickens, with a coffee and book. Perfect Sunday morning … | Continue reading
I recently bought a new Peugeot and the experience of getting setup on their online platform has been painful to say the least. Yesterday I picked up my shiny new (to me) Peugeot E-3008 GT. It's a beautiful car with lots of bells, whistles, and toys. I had my little MG EV for aro … | Continue reading
ExtinctAuthor: RR HaywoodGenre: Sci-fiReleased: 2018Rating: ★★★★☆The end of the world has been avoided—for now. With Miri and her team of extracted heroes still on the run, Mother, the disgraced former head of the British Secret Service, has other ideas… While Mother retreats to … | Continue reading
I have just eaten a GIANT bowl of granola, fresh fruit, Greek yoghurt, and home grown honey (by one of our neighbours). I have zero regrets, but I may skip lunch today. 🤣 Thanks for reading this post via … | Continue reading
Guinea fowl keets are doing great too. All 5 are loving life with their foster mums. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by … | Continue reading