Security questions like "what is your mother's maiden name?" are so fucking bad. Here's what I do to make them slightly more secure. Whenever I get forced to add a "security" question to an online account, I immediately begin to rage. The reason being is that they add very little β¦ | Continue reading
Fellas, it's gay to like pop music? by Keenan Keenan reflects on being mocked for liking Britney Spearsβ βToxicβ to embracing their love for pop music and their identity. Ultimately, I think this post celebrates self-acceptance and finding joy in things like pop music, which Keen β¦ | Continue reading
2025 can just fuck right off. I'm at the back end of my second working week of the year which, ironically, is also my second 50+ hour working week. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestboo β¦ | Continue reading
There's a big yellow thing in the sky that has killed all the snow. I don't know what it is. Send help. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
I donβt understand services like Instagram and their ilk. Theyβre photo sharing services, right? But I can share photos here AND write text AND add links. See, I just did both below. Donβt get it. π€·ββοΈ https://kevquirk.com (yes, that is an evil looking chicken) Thanks for β¦ | Continue reading
With all the shit going on at the moment with #WordPress and #Facebook, this is a welcome change. Love this. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/ Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to β¦ | Continue reading
"Quickly switching to the new monitor" has turned into a bit more of a thing. π€¦πΌββοΈ Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
Out with the dogs in the fields, kids are sword fighting with some sticks in the background (can you find them?) this is what Sundays are all about. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbo β¦ | Continue reading
I have a number of GitHub repositories on my Mac and I wanted a way to auto-pull them on a regular basis. Here's how I did it. Any regular readers of my waffle will know that I'm not the sharpest tool in the box. Git is a core part of my workflow for a number of my projects, but β¦ | Continue reading
Aligning Automatticβs Sponsored Contributions to WordPress by "Automattic" (let's be honest, it's Matt Mullenweg) Automattic plan to fuck themselves over further (and by proxy, fuck their customers over) by reducing the contributions they're going to make to their own project. Re β¦ | Continue reading
Picking the kids up from school today (which is at the top of a massive hill) and it's utter carnage with all the snow. Glad I got here early, but I'm worried I'm gonna come back to a damaged car... Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it β¦ | Continue reading
Thank you, hooman, for lighting the fire for me. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
Just logging in to catch up on work emails ahead of going back tomorrow. I know I'm going to regret this... Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
It's so cold even the chickens don't want to go out! ππ₯Ά Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
I saw a post from Brandon about a blog questions challenge doing the rounds on Bear Blog and figured, even though I'm not on Bear Blog, I'd do my own. π I know some people hate this kind of meta post, but I really like them. I find it fascinating learning how other people β¦ | Continue reading
First day back to school/work tomorrow. The kids did NOT like being forced awake at 7am this morning to get them ready for tomorrow. π Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
I really hate the dark version of my site. I'm thinking about removing it completely and going light only, but don't want to burn people's retinas at night. I suppose there's always reader mode for them... π€ Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're g β¦ | Continue reading
Ok, so I just watched The Godfather. Yeahhhh it's pretty good. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
Some thoughts from me about virtue signalling and why I think it's a pointless exercise. I've had this one in my drafts for a few months now, but I haven't got around to writing it. I decided to change that after reading Grubz's post on his thoughts on Kagi. In the post, he says: β¦ | Continue reading
SQLite Facts by V V shares some cool facts about SQLite. They talk about how itβs maintained by just three people, has insane testing standards, and even has a Code of Ethics inspired by monks. V also dives into its crazy-fast performance. Read Post β I saw this post on the Fedi β¦ | Continue reading
Just looking at Mantonβs new Micro.one service and I donβt understand it. It looks like Micro.blog, less the cross-posting stuff, for the same price. Colour me utterly confused. What am I missing? https://micro.one/ Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're g β¦ | Continue reading
Been in bed since 10pm on #NewYearsEve and thatβs perfect. π Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply to this post by email β Sign my guestbook | Continue reading
I think that's the closest I've ever come to running out of fuel. The car stopped reporting miles remaining around 8 miles from home. π«£ Managed to limp it home just about though. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is great, and you're great for using it. β€οΈ Reply t β¦ | Continue reading
As I did in 2023, here's my app defaults at the end of 2024. β οΈ Spoiler - not much has changed. I won't mess around with a load of intro-guff. Instead, I'll jump right in, here's the list as of the end of 2024 (anything that has changed has a strike-through the previous tool: &#x β¦ | Continue reading
βοΈ Written by: Ian M. Banks π· Genre: Scf-fi / fantasy π Published: 04 September 2008 π Pages: 514 π§ My rating: β ββββ (1 star) The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to β¦ | Continue reading
Since playing around with Android and trying to get some self-hosted services running, I've been thinking about the costs of self-hosting. Ironically, I think the cost to my wallet is the least of them. I've talked about what I think the definition of self-hosting is in the past, β¦ | Continue reading
I recently had a great email exchange with Herman Martinus of BearBlog fame and wanted to talk about that a little bit more. After reading Herman's post, Forced to Upgrade, I dropped him an email, as I was going through the whole iPhone upgrade vs Android conundrum myself. Anyway β¦ | Continue reading
Yes, you read that right, folks. I've decided to flip myself back to team blue and have ditched my new Pixel 8. So after 2 weeks running the Pixel 8 as my primary phone, I've decided to return it and have gone back to my crusty old iPhone 13 Mini. But why on earth would I leave t β¦ | Continue reading
I've tried Nextcloud a few times over the years, but every time I do, I end up coming away thinking it's shit. Here's why... Before we get started here, I want to stress that this is just my opinion, if it works for you and you're happy with their offering, that's great. I still β¦ | Continue reading
Here's a quick and simple way of adding an RSS feed to your Kirby based blog without using plugins. I've been using Kirby for a little over a year now, and I'm still really enjoying it. However, along the way there are lots of things I've learned that I haven't really documented β¦ | Continue reading
On Substack & Blogging by Manuel Moreale Manu isnβt a fan of Substack, and heβs got two big reasons why: it takes control away from creators, and it pushes a βmonetise everythingβ culture. He makes a solid case for owning your own domain and keeping blogging authentic and indepen β¦ | Continue reading
βοΈ Written by: Ian M Banks π· Genre: Sci-fi / fantasy π Published: 10 August 1989 π Pages: 320 π§ My rating: β β β ββ (3 stars) The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. J β¦ | Continue reading
A few days ago I wrote about how I was thinking about a switch to the Farephone 5. I've now made a decision and ordered a new phone, but it's not the Fairphone. Since the previous post, I've received a tonne of feedback from you fine people, so thanks. This sent me down a rabbit β¦ | Continue reading
I've recently been thinking about a switch to the Fairphone 5, but after some research, I'm not sure it's worth it? I ditched Android around 6 years ago now, and since then I've been very happy with iOS, but over the last couple of months, I've been thinking about a move back to β¦ | Continue reading
I recently added 5 new fish to my cichlid aquarium, but I managed to make a royal fuck up along the way. So let me start with some background - I used to have a group of silver flying fox fish in my aquarium. They're beautiful fish that are really active and love munching on alga β¦ | Continue reading
In this AMA post, Nigel asks me about the about the federated web and whether I think there's a future for it. It's an interesting question as I'm heavily involved in the federated web by running this blog, as well as [Fosstodon](https://fosstodon.org and [500.Social](https://500 β¦ | Continue reading
I watched this video last night and I was utterly enthralled throughout the entire thing. In this video, a nun answers random questions all about her life, religion and a all kinds of other stuff. I'm a proud atheist, but I'm not a bigot - I'm happy to talk about things like reli β¦ | Continue reading
βοΈ Written by: Brian Lee Durfee π· Genre: Fantasy π Published: 29 Novemeber 2022 π Pages: 1088 π§ My rating: β β β ββ (3 stars) In the age of belief, magic is a myth. But when an apocalyptic crusade comes to the remote border of Gul Kana, that belief is β¦ | Continue reading
A couple days ago I wrote about how my Sony WH-1000XM4 ear buds were dead and how I was on the hunt for a replacement pair. I ended up replacing the batteries instead, but did it work? After my original post I received a shit load of recommendations from you guys. They ranged fro β¦ | Continue reading
Two and a half years ago, almost to the day, I bought my Sony WF-1000XM4 ear buds, but now they won't hold a charge, so I'm on the hunt for new ones. I started off with standard AirPods, but couldn't get a long with them, so I replaced them with the Sony buds which have served my β¦ | Continue reading
This is the second AMA post I've written. I'm currently sat on a flight to Florida, so I'm wading through these to help quell the boredom. Anyway, Marco on Fosstodon asked this one; hopefully it will be a bit more positive than the last one. He asked: How do you cope with wife, k β¦ | Continue reading
I recently mentioned on Mastodon that I decided to take part in the AMA challenge that's doing the rounds, this first question comes from Brandon. Brandon didn't actually ask this to me directly, he just put it out there into the ether. I thought it was a good one, so decided I'd β¦ | Continue reading
We recently passed 2 years at our 2.5 acre smallholding. It's been another busy year where we got loads done; here's what we've been up to. I can't believe we're 2 years into this amazing adventure already. So far things are going great - we feel like we're fully embedded in the β¦ | Continue reading
There are many things in the world that are difficult, but what is the hardest thing in the world? I hear it all the time "that's impossible!" or "there's absolutely no way anyone would EVER be able to do that!" I mean, to be fair, comments like that usually come from my kids, bu β¦ | Continue reading
βοΈ Written by: RR Haywood π· Genre: Thriller π Published: 16 August 2024 π Pages: 292 π§ My rating: β β β β β (5 stars) A new job awaits. Huntington House needs a live-in security guard to prevent access during an inheritance dispute. This is exactly wha β¦ | Continue reading
500 Social has been around for a few months now and things are going well. Hereβs whatβs been happeningβ¦ I announced 500 Social back in July and since then things have been going really well. The instance now sports around 40 members and the local timeline has a steady stream of β¦ | Continue reading
I love my sons, but my goodness there are times I want to strangle them. Then, sometimes, they show us why it's worth it. Our youngest son is the perfect age to start pushing our buttons by constantly challenging us and generally being a little shit. We went through it with our o β¦ | Continue reading
Do you ever go back and read your old posts? I do it now and again and I always discover something I forgot I wrote. I've always said that the content I write here, first and foremost, is for me. A very close second are all the fine people, like you, that read my drivel. With tha β¦ | Continue reading