Too Little, and Too Much, Self-Promotion by Manu Moreale Manu talks about self-promotion on his site, how it concerns him and whether others find it annoying, or see it as advertising. Read Post → I just read this post, and it’s something I’ve thought about a lot too. I have a Ko … | Continue reading
When writing content, I prefer to use a CMS and I've tried a lot of them. But what would my dream CMS look like? I was perusing my RSS reader (Miniflux) recently and I came across a really interesting post by Dave Rupert, where he was talking about his ideas for a dream CMS. As s … | Continue reading
I see so many cool indie projects that have been made by really talented developers, and I'm very jealous! The internet, or more specifically, the small web seems to be awash with cool projects. Whether it's Robb with EchFeed tool, Vincent with Tinylitics and Scribbles, or Herman … | Continue reading
Sunday. The day of rest. Yesterday, Saturday, was a busy day chock-full of household chores. But today, today, is different. I can sit on my lazy fat arse and bask in the fruits of my labour from yesterday, right? Wrong. So fucking wrong. It’s now 08:30 and I’ve already been up f … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: George Orwell 🏷 Genre: Sci-fi 🗓 Published: 08 June 1949 📄 Pages: 368 🧐 My rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 stars) London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practica … | Continue reading
I've been cross-posting using a self-hosted EchoFeed instance for a while, but now Robb has built a managed version, I flipped to that and it's brilliant. Alllllll the way back in February 2021, I shared my thoughts on Micro.blog, and in that post I said... The only real value I … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: Larry Correia 🏷 Genre: Sci-fi / Fantasy 🗓 Published: 2020-09-01 📄 Pages: 380 🧐 My rating: ★★★★★ (5 stars) The Great Extermination has begun. In the Capitol, Grand Inquisitor Omand Vokkan hatches a plot to kill every member of the unt … | Continue reading
Once again the Linux elitist and reply guys rear their ugly head to show that this particular penguin shaped leopard cannot change its spots. So Ruben Schade wrote a post over on Mastodon which resulted in the Linux trolls coming out in force for him. Here's the post's text: I p … | Continue reading
Have you ever thought about blogging anonymously? I blog under my real name, but wonder if that could have held me back... Yes, people, that's right "Kev Quirk" is my legit, legal name. I've had a few people reach out in the past assuming it was a pseudonym as "Quirk" is such a w … | Continue reading
I've had my own Blogroll for a while now, but I'm seeing them start to pop up all over the small web, and it's glorious. I'm not going to insult your intelligence by talking about what a blogroll is. Fact is, if you've clicked on this post, you likely know what one is and I hate … | Continue reading
I've decided to kill the posts-to-email service on this blog, because I don't think anyone was really using it. So I just sent my email subscribers a final email explaining that I won't be sending them any more emails. That's because I've cancelled my Buttondown subscription and … | Continue reading
Wouter and I just wrapped up our email conversation for March 2024. We talked about a lot of stuff, including academia, baking, the big city vs the countryside, board games and a whole lot more. Thanks, Wouter. I really enjoyed chatting with you for the last month! Read our conve … | Continue reading
Since moving to our 200 year old converted barn, we've had nothing but problems with our Wi-Fi signal. Here's the saga... Living in a 200 year old stone barn conversation means one thing...thick walls. Really thick walls. The walls in our house range from 60 - 90cm (2 - 3 feet) t … | Continue reading
It's that time of year again. Spring has sprung and it's time to break out the mower and cut the grass. Sooo much grass! The weather has been pretty good the last week or so, and the bog that was our fields during winter, have started to transform into usable earth again. Daffodi … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: Larry Correia 🏷 Genre: Sci-fi / fantasy 🗓 Published: 2019-02-05 📄 Pages: 385 🧐 My rating: ★★★★☆ (4 stars) Following (link: https://kevquirk.com/son-of-the-black-sword text: the first book), Ashok Vadal and the Sons of the Black Sword … | Continue reading
I recently wrote about how I was thinking about a new layout on this site. After taking some time to think it through, I've now published it. I've never been totally happy with the menu being at the top, so I wanted to use the extra horizontal space that laptop/desktop screens of … | Continue reading
A couple days ago, I wrote about how my beautiful fire eel, Eric, managed to jump out of his tank. Here's an update... I'll keep this brief, as I don't want to dwell on it too long, but I last left you saying that he was in a bad way and it wasn't looking good. But I was secretly … | Continue reading
My largest, and one of my favourite, fish (my fire eel) jumped out of his tank last night. He's managed to survive...so far. I generally work from home on a Friday, and today was no different. So I got up, got myself and the kids ready, and headed to my home office. The room was … | Continue reading
I've been thinking about making some changes to the layout of this site, but I'm on the fence. What do you think of these mockups? I like the menu that I use on this site, but it does take a lot of space up, especially on mobile. So I've been ruminating on what I can do to improv … | Continue reading
I've decided to clear some space in my collection and sell a few of my watches. There's 7 of them up for sale, if you're interested, get in touch (eBay links at the end). A collection of 50 watches is probably excessive, so I'm thinning out the heard a little. But, let's be hones … | Continue reading
Email Privacy by Niq Bernadowitsch Niq talks about segregating your email and not publishing your personal email where possible. One email address ain't gonna cut it these days. Read Post → This post really resonated with me, and it's … | Continue reading
I recently bought my first electric vehicle (EV). It has been an interesting adjustment, but am I glad I switched from diesel? I've been thinking about getting an EV for a while now, but the whole range anxiety thing, coupled with the high cost of purchasing an EV, has always put … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: Neil Gaiman & Dirk Maggs Genre: Sci-fi / fantasy Published: 2022-09-28 Pages: 0 🧐 My rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2 stars) The groundbreaking audio production of what Los Angeles Times Magazine called “the grea … | Continue reading
Where I'm at on the Whole CSS-Tricks Thing by Chris Coyier Chris talks about the challenges he's faced since selling CSS-Tricks to Digital Ocean, and where his head has been at since. Read Post → I read this post while I was in bed la … | Continue reading
I started the #100DaysToOffload challenge back in April 2020, but I've never been able to complete it. That has now changed. 100 posts in the space of a year doesn't sound like a lot, but it's actually very difficult to do. So much so that I've never been able to complete my own … | Continue reading
I just finished my latest month-long conversation with this month's PenPal, Joel Chrono. I really enjoyed my conversation with Joel. We both have so much in common, from blogging, to Rubik's Cubes, to watch collecting. This was a really enjoyable month for me, thanks Joel! Read o … | Continue reading
Since launching my guestbook yesterday, I've been hit with a bunch of spam entries. I forgot how much "fun" it is dealing with this shit. My guestbook seems to have gone down a treat - since launching it, a lot of people have signed it (psst, go sign it yourself). This is great, … | Continue reading
After seeing Manu's guestbook, I had to get in on the action, so I've decided to create my own guestbook. I won't go into detail about my love of the old web, and the indie web. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows how I feel about all that. If you don't know, and you don't … | Continue reading
I recently wrote about how YouTube was throttling my connection. I'm sick of YouTube's shenanigans, so I've ditched them...kind of. After publishing that post a lot of people got in touch to say they were experiencing similar issues with YouTube, and many gave me tips on how they … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: Larry Correia Genre: Scf-fi / Fantasy Published: 2015-10-15 Pages: 476 🧐 My rating: ★★★★☆ (4 stars) After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly er … | Continue reading
My first ever blog was hosted on Blogger, and Google loves to delete shit, so I've decided to replicate that site and host it myself. I first started blogging back in 2011, but back then I didn't know much about web design or hosting (I still don't!), so I decided to use Google's … | Continue reading
My journey to stop being a fat boy by the age of 40 continues. I'm 6 months in, so let's see how we're doing... Cast your mind back to January, dear reader. The Christmas aftermath had hit and I'd upped my weight from 102.9kg to 105.8kg. Like I said last time, I knew I was going … | Continue reading
And once again, the mower has shit the bed and I'm having to spend what little spare time I have fixing it. At least this time it isn't a belt... Winter is coming to an end and the grass will start growing again soon, which means the our plucky little ride-on mower needs to come … | Continue reading
So last night it was all over the news that there were going to be "Severe Snow Storms" across North Wales today. In true British fashion, the entire country lost its shit. Schools are closed. No one is going to the office. The economy has ground to a halt. Send help! Even Apple … | Continue reading
After nearly 6 weeks, I've decided to end my extended trial of Kagi search. It gives little value over DuckDuckGo and is a waste of money. Cast your mind back a few weeks, dear reader. I wrote about how I was trialling Kagi search. Deciding the 100 free searches wasn't enoug … | Continue reading
YouTube has felt really sluggish when navigating between pages recently, and I think it's a deliberate thing by them, because I'm using an ad-blocker. I don't have the fastest internet connection at home, but it's fast enough. I have fibre to the cab, and I average around 30Mbps … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: RR Haywood Genre: Sci-fi Published: 2023-03-01 Pages: 524 🧐 My rating: ★★★★★ (5 stars) When nearly every person on the planet becomes frozen a small group of survivors must navigate the darkest si … | Continue reading
Rach Turned off Analytics by Rach Smith Rach now finds her analytics boring because her site is starting to rank on search, and they only really show her that data. Read Post → People who arrive via search are just looking to get a qu … | Continue reading
If you don't know, I work in the InfoSec / cyber / whatever you want to call it industry. So why don't I write about InfoSec here on this blog? If you take a look through my blogroll, there's lots of cool people, writing cool stuff, often about what they're passion about, and wha … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: Neil Gaiman & Dirk Maggs Genre: Sci-fi / fantasy Published: 2022-08-22 Pages: 0 🧐 My rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 stars) Enter the Dreaming again as the blockbuster audio adaptation of “the greatest epic in t … | Continue reading
I've been trying Kagi Search for the last couple of weeks; my trial has now ended and I've decided to subscribe. Here's why... There was a lot of chatter about Kagi over on the fediverse recently. Some good, some bad. I'd heard of Kagi before and I know a few people who use it; o … | Continue reading
I've added a feature where you can click a button and visit a random post. I wasn't able to find this documented with Kirby, so thought I'd share how I did it in case is helps others. I thought I'd add a random post button to my search page. It's more for fun than anything else; … | Continue reading
After renovating the Garage, it's still very cold in there, thanks to Welsh winters. I have a small electric heater, but it wasn't good enough, so I upgraded. Back in early January, while off work for the Christmas break, I decided it was a good time to service one of my motorbik … | Continue reading
I love RSS. My RSS feed reader is the page I visit most on web, I think. So it's very frustrating when folks update their site, but don't redirect their RSS feed - please remember to do it, people. My RSS feed reader of choice is Miniflux, which has a great progressive web app (P … | Continue reading
So Christmas has come and gone in a flash. There was much eating, drinking and merriment, but what impact did that have on my *Fat Boy at 40* challenge? Just before Christmas, I let you know that I was making great progress and had managed to drop my weight from 110.9kg to 102.9k … | Continue reading
Let's Make the IndieWeb Easier by Giles Turnbull Giles thinks we need more options for independent online publishing than WordPress, and they should be *extremely* simple to use. Read Post → I completely agree with Giles on this. Here … | Continue reading
I saw a post on Mastodon recently asking about folk's opinions on Marriage. I replied, but thought I'd write my thoughts out here in a longer form. Here's the post as it appeared on Mastodon (thanks to Mastopoet for creating the screenshot): Personally, I think marriage is overra … | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: Elspeth Beard Genre: Non-fiction Published: 2017-07-06 Pages: 407 🧐 My rating: ★★★★★ (5 stars) In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three and halfway through her architecture studies, Elspeth Beard … | Continue reading