Kev Quirk

An Evening Stroll in the Field

We've been trying to decide what to do with our larger field. I think we have a plan, now.

"HomeLife"

It's All Very Narcissistic, Right?

So yesterday I published a post about logging which watches I wear. It's been a fun little coding challenge for me, and I'm proud of myself. But there's always someone who has to piss on your parade...

"Opinion"

Adding a Watch Wearing Log to This Site

Everyone knows I'm a watch geek, but I've now taken it one step further and added a watch wearing log to this site.

"Meta", "Watches"

Tower of Silence

Book 4 in the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, I'm really enjoying this series, jsut gonna have to wait for the 5th book now.

"Books", "Black Sword Series", "Larry Correia"

Hanns and Rudolf

Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz

"Books"

Adding Replies & Reactions to My Guestbook

Since I launched my guestbook back in February, lots of people have signed it, but I couldn't reply to them. Now I can.

"Meta"

My Computing History

I read a post from Robb Knight recently about his computing origin story. It was an interesting post, so I thought I'd add my own computing history to the mix.

"Technology"

The Long Way Home

You know what? After a long day in the office, sometimes it's nice to take the long way home.

"HomeLife"

I Stopped Mastodon DDoSing Me (I Think)

I recently wrote about how Mastodon is DDoSing me every time I post a link to this site. I've managed to fix the problem...I think.

"Meta", "Web"

Mastodon Is DDoSing Me

Whenever I, or someone else, posts a link to this blog on Mastodon, it DDoS's me and brings the site down for a couple minutes.

"Meta", "Web"

The Bum Gun

My wife and I recently discovered a bum gun in one of our bathrooms at home. It gave me quite the shock!

"Fun", "HomeLife"

Too Little, and Too Much, Self-Promotion

Manu talks about self-promotion on his site, how it concerns him and whether others find it annoying, or see it as advertising.

"Link", "Opinion"

What Would My Dream CMS Be?

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?

"Blogging", "Opinion", "Web", "Kirby"

Building Cool Shit

I see so many cool indie projects that have been made by really talented developers, and I'm very jealous!

"Web", "Opinion"

The Day of Rest

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?

"Fun", "HomeLife"

1984

1984, the classic book from George Orwell, has been on my to read list for many years. I finally got around to reading it.

"Books"

Cross-Posting with EchoFeed

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.

"Web", "Technology"

Destroyer of Worlds

Destroyer of Worlds is the 3rd book in Larry Correia's Saga of the Forgotten Warrior. This series of books just gets better and better.

"Books", "Black Sword Series", "Larry Correia"

Linux Elitism...Again

Once again the Linux elitist and reply guys rear their ugly head to show that this particular penguin shaped leopard cannot change its spots. 😔

Technology, Opinion, Linux

What About Anonymous Blogging?

Have you ever thought about blogging anonymously? I blog under my real name, but wonder if that could have held me back...

"Meta", "Privacy"