Kev Quirk

Proudly ruining the web since 2013.

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

The Small Web ♥️ Blogrolls

I've had my own Blogroll for a while now, but I'm seeing them start to popup all over the small web, and it's glorious.

Web

March 2024 PenPal - Wouter Groeneveld

Wouter and I just wrapped up our email conversation for March 2024. We talked about a lot of stuff, check out our conversation...

PenPal

Wi-Fi + Old Houses = Painful

Since moving to our 200 year old converted barn, we've had nothing but problems with our Wi-Fi signal. Here's the saga...

HomeLife Technology

First Cut of the Year

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!

HomeLife

House of Assassins

The House of Assassins is the second book in the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior and I'm REALLY enjoying it so far.

Books Black Sword Series Larry Correia

New Layout

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.

Meta

Update on Eric the Eel

A couple days ago, I wrote about how my beautiful fire eel, Eric, managed to jump out of his tank. Here's an update...

FishKeeping

The Case of the Jumping Eel

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.

FishKeeping

Thinking about a New Layout

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?

Meta

Selling Some Watches

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.

Watches

Email Privacy

Niq talks about segregating your email and not publishing your personal email where possible. One email address ain't gonna cut it these days.

Link Privacy Email