Kev Quirk

Hooman.

I recently wrote about Privacy and Webmentions to make the case — mostly to myself — for adding Fediverse integration to Pure Comments.

I've never really tracked my #100DaysToOffload effort very well, so I decided to create a page to help me track it.

So.

Hooman, we are ready to receive your apple core. 🍎 Thanks for reading this post via RSS.

Terence Eden asking on Mastodon what people's setups look like.

So today marks the 4th anniversary of us moving to our 2.5 acre smallholding in north Wales.

We had a Hotpoint engineer come out to repair our washing machine yesterday.

The amount of AI generated sales emails I get these days is astonishing.

Someone emailed recently to tell me that they like the idea of Pure Blog, but they thought the admin interface was "really ugly" so they can't use it.

Out for coffee this morning with my wife, as is our Wednesday morning routine, and this little guy came to sit with us.

First fire of the year and Sid is loving it.

I've had lots of hobbies over the years.

Been trying a new email client, Hylki, after reading about it on OMG!

I really enjoy writing.

Following my recent post about not checking Mastodon, a reader raised an interesting privacy concern regarding Webmentions.

Took the dogs out on the field this morning.

My relationship with Mastodon has been somewhat tumultuous over the years, until I eventually stepped down from Fosstodon around 18 months ago.

This site is the most fun I've had in a while.

Today marks a year since my little sister, Lisa, took her own life.

I think it's time...

Soooooo Hacker News happened. 🤣 Thanks for reading this post via RSS.

I've been whinging about wanting to move away from Firefox for nearly a year now.

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook Author: Matt Dinniman Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi Released: 2021 Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Welcome to the Gun Show!

A couple1 of people have asked what my process is for developing the various Pure Commons apps.

Eight years, and done by Bryce Wray A departure post from Bryce where he talk about his exit from blogging and his motivations for doing so.

Got home around midnight.

Soooo I managed to drive our mower off a 5 foot wall and land on my head.

The New Enemy (Liam Scott #3) Author: Andy McNab Genre: Military Fiction Released: 2015 Rating: ★★☆☆☆ It's a deadly game of hide and seek.

I just received this email from my oldest son's school, and as the parent of adopted kids, for whom we constantly strive to be as private as possible, I really appreciate this.

I've always made the :visited attribute for hyperlinks look the same as links that haven't been visited, and it seems that it's the default behaviour across the web.

Watched Forrest Gump for the first time in 20 odd years this evening.

We lost our favourite chicken last night.

A day is short, a life is long by Kevin Wammer Kevin talks about some of the stuff he's figured out in his life now that he's turned 35.

Finally!

Absolutely gorgeous sky this morning.

Last weekend my wife called me over to show me something on her phone.

Nelly the pup absolutely loving life in the field!

Because a basic sitemap would be boring!

The constant outrage on #Mastodon (and maybe other social sites?)

Do you know what the hardest thing to do on earth is?

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.

Why do so many calendar apps offer Sunday as the first day of the week?

I've recently switched to Gnome's default apps for email etc.

I've noticed recently that my phone needs to be charged way more often than I used to have to do it.

Inside Ukraine's Kill Zone by Reuters Really interesting (and saddening) look at the front line in the Ukraine/Russia war.

Carl's Doomsday Scenario Author: Matt Dinniman Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi Released: 2021 Rating: ★★★★★ "The training levels have concluded.

The New Patrol (Liam Scott #2) Author: Andy McNab Genre: Military Fiction Released: 2014 Rating: ★★★☆☆ KNOW YOUR ENEMY.

This is what rainy days were made for. 🌧️🐶 Thanks for reading this post via RSS.