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I just logged into my RSS reader and I see a number of unread posts from Jack Baty. That can only mean one thing...he switched platform again. 🀣

Youngest: [pointing to a sign that says "Chiropodist"] daaaad, what does that say?

Me: That says "shi-rop-oh-dist".

Him: What's that?

Me: it's someone who looks after people's feet.

Him: Random...

🀣🀣

Wife has some friends over.

Me: "I'm just going out to the garage. I'll be back in 10 mins."

2 hours later... 🀣

I've been having some fun coding on this site recently (now I have more time). The latest addition is a Stats page. I've been wanting to do one for ages, and finally managed to get it done. Check it out...

https://kevquirk.com/stats

Putting Your Eggs in One Basket

I was reading a post the other day about how someone would struggle to move away from Apple as they're all in with them. I can understand this, as it nearly happened to me too.

Technology

The cat and I don't really spend any time together as I'm not a cat person. She can be quite cute though.

Out of office is on, my laptop is shut down, and my work phone is off.

See you in a week, work! πŸ₯³

Spent the last couple days re-jigging my watch collection and watch wearing log so they use an SQLite DB instead of a text file. Been a fun little project.

I also added the last time I wore each watch in my collection.

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Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build.

From: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next

You’re pretty much entirely funded by Google. Go home, Mozilla. You’re drunk.

I've been really struggling lately. I have very little motivation, and very few things are making me happy. I feel over-worked and under-appreciated, which is having a much bigger impact on me than I thought it would. I need to make some changes and pull myself out of this rut.

When your kid is like "Dad, I made you a present. It's a poo!"

Cheers, son. πŸ’©

The single most frustrating thing about flipping from #iOS to #Android is that on iOS I can swipe from the either edge of the screen to go forward or back. On Android, for some stupid reason, swiping either way always goes back.

Sign me up! πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

I'm really enjoying #Ubuntu, but the single most annoying thing is that a number of apps are blurry to the point of being unusable, thanks to fractional scaling. I believe it's a Wayland issue. 😟

Anyone know of a fix?

So it turns out that rotavating (tilling) is really bloody hard work!

Another beautiful day in north Wales. Today's plan is to get on the 60 year old rotavator that I recently repaired, and chop up some grass ready for planting wild flowers in one of the fields. 🌷🌹🌻πŸͺ»

I love this time of year.

Goodbye Fosstodon

Last night I demoted my Fosstodon admin account, then flipped the switch and migrated to Micro.blog. Here's some thoughts on why I did that.

Opinion Web

There are few things more enjoyable than the first coffee of the day. β˜•

End of an era. πŸ™

There are definitely worse places to spend your lunch.