Notes

Notes are my shorter posts; kinda like my own little microblog. They have their own RSS feed and are automatically syndicated to my social profiles.

πŸ’¬ 5 June 2025 at 19:10

Since #MicroBlog doesn't support hashtags, I decided to roll my own. If all went well, the hashtags in this post should link back to my site. #Kirby really is great!

No idea if it worked on #Mastodon, or if they overwrite the links. Can someone confirm please?

πŸ’¬ 4 June 2025 at 07:05

I've decided to cancel my #Kagi subscription. It's a good service, but I think $10/month is a little steep for search, especially when DuckDuckGo is free, privacy respecting, and 95% as good in my testing.

I also cancelled my YT Premium subscription because that shits like crack.

πŸ’¬ 3 June 2025 at 19:58

This new Micro.blog feature is such a great idea. Goodness knows I've wanted to turn down the noise many times. I like how thoughtful @manton is with this stuff. It's refreshing.

πŸ’¬ 3 June 2025 at 17:40

I know I'm biased, but goddam he's handsome. πŸ“·

πŸ’¬ 2 June 2025 at 06:17

It's a beautiful morning in north Wales, so instead of taking the dogs on their usual lead walk, we're up in the fields.

I think this also qualifies for day two: curve

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πŸ’¬ 1 June 2025 at 14:00

Does an Apple Music client exist for Ubuntu?

πŸ’¬ 30 May 2025 at 21:25

Going down a website rabbit hole is just the best. It starts with a blog post that links to another post, I check their site - they have lots of great content.

Oooh there’s a blogroll…

An hour later I’ve added 5 more sites to my RSS reader and I now have hundreds of new posts to read.

I β™₯️ the internet sometimes.

πŸ’¬ 29 May 2025 at 09:02

Around a year ago, I sold a project bike I'd just completed to my younger brother. It was a 22 year old Triumph Speed Four that I had fully restored (pic of the bike after the final "shake down" ride after finishing the project).

Last week, my brother took it to a Triumph specialist for its annual service and the mechanic commented on how it was one of the best condition Speed Fours he had ever seen. High praise indeed for my mechanical prowess. 🏍️

πŸ’¬ 28 May 2025 at 17:02

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. 🀣

πŸ’¬ 27 May 2025 at 14:32

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...

🀣🀣

πŸ’¬ 24 May 2025 at 16:48

Wife has some friends over.

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

2 hours later... 🀣

πŸ’¬ 24 May 2025 at 13:33

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

πŸ’¬ 24 May 2025 at 09:13

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

πŸ’¬ 23 May 2025 at 15:49

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

See you in a week, work! πŸ₯³

πŸ’¬ 23 May 2025 at 15:43

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.

⌚️

πŸ’¬ 22 May 2025 at 22:12

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.

πŸ’¬ 18 May 2025 at 15:19

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.

πŸ’¬ 16 May 2025 at 08:40

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

Cheers, son. πŸ’©

πŸ’¬ 16 May 2025 at 08:34

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.

πŸ’¬ 15 May 2025 at 10:57

Sign me up! πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

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