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Hi, I’m Kev and this is my corner of the web — part blog, part soapbox. You’ll find tech experiments, the occasional rant, and more than a few opinions that are probably wrong (but fun to argue about). Have a wander, you might find something interesting.

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Earthside

Earthside is the second in Dennis E Taylor's Quantum Earth trilogy. After reading the first book, I couldn't wait to read this.

📅 22 October 2023

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A Year at the Smallholding

Today marks the 1st anniversary of us moving into our 2.5 acre smallholding in Wales, but how has the first year gone? Here's a retrospective...

📅 18 October 2023

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Blogging for the Hell of it

We don't need blogging niches, or "thought leaders"; we need more people just to blog for the hell of it.

📅 17 October 2023

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Friends from Blogging

I've been lucky enough to make a number of friends off the back of this blog (and also their blogs). This is a bit of a feel good post about how social media isn't the only way to meet new people.

📅 13 October 2023

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Having a Microblog on a Traditional Blog

I was recently talking to Jatan Mehta about microblogging vs traditional blogging, and what should go where. I thought it was an interesting conversation, so decided to share my opinions here too.

📅 11 October 2023

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CMS Filesize Comparison

I thought this post was really interesting, and telling about the amount of bloat that a lot of CMS's have. I'm very glad I went with Kirby.

📅 09 October 2023

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Fat Boy at 40 - Update 01

It's been a little over a month since I mentioned the Fat Boy at 40 thing (me wanting to lose some weight), so I thought it was hide time provided an update...

📅 03 October 2023

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Migrating This Blog to Kirby

Yes, that's right dear reader, this site has gone through yet another change - it's now based on Kirby and I think I've finally found my blogging utopia.

📅 30 September 2023

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