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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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My Morning Walk

This post started life as a simple photo of a bridge for the Micro.blog photo challenge, but I ended up documenting the whole walk. Because, why not. 🤷🏻‍♂️

📅 27 June 2025

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A Moment of Reflection

A moment of reflection during my early morning outage with the dogs (and cat) this morning. I'm so fortunate.

📅 21 June 2025

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Doing a Jack Baty...?

I've been thinking about a changing some stuff up around here lately, but I'm on the fence as to what to do. You could say I'm doing a Jack Baty...

📅 20 June 2025

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More Journal App Updates

I've been getting more into journaling lately, and as a result, I've continued to improve my little Journal app.

📅 14 June 2025

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Bots Are Eating My Blog for Lunch

Peter digs into why his server was suddenly overloaded and finds a swarm of bots chewing through his blog.

📅 11 June 2025

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What We Lost with PHP and jQuery

A look back at the simpler days of PHP and jQuery, when building websites was fast and easy. Now, modern tools often add more hassle than help—sometimes less really is more.

📅 01 June 2025

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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.

📅 24 May 2025

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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.

📅 08 May 2025

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