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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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Story Time

I've decided to do something a little different over the coming weeks and months. I'm going to start writing about some of the more amusing anecdotes from my past.

📅 13 August 2021

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A Windows User's First Impressions Of MacOS

I recently bought myself an M1 Macbook Air and I wanted to share my first impressions of MacOS as someone who has never used it before.

📅 08 August 2021

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What’s In A Font? Website Typography Best Practices

I love web design and website typography is a huge part of that. It turns out that I'm somewhat of a typography nerd, so I wanted to share some of what I've learned in this regard here.

📅 30 July 2021

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Killing The Meta Letter

So I've been thinking about killing my newsletter, The Meta Letter, recently. Today I decided to take the plunge and kill it off.

📅 29 July 2021

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How To Restore The Default PiHole Block List

PiHole is awesome. I use it on my Synology via Docker and it's been working great for years. But what if you get a little too trigger happy with the block list and end up with too many? In this post I'll show you how to restore the default PiHole block list.

📅 14 July 2021

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The New Mycroft Mark II

I just read a post by my good mate Mike Stone. In the post he talks about the redesign of the Mycroft Mark II that was announced.

📅 12 July 2021

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A Sombre Goodbye To Linux

I became sick of the many little issues with Linux. I just want my OS to get out of the way so I can crack on and get shit done.

📅 10 July 2021

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Online Conversations & Website Engagement

I was reading a post on online conversations by Manu last night, and the whole thing resonated with me. So I wanted to jot down my thoughts about online conversations and why I think it's broken.

📅 03 July 2021

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