Kev Quirk

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Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

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  • I Still Haven’t Found a New Browser, and That’s Ok

    Back in December I wrote about whether Firefox is firefucked, and I ended that post by saying the following: Firefox ...

  • Kids and Smartphones

    My oldest son is 11. He'll be starting high school in September, and my wife and I want a way of keeping in touch wit...

  • Step Aside, Phone: Week 1

    OK, so here we are at the end of the first week of Step Aside, Phone. Quick re-cap from last week - my average phone ...

  • I Didn't Fail

    A good friend of mine at work was recently promoted to the same level as I was before I stepped down. I'm happy for h...

  • Updates to My Commenting System

    I've been making some updates to my personal commenting system. Before they looked like this: It was just a simple ta...

  • The Internet is a Hamster Wheel

    I was listening to a recent episode of The Rest is Science (fantastic Podcast, by the way - go listen), and in this p...

  • A Random List of Silly Things I Hate

    Apparently this is a thing now, so I'm gonna join in. 🙃 Seafood. 🤢 Rude people. Late people. People who don't like do...

  • Step Aside, Phone!

    I read this post on Manu's blog and it immediately resonated. I've been spending more time than I'd like to admit sta...

  • I've Moved to Pure Blog!

    In my last post I introduced Pure Blog and ended the post by saying: I'm going to take a little break from coding for...

  • Introducing Pure Blog

    The keen eyed among you will have noticed that things have been quiet around here recently, and that's because I've b...

  • Will They Inherit Our Blogs?

    I've thought about this topic more generally before, but this one is specifically about blogging. This blog is by far...

  • When Was I Happiest?

    First, a little context. I'm currently in my early 40s. I'm married with 2 kids, many pets, and lots of other respons...

  • Use the Bloody Shift Key!

    One of my favourite ways to discover new and interesting personal blogs is on the Bear Blog discovery feed but there'...

  • Linux in the Air

    🔗 Linux in the Air by Sal Sal talks about how Linux is going through somewhat of a revival at the moment, as well as ...

  • The Case for Blogging in the Ruins

    🔗 The Case for Blogging in the Ruins by Joan Westenberg Joan makes the case that the modern web, dominated by platfor...

  • How You Read My Content (The Answers)

    Originally I was going to leave the survey running for at least a week, but after less than 48 hours, I received an e...

  • I've Pre-Ordered the Clicks Communicator

    If you don't know what the Clicks Communicator is, this 12 minute video should help: BlackBerry's design will always ...