Kev Quirk

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Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

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  • Update on the eBay Scam

    Last week I wrote about how I thought I was being scammed by someone on eBay. In the post I said the following: I've ...

  • I Think I've Been Scammed On eBay!

    Back in November I pre-ordered an Ollee Watch, which was delivered in February. After playing with the watch, I decid...

  • Slowing Down on Pure Blog

    I'm really proud of what Pure Blog has become, and honestly a little overwhelmed by the interest it's received since ...

  • A Year With The Framework 13

    It's been a little over a year since I bought my Framework 13 laptop and shared my initial thoughts, so I thought it ...

  • Another ANOTHER New Lick of Paint

    So it turns out I didn't like the mustard yellow and steel blue design that I created a couple weeks ago. It just did...

  • Three Men Tried To Steal My Motorbike While I Was On It!

    Spring is in the air here in North Wales, so I decided to take one of my motorbikes to the office yesterday. On the w...

  • Fat Boy - Round 2

    Back in 2024 I went through the process of losing weight, and was fairly successful. I went from ~111kg (244lbs) to ~...

  • My WordPress - A Private In-Browser WordPress Install

    I saw this while perusing my RSS feeds last night, and thought it was interesting. In all honesty, I've completely mo...

  • Pure Blog Is Now Feature Complete...ish

    I've just released v1.8.0 of Pure Blog, which was the final big feature I wanted to add1. At this point, Pure Blog do...

  • Sunsetting The 512kb Club

    All good things must come to an end, and today is that day for one of my projects, the 512kb Club. I started the 512k...

  • How Many Holes Does a Straw Have?

    I was recently listening to an episode of The Rest Is Science, specifically the episode The Evolution Of The Butthole...

  • 📚 Flybot

    by Dennis E. Taylor Physicist Philip Moray is having a good day. He’s chipping away at his big work project. The lunc...

  • Another New Lick of Paint

    Around a month ago I switched this blog to Pure Blog, at the same time, I decided to simplify the design and give it ...

  • Firefox AI Killswitch

    Nice to see that the Firefox team have actually implemented their "AI killswitch" in the way that they said they woul...

  • Quick Clarification on Pure Comments

    A couple of people have reached out to me asking if I can offer a version of Pure Comments for their site, as they do...

  • Introducing Pure Comments (and Pure Commons)

    A few weeks ago I introduced Pure Blog a simple PHP based blogging platform that I've since moved to and I'm very hap...

  • 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...