Kev Quirk

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The kids were in holiday club yesterday and the sun was shining, so we managed to both get out on the bike for the first time in, like, 9 years?

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Youngest: Muuuuuuum what's that orange man doing? (pic for reference)

Wife: There's no such thing as an "orange man." Do you mean the man in the orange trousers?

Oldest: DONALD TRUMP IS ORANGE!!

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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This is why you shouldn't put stickers on your laptop...

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Finally!

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I decided to cancel my pre-order of the new @frameworkcomputer Ryzen 9 AI and instead went with the existing Ryzen 7 chip.

I'll get my new laptop a hell of a lot sooner, and according to Geekbench, it's still a BIG step up over what I have now.

Just need to decide what OS I'm gonna run now, #Linux or #Windows πŸ€”.

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I have unsubscribed from the TL;DR newsletter today after enjoying it for many years.

Why? Because it's 90% AI bullshit and it's boring.

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When your dogs follow you into the toilet and instantly regret it. πŸ˜‚

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In preparation for my new Framework laptop, I've been playing around with Fedora 41 on an old laptop. For the most part it works really well, but theming doesn't. I have no idea, but no Gnome Shell themes will work and the default one is horrible - everything is WAY too big on the default theme.

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So who's up for a global recession then?

Anyone?

No?

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Thinking about my next laptop and #Apple has been giving me the ick lately with some of what they're doing.

Anyway, politics of it all aside, I'm thinking about a #Framework 13. Very expensive, but will hopefully last a lot longer.

Anyone have one? What do you think of it?

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I heard this great saying today...

"Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing to not put it in a fruit salad."

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My wife recently got a rooster to help look after her flock, and it's a fucking beast!

For reference, the one behind is a fully grown, normal size hen.

I swear it's a goose in disguise! πŸͺΏ

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Youngest: Daaaaaaaaad, how was the earth made?

Me: [explains the Big Bang theory]

Him: So it made EVERYTHING??

Me: Yup

Him: Even that rock?

Me: Everything

Him: Even that tree?

Me: Everything

Him: Even those ponies?

Me: Everything

Him: Even my socks?

Me: EVERYTHING!

Him: Even the farts that come out my bum?

Me: πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

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Walked up to my youngest, put my wrist on his head and said.

"Don't move, you're under a wrist."

I am fucking hilarious. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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I really wanna play around with @mauricerenck@mastodon.online Komments and IndieConnector plugins, but I really don't know if I want to open that can of worms again.

https://maurice-renck.de/en/projects

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Just read @thewk post on building his Polar Explorer II replica. Such a great post, and considering it’s pretty much exactly the same as my Seiko SBSC009, but for 1/3 of the price - and he got to build it - I’m a little jealous. πŸ˜‚

https://www.thewkblog.com/2025/03/16/i-built-myself-a-watch/

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Spring is definitely in the air. Today might be a good day for the first grass cut of the year...

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I got my phone back today, really quick turnaround, which is impressive. But they only repaired stuff that's broken, not anything cosmetic. So the bezel still has a shit load of chunks and scratches out of the aluminium.

Annoying...

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I don't know how anyone uses an #iPhone without a case. They're almost impossible to grip without one!

Are these things made of Teflon??