Kev Quirk

Proudly ruining the web since 2013.

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Clutch has gone on my wife's car. Bloody brilliant.

I asked her if it's felt different recently and her response was "yeah, it's felt like it wasn't going into gear properly for a while now, and there's a light on the dash."

You didn't think to fucking tell me??? 😡

Woohoo! Completely problem free and only a minute or so of downtime. Good job, #Ubuntu! 🎉

I just SSH'd into my web server and was reminded that I'm still on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 is there waiting for me. Is today a good day to do an OS version upgrade in prod? I think so!

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Since #MicroBlog doesn't support hashtags, I decided to roll my own. If all went well, the hashtags in this post should link back to my site. #Kirby really is great!

No idea if it worked on #Mastodon, or if they overwrite the links. Can someone confirm please?

I've decided to cancel my #Kagi subscription. It's a good service, but I think $10/month is a little steep for search, especially when DuckDuckGo is free, privacy respecting, and 95% as good in my testing.

I also cancelled my YT Premium subscription because that shits like crack.

It's a beautiful morning in north Wales, so instead of taking the dogs on their usual lead walk, we're up in the fields.

I think this also qualifies for day two: curve

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Going down a website rabbit hole is just the best. It starts with a blog post that links to another post, I check their site - they have lots of great content.

Oooh there’s a blogroll…

An hour later I’ve added 5 more sites to my RSS reader and I now have hundreds of new posts to read.

I ♥️ the internet sometimes.

Around a year ago, I sold a project bike I'd just completed to my younger brother. It was a 22 year old Triumph Speed Four that I had fully restored (pic of the bike after the final "shake down" ride after finishing the project).

Last week, my brother took it to a Triumph specialist for its annual service and the mechanic commented on how it was one of the best condition Speed Fours he had ever seen. High praise indeed for my mechanical prowess. 🏍️

I just logged into my RSS reader and I see a number of unread posts from Jack Baty. That can only mean one thing...he switched platform again. 🤣

Youngest: [pointing to a sign that says "Chiropodist"] daaaad, what does that say?

Me: That says "shi-rop-oh-dist".

Him: What's that?

Me: it's someone who looks after people's feet.

Him: Random...

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Wife has some friends over.

Me: "I'm just going out to the garage. I'll be back in 10 mins."

2 hours later... 🤣

The cat and I don't really spend any time together as I'm not a cat person. She can be quite cute though.

Out of office is on, my laptop is shut down, and my work phone is off.

See you in a week, work! 🥳