Kev Quirk

Tag: opinion

Reasons Why Zoho Mail Is Better Than Gmail

Zoho mail is a far better product than Gmail and in this post I intend to prove it to you.

DeGoogling, Opinion

Coming Full Circle - From Grav To WordPress

After all my messing around with different blog platforms, I've come full circle and gone back to WordPress.

Opinion, Technology

Why I Use Linux

If you look around the Internet, you’re bound to read lots of posts justifying why you should consider changing to Linux. Personally, I don’t care which OS you use, so long as it’s an informed decisio...

Opinion, Technology, Linux

Microsoft Acquires GitHub – My Thoughts

It has been a couple of days since the announcement was made that Microsoft acquires GitHub, here's my thoughts...

Technology, Opinion

Is A Password Book A Bad Idea?

So I was browsing my Twitter feed recently, and I came across a tweet exclaiming that password books are a ridiculous idea. But are they?

Opinion, Security

Are Password Managers Really Worth It?

I recently got chatting to someone on Fosstodon about password security and in particular, password managers. But I thought I’d share my thoughts here also, as I have much more than 500 characters to play with.

Opinion, Security, Technology

WFT Happened? Is Google+ Dead?

I used to love Google+. For a long time, I didn’t use any other social network apart from Googles own majestic stream of useful and interesting information. However, over time things have dramatically...

Opinion

Red Poppy Fascism - Give Me a Break

Yesterday, Sunday 08th Nov 2015 was remembrance Sunday. A day that is earmarked to remember all those that have been affected by war. As a mark of support for remembrance, many people don the famous r...

Opinion

Dreamhost - The Worst Web Host I've Ever Used

I’m sure most of the people reading this post will know that I run a pretty popular blog, RefuGeeks. It’s really great that RefuGeeks is growing in popularity, but the side effect to that is that I’m...

Meta, Opinion, Web

Rodriguez - The Superstar That Never Was

If you read the about section of this website you will see that I am really into music, I love pretty much all types from old motown to modern/classic rock, to pop and indie. So it dawned on me, why d...

Opinion

How Many Projects Can One Person Run?

I really love blogging and I’m always on the look out for a new and exciting project to sink my teeth into. But I have to be honest with myself a lot of the time – I usually don’t have the time to tak...

Blogging, Opinion

Is It Right to Beg for Donations on a Blog?

Many people who know me or follow me will know that I can usually be found hanging around Google+ (Google’s version of Facebook), and generally it’s a happy affair where I can really geek it up with m...

Blogging, Opinion

Windows 8 Isn't That Bad

So I recently mentioned that I would be moving away from Ubuntu in favour of ChromeOS. I chose ChromeOS because I wanted something that would work well, is stable and is fast. I came to the decision a...

Opinion, Technology

Why I'll Leave Ubuntu Linux

For the last two and a half years I have been an avid user of all things Ubuntu. But recently I’ve not been able to “settle” with Ubuntu, this is because of a number of reasons which I thought I would...

Opinion, Technology, Linux

British Army Cuts - What a Joke

Today it was announced that there is going to be a THIRD round of cuts to the British Army. This is all being done in an effort for the UK Government to save money and cut the deficit of the UK debt....

Opinion