Kev Quirk
Kev Quirk
Hi there 👋🏻 I'm Kev Quirk. Welcome to my little corner of the Internet. Here you can learn a bit about me, my interests and what makes me tick.
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As many regular readers know, we live in the North Wales countryside, which means it can take time to get the latest and greatest when it comes to technology. As a result, we were previously "limited" to FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) which had a max speed of 70Mbps. As a result, we got okay internet speeds: But then I...
Hey you, start communicating!by David JamiesonDavid talks about why it's good to reach out to authors when you read their content. Even if it's just to say hi.Read post ➡Hard agree with David's comments here - he and I regularly exchange emails, actually. I try to reach out to authors whenever I read something that...
Ok, that's it. I'm officially off GitHub. First I moved all of my private repos to my Synology, which was extremely easy to do. I did that around a week or so ago and it's be working great. Then I had to start sorting and moving all my public repos to Codeberg. Many were archived as I no longer maintained the...
Yesterday I received an email from the Thunderbird team inviting me to join a preview of their new hosted email service, Thunderbird Pro. I love email, so was very keep to sign up and test it out. Before we get into this, I want to say that Thunderbird Pro is still under active development, please bear that in mind....
I've read a few posts about people leaving GitHub recently, and following my short note to the Fediverse a number of people have piped up saying they're not fans of GitHub, either. From the reading I've done, these frustrations are usually threefold: Microsoft ownership Microsoft training Copilot on open source...
I was recently reading The Long Ride Home by Nathan Millward and at one point in the book he talks about having to get on a plane, and his fear of flying: This was something I would have loved to have avoided [getting on a plane], my fear of flying (I think) born out of the absence of control you have up there....
Who knows that you blog?by David JamiesonDavid talks about his reluctance to share details about his blog with a colleague, and asks whether other people with blogs tell their friends and family.Read post ➡I saw this post in my RSS reader this morning, followed by a reply from Alex, so I thought I'd add my own...
The Papirus icon theme is my favourite - I've used it for years and it continues to work beautifully. So while I've been rebuilding my Framework 13, it was one of the first things I installed. But there's a problem, dear reader. You see, I'm a proud light mode person, but I regularly switch to dark mode when working...
In case you hadn't heard (it's all I've been going on about for a couple weeks, so you probably have heard - sorry) I spilled coffee on my Framework 13, then after lots of testing and cleaning, I confirmed that the main board was dead. The new main board was delivered this morning, so I went ahead and got it fitted...
After 10 years of loyal service, the motorbike jacket that I wear most often gave up the ghost recently and ripped. Being a piece of protective clothing, a rip isn't a good thing, so I've been shopping around for a replacement. But you see, motorbike jackets are complex, heavy garments that are littered with...
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