Kev Quirk

Proudly ruining the web since 2013.

The Case of the Jumping Eel

My largest, and one of my favourite, fish (my fire eel) jumped out of his tank last night. He's managed to survive...so far.

FishKeeping

Thinking about a New Layout

I've been thinking about making some changes to the layout of this site, but I'm on the fence. What do you think of these mockups?

Meta

Selling Some Watches

I've decided to clear some space in my collection and sell a few of my watches. There's 7 of them up for sale, if you're interested, get in touch.

Watches

Email Privacy

Niq talks about segregating your email and not publishing your personal email where possible. One email address ain't gonna cut it these days.

Link Privacy Email

My First Month With an EV

I recently bought my first electric vehicle (EV). It has been an interesting adjustment, but am I glad I switched from diesel?

HomeLife

The Sandman: Act III

The Sandman audio books seem to be getting progressively worse. I don't think I'll be listening to another one.

Books Sandman

Where I'm at on the Whole CSS-Tricks Thing

Chris talks about the challenges he's faced since selling CSS-Tricks to Digital Ocean, and where his head has been at since.

Link

I've Finally Completed 100 Days to Offload

I started the #100DaysToOffload challenge back in April 2020, but I've never been able to complete it. That has now changed. 🎉

Fun Meta

February 2024 PenPal - Joel Chrono

I just finished my latest month-long conversation with this month's PenPal, Joel Chrono

PenPal

Guestbook Spam is Fun

Since launching my Guestbook yesterday, I've been hit with a bunch of spam entries. I forgot how much \"fun\" it is dealing with this shit.

Meta

I Have a Guestbook

After seeing Manu's guestbook, I had to get in on the action, so I've decided to create my own guestbook.

Meta Fun

Ditching YouTube (Kind Of)

I recently wrote about how YouTube was throttling my connection. I'm sick of YouTube's shenanigans, so I've ditched them...kind of.

Web DeGoogling

Son of the Black Sword

Son of the Black Sword is bit of a slow burn, but once it gets going, it's a relly good read and I'm looking forward to the rest fo the books in the series.

Books Larry Correia Black Sword Series

Building an Archive of My First Blog

My first ever blog was hosted on Blogger, and Google loves to delete shit, so I've decided to replicate that site and host it myself.

Blogging Web DeGoogling

Fat Boy at 40 - Update 05

My journey to stop being a fat boy by the age of 40 continues. I'm 6 months in, so let's see how we're doing...

FatBoy

Mow Is Me

And once again, the mower has shit the bed and I'm having to spend what little spare time I have fixing it. At least this time it isn't a belt...

HomeLife

⚠️ Severe Snow Warning ⚠️

So last night it was all over the news that there were going to be \"*Severe Snow Storms*\" across North Wales today. In true British fashion, the entire country lost its shit.

Notes HomeLife

Ending my Kagi Search Subscription

After nearly 6 weeks, I've decided to end my extended trial of Kagi search, it gives little value over DuckDuckGo and is a waste of money.

Web Opinion

I Think YouTube Is Throttling Me Because I’m Using an Ad-Blocker

YouTube has felt really sluggish when navigating between pages recently, and I think it's a deliberate thing by them, because I'm using an ad-blocker.

Web Privacy

DELIO

What a fantastic book DELIO is. It's superbly written, and the characters are great.

Books RR Haywood