Kev Quirk

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When I used an #iPhone Siri was good enough for my use case - set a timer, what's 65f in c, remind me to do xyz at 10am on Monday.

On the other hand, #Gemini is absolute dog shit. Reminders don't work properly, timers are hit and miss, and answers to simple questions are ridiculously verbose. It's just shite. 💩

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Trying #Beeper after reading about it on @mike blog. It works well and it's handy not having 3 messaging apps, but it's gonna take some getting used to.

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Brilliant. Thanks #PiHole. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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It's not just me, this potato looks like Admiral Ackbar, right?

🏷️ #StarWars

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Fedi #hivemind, I need you.

I use OneNote in work. It's shit, but it's all I have. I need a better way of managing my notes and particularly my to do list. The latter is really the most important. Ideally it has an option to set "next action" so I know what's due on any given day.

I can't install anything on my work laptop, so I intend to run it on my personal Ubuntu machine, for both work and home.

Any recommendations?

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RIP Ozzy. 🦇

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Lots of butthurt people responding to my wrist phone post (lots of good dialogue too BTW).

Remember folks, opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one. 🙃

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Sitting here staring at this screen trying to decide whether I should cancel the redirect on my #fosstodon account...

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Upped the distance on my runs today from 2.5km to 3.25km. Did it in 19:05, which would equate to a 29 min 5km. Happy with that.

Although temping, I'm not gonna go further than that for a few more weeks. 🏃🏼‍♂️💨

🏷️ #running

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My Sony buds have finally bit the dust after repairing them last year.

I took the Pixel Bud A's out of the cupboard that I got free with my 9a. Garbage. No ANC and v.poor sound quality.

Looks like I'm on the hunt for a new pair of buds. 🙁

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I really need to cut the grass, but it's too damned hot. 🥵

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So I've gone down this giant rabbit hole of redesigning my site the last couple of weeks and I think I have an idea of what the next version of this site is gonna look like...

I know some people find this stuff boring, but I'm having a blast.

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...and now I'm playing around with similar designs to this site circa 2020, and I have to say, I really like it. 😵‍💫

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Just been for my 3rd run of the week and managed to knock another 35 seconds off my time. 🏃🏼‍♂️💨

🏷️ #running

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I've just been tweaking the design history page and realised that I've had the current design (pretty much) for 3 years now. No wonder I'm getting itchy feet.

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I am so tempted to re-design my site to something like this. Someone please step in and tell me it's a bad idea. 😂

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We've been having some groundwork done to flatten a section at the top of the garden. Living in the Welsh hills means no flat land.

44 tonnes of soil later, we have a flat space. Just need to seed it with grass now...

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I hope nothing comes the other way. 🫣

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Long day in the office resulted in me feeling tired and lethargic. Went for a run, the endorphins started pumping and I knocked 45 seconds off my time. Feel great now! 🏃‍♂️💨

🏷️ #running

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Never smoked, never vaped. Turns out they're both pretty bloody bad for you. Who knew. 🤦🏼‍♂️

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/disposable-e-cigarettes-more-toxic-traditional-cigarettes