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When it comes to email, are you an archiver or a deleter? Chris talks about his approach, and some of what others do. I thought I'd add my approach to the pile.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/archive-or-delete/

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Ever searched for a fix to a technical problem, only to get a 1,000 word essay on what the thing is? Yeah, me too.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/stop-explaining-what-things-are/

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Blogging’s identity shifted in 2001 from quirky personal logs to serious commentary and war-blogging, as new platforms and RSS made real-time publishing possible.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/blogging-gets-serious-in-2001-with-warblogs-and-movable-type/

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Phones aren’t evil. The attention economy is what keeps us hooked and distracted. It’s not the device that’s the issue, but the systems built to keep our eyes glued to it.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/smartphones-are-not-the-enemy/

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The last post was fun and it's seemed to have garnered a few replies so I thought I'd do 10 more pointless facts about me. Because why not. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/10-more-pointless-facts-about-me/

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After years of climbing the ladder in cyber, I’ve learned that sometimes the best move isn’t up. It’s stepping back to make life sustainable again.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/career-snakes-ladders/

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@mauricerenck sorry, only just saw this. The email stuff isn’t self-hosted, it uses Amazon SES for the email sending piece.

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I've seen this doing the rounds on a few blogs recently, so wanted to add my own version because I'm a narcissist. 🙃

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/ten-pointless-facts-about-me/

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I have too many watches in my collection, so I'm trying to reduce it down to around 24 watches. As a result, many of them are for sale if you're interested.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/i-m-selling-most-of-my-watches/

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I was reading The Internet Phonebook last night and a comment in the prologue stood out to me about the term 'like, share and subscribe'.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/like-share-and-subscribe/

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Mastodon introduces paid hosting and support services for institutions, building sustainability without sacrificing decentralisation.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/service-offerings-from-mastodon/

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A smart (and slightly bleak) take from Luke on why contact forms attract more spam than email addresses.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/a-theory-on-why-contact-forms-get-more-spam-than-email-addresses/

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This post on AI art from The Oatmeal made me think more about AI than I expected, so wanted to jot some of them down.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/a-cartoonist-s-review-of-ai-art/

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I've spent some time this afternoon switching my email subscription system from the fantastic Buttondown, to a self-hosted Sendy instance.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/switching-from-buttondown-to-sendy/

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Joel reflects on how practical tools can slowly turn into hobbies, using watches, razors, and pens to show how function often gives way to fascination. I can relate!

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/when-a-tool-becomes-a-hobby/

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A sharp look at the smoke and mirrors of influencer culture, where authenticity is staged, success is rented, and everything’s for sale. Ava reminds us that real life doesn’t need an audience.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/a-frank-piece-about-influencers/

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Is social media in any form really worth the drama, and was it doomed to failure from the start?

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/thinking-about-social-media/

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@thelinuxcast have you thought about making the dark/light mode switcher honour the browser’s prefer-color-scheme setting? That way, those of us who prefer a light theme will get it automatically. :-)

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Book #4 in the Murderbot Diaries series and still very much enjoyable.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/exit-strategy/

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@FunctionKey I came from iOS about a year ago, so I’m use to inconsistent swipe gestures haha. I do think it’s strange that no matter which way you swipe on Android, it goes backward. To me, it should be backward or forward depending on which way you swipe, like in iOS.

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I don’t like the old button gestures as swipes are muscle memory these days. What I do really like though, is that Android keeps these settings in there so we as users have a choice (listen up, Apple).

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@CenturyAvocado it’s a sensitivity thing. So the swipe needs to be perfect otherwise it messes up. So I can tap a message sometimes and it misinterprets that as a swipe and delete/archives the message.

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Looks like the bug might be fixed in daily - github.com/thunderbi…

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@jekratz.bsky.social one. Million. Percent.

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Gah @thunderbird@mastodon.online when are you guys gonna fix this swiping bug you introduced a few months back? I keep accidentally deleting email, and I’m getting very close to switching to something else. 🙁

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@basil 😂😂

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@basil yeah it’s a lot, but it’s a labour of love for us.

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@basil yeah, we’re extremely lucky, but my god it’s a pain in the arse to renovate!

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Matt continues to make iterative changes to his blog and I'm really enjoying following along.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/breaking-things-fixing-things/

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You know what’s great fun? Having a half-stripped roof during a storm. Ask me how I know…

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Just wanted to say thanks for all the comments and emails, folks. There’s been tonnes of them and I don’t feel emotionally ready to reply to them all, but I did read them all. ♥️

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@V_ I think you’re overthinking it. I see AI as a tool, would you put a status of how many times you used spell check? As long as the post wasn’t written by AI, I don’t see the point, personally.

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@fesshole same reason I didn’t try Dr Pepper for years.

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I'm not really sure what to say about this one. I have no more words.

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/life-is-really-shit-sometimes/

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@jbaty haha that’s interesting, I had no such issues. Just ran the few commands on the Jekyll site and I was away.

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@jbaty you know what you need, Jack? A CMS for your SSG! 😂

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@evanfreyer it’s not, it’s on me. There was a problem with the feed where it was using relative URLs instead of prepending the domain. I’ve fixed that now, so if you refresh the feed it should pickup images. If it doesn’t, please let me know.

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@jbaty I’ve heard you talk about Hugo breaking things with updates in the past though. And their templating system makes zero sense to me.

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@jbaty I’ve never understood the slow build times thing. I tried both Jekyll and 11ty in my testing and both build the site in the same amount of time (~5 seconds).

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Gems can be annoying when they update. I try to limit the plugins I have installed to dodge some of that.

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@jbaty see! You should definitely switch. Plus, Jekyll is the best SSG too.

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@jbaty just switch to Jekyll mate. What’s the worst that could happen? :-)

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After flip-flopping about what I'm going to do with this site, I decided to flip to Jekyll and build my own little CMS while I'm at it. Because why not? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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https://kevquirk.com/blog/switching-back-to-jekyll-building-my-own-cms/

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@manton what?! So I can use Micro.blog like an RSS reader too?? How am I only just learning this?

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@Lacey I can definitely offer up some recommendations if you decide to do a similar trip.

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@dHeinemann yeah, South Wales has lots of really beautiful scenery (and amazing roads).

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@jbaty 😂😂😂😂

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@jbaty hmmmm I feel like Ghost is MacOS, Kirby is Linux and Hugo is Arch (no fucker got time for that 😂).

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@paul really?! You sadist! 😂😂

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@eclecticpassions not bothered either way as long as sources are cited.

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@mks yeah, I really wanna stay away from NPM.

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So I’ve decided I’m going to massively simplify my blog, I just don’t know if I’m going to do that in Kirby, it in Jekyll. Considered 11ty, but NPM is just a shit show.

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First of a 3 day motorbike trip around South Wales yesterday. Some spectacular riding and scenery. Got the weather too! 📷

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