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It often feels like I spend most of my writing time using a keyboard, but I also have a fondness for nice pens, and an obsession with notebooks. My day-to-day pen is a black-ink gel Japanese Muji 0.5mm. However, if I want to savour the...
Ah, I love it when I make a nice cup of tea.
As a young teen I was introduced to deodorant as part of my daily routine. I can't honestly recall how, but I suspect it was mostly via peer conversations and TV adverts. I certainly don't remember my parents telling me anything. Since...
After trying Qobuz, I've decided to ditch that and I am testing Deezer.
For the last few months I've been reading and researching streaming music services. I'm keen to find a service that pays a fair (or fairer) price to artists. It's not an easy task as most of the providers don't publish much data. The...
For the last few months I've been reading and researching streaming music services. I'm keen to find a service that pays a fair (or fairer) price to artists. It's not an easy task as most of the providers don't publish much data. The...
Why is the vacuum cleaner cable never quite long enough!?
So here I am, with 250 blog posts under my belt. I have been blogging for many years, but these are the posts since I started the current incarnation of ForkingMad in January 2024. My first post committed me to a variety of themes, and I...
I thought I'd continue my series on 'insights into my head'. I've covered a few themes, so here's a new one: Website Groans. I appreciate everyone is different, and that is what makes us unique and the world interesting, but here are my...
Who woke up one morning and decided that a login screen should be split? Having the username on one screen; submitting that; and then the password on the next is infuriating. I'd like to have a word with this person! #shorts
I recently stumbled across a writing tool, which has somewhat changed the way I write — for the better. I Write Like is a web based app, describing itself as "a writer-focused text processor equipped with a suite of tools to analyse and...
There has been miles of words written about Note Taking apps — available on the web, your phone, tablet, or even as a paper and pen setup. Me, I have a traditional paper note book with me at all times. However, there are times when I...
I consider myself quite a relaxed person. I don't freak out under pressure and I stress about very little. Today I was almost having palpitations! We have a fully electric car. With this comes a degree of forward planning for journeys —...
I often chuckle to myself when people misuse the words Subconscious and Unconscious. Subconscious is generally acting or making decisions without awareness. Unconscious is the state of being unaware of your surroundings, and incapable of...
Testing Kev's Pure Comments