mark hysted
mark hysted
Mark Hysted
Learning about minimalism, productivity and what makes us humans tick. I like marmite, bad dad jokes, and good coffee.
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Some of you may have noticed that I change blog platforms regularly, I love all the new ideas and how different blog providers have slightly different approaches. It allows us bloggers to find the tool that suits. Or that should be the...
This is a test of the updated version 8.0 of the WordPress ActivityPub plugin. It looks to be much improved, so putting it back onto the site. If you reply, it should appear as a comment in the blog post. Please try, it will be...
In the UK we are used to the rain, we get a lot of it. We put up with it because it makes us such a green country, makes stuff grow and we like to potter about with our trousers rolled up in a cool river on a hot sunny day. But even us...
In the UK we are used to the rain, we get a lot of it. We put up with it because it makes us such a green country, makes stuff grow and we like to potter about with our trousers rolled up in a cool river on a hot sunny day.But even us...
As disappointingly forecast in my previous post, the missing AirPod has reappeared. It reappeared from the back of my bedside table on the 15th Jan, nine days after my £76 replacement had arrived, very efficiently, from Apple. I now have...
As disappointingly forecast in my previous post, the missing AirPod has reappeared.It reappeared from the back of my bedside table on the 15th Jan, nine days after my £76 replacement had arrived, very efficiently, from Apple.I now have a...
I wrote some time ago about the benefits of wired headphones, including the fairly obvious fact that they are harder to lose. Well, I bought some AirPods 4 NC and had been getting along fine until I was on holiday over the Christmas...
I wrote some time ago about the benefits of wired headphones, including the fairly obvious fact that they are harder to lose.Well, I bought some AirPods 4 NC and had been getting along fine until I was on holiday over the Christmas...
This is the inverse of my recent post about stuff I’d like to dump in 2026. It is inspired by Jon’s blog where he added an invest list under his own to dump list. I suppose they are a bit like new year resolutions, but framing in terms...
This is the inverse of my recent post about stuff I’d like to dump in 2026. It is inspired by Jon’s blog where he added an invest list under his own to dumplist.I suppose they are a bit like new year resolutions, but framing in terms of...
A list of things I might dump in 2026: ‘social’ media snickers duo changing blog platforms the second cup of coffee the news carbs the Apple Watch I never use some old shirts I never wear work backpack pretending to journal podcasts that...
A list of things I might dump in 2026. ‘social’ media snickers duo changing blog platforms the second cup of coffee the news carbs the Apple Watch I never use some old shirts I never wear work backpack pretending to journal podcasts that...
We have been having some work done to the house, requiring a lot of decisions. Colours of things, types of things, position of things, order of doing things, do we want to do this whilst I’m here things?Couple this with the early...
We have been having some work done to the house, requiring a lot of decisions. Colours of things, types of things, position of things, order of doing things, do we want to do this whilst I’m here things? Couple this with the early...