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<p>For as long as my daughter Lucie has been with us, my sleep has been disturbed. The first weeks of broken slumber that are supposed to gradually reduce are still with us 11 years later. Her <a href="/2020/01/31/the-diagnosis-relief.html">

<p>Joshua Ginter’s <a href="https://thenewsprint.co/2021/11/29/thoughts-on-writing-each-and-every-day/">thoughts on publishing every day</a>:</p><blockquote>There are nights where you just want to veg and play video games rather than throwing something

<p>If you’re a bit sad like me, one of the most interesting features of iOS 15 is <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212608">Focus Mode</a>. Bringing some much-needed updates to do not disturb that went before it,

<p>During one of our many meandering chats, my wife and I were talking about her phone. She’s using <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/photos/rutland-water/">an iPhone 11</a> and although there is nothing wrong with it, the phone

<p>Arthur C Brooks brings the fire to make you understand that <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/11/how-stop-caring-what-other-people-think-you/620670/">No One Cares</a></p><blockquote>If I wouldn’t invite someone into my

<p>Many years ago, I think my blog was on Medium, I wrote a post with the same title. It has been lost to digital rot, but my thoughts are the same as they were. The importance of feeling and touching things in a world filled full of

<p>When I got my first big break in my working life, it was for a giant corporation with a robust training regime. If you’ve never had the miss fortune of having to jump through these hoops, consider yourself lucky. Whilst they are mainly built sincerely, and

<p>There is nothing more annoying that technology not working the way it should do, without any fix. Well, maybe there is, but this is me we’re talking about, and I’m pretty neurotic about these types of issues. I have been battling being able to <

<p>Whilst looking at options to add a ‘tip’ service to my blog, I looked at what felt like a never-ending stream of them. There are no shortage of options, ranging from full on monthly subscriptions, to occasional buy me a coffee type platforms. I <a href=

<p>For those of you not following me on Twitter (and why not <a href="https://twitter.com/GR36/status/1461374261491384330?s=20">I’m hilarious</a>) I bought an Xbox Series X. I’m not a big gamer by any stretch,