One Mother available for short term use; may considering selling her. Comes with interchangeable models: demure or cantankerous.

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 writing moment I always select a fountain pen. I have a few to choose from but I...

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 then it's been a routine in the morning. Get up, shave, shower, and spray on my...

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 articles I've read, written independently, are making a number of general...

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 articles I've read, written independently, are making a number of general...

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 think that still stands. I have expanded my topic reach, and there's a lot of...

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 views: Website 'put me offs'There are certain features of a website that will...

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 enhance your writing". When you visit the website - iwl.me - you're immediately...