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For many years I have been using this diary/journaling software, called The Journal. It rather befits its name in as much it is THE journal as far as I am concerned. It is one of those pieces of software where you can see the author has gone to great lengths to get everything right. It…

I’ve been a bit of an Evernote fan for a long time. I love the way you can store absolutely everything. The web clipper is a joy to use, amazing for research jobs. I did fall out of love with it for quite an extended time. I was using version 6 and then they changed…

So occasionally a gadget comes along that is different. These days they are few and far between, but they stand out when you first see them. I’m typing this on one such gadget right now… The Freewrite Traveler. Not heard of it? Neither had I until recently. It was a crowd-funded project it seems, but…

I finished watching the last episode of The Split 3 on iPlayer today. I haven’t posted here for ages but I felt compelled after watching that. I am just in awe at the extraordinary skills the actors who created this world possess. I just do not know how they can make their work so utterly…

I recently sold a tatty old book I had bought on ebay. It was from a series, begun in the 50s, called Danny Dunn and…’. When I was about 8 or 9, I found a book in my school library (Bybrook Junior School) called ‘Danny Dunn Invisible Boy’ by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin. One…