Category Archives: Blog

For the last fifteen years, Kip Hakes has blogged his thoughts, ramblings and musings. There are blog posts on all manner of subjects right here. From technology, theme parks, days outs to parenting, it’s all for the reading! Enjoy!

The Fast Walk in the Rain

It’s been a few days since I posted about my feeble attempts to get into [...]

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WOT? No Data? Three UK is DOWN! (Updated)

It looks like Three UK are having massive UK wide Data issues. A quick look [...]

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No Competition

I’ve mused, as I do, this time about blogging competitions. Now I’m not talking about [...]

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The Blogging Stepford Wife Syndrome

Something I’ve noticed with a lot of Bloggers Blogs (and Twitter feeds) is a little [...]

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North vs. South

I’m a proper Southerner, I live in Essex, Chelmsford to be exact – I’ve never [...]

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The Toddler that’s actually a Mosster!

That’s not a spelling mistake in the title, when G was tiny she called Monsters [...]

The Penalty Charge Notice

It had to happen sooner or later, I’ve been driving since I was 17 (so [...]

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Ow. That hurts – Run 2

So, I’ve taken up running, and using the Zombies, Run! 5k App to get me [...]

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Timed Tweets – They can make you look a bit crap.

I’ve noticed that more and more bloggers are getting their posts fired out at random [...]

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I did something I haven’t done since school last night..

I ran. Like actual running, for a distance and EVERYTHING! As a follow-up to my [...]

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Top Tip – No Avatar when you comment on WordPress Blogs? Get one!

The WordPress default commenting system is a bit MEH – but it does the job. [...]

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Born to Run?

I’ve dabbled with ‘keeping fit’ before – a few stints at local gyms, a dabble [...]

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Tonight on #KipsTwitterMix – 16/01/14

Quite often if I’m sat at my computer working – I listen to music, tonight [...]