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 Blair Baby Project

Yesterday morning, the usual burbling sounds from J’s room came down the Baby Monitor.. then [...]

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My little rhyme for the MAD’s – #MADBlogAwards

Not the best thing I’ve written, but hey, it’s 23.15 at night! Thought I’d do [...]

Giveaway – Skribbies – The Kids Hi-Top Sneakers you can customise

Last month I was invited to the unveiling of Skribbies at a pop up shop [...]

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SnapChat – It’s not all about the cock shots!

SnapChat was a craze I was a little late to the party with. The general [...]

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Kip meets The Gadget Man (briefly!)

Hah.. So that was my 30 secs (if that!) of fame on The Gadget Man! [...]

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So, tonight – I’m going to be on the telly! Kip meets The Gadget Man

It’s been a bit of a long time coming – but, tonight I’m going to [...]

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Indian Cooking with British Turkey and Cyrus Todiwala

On Tuesday night I was invited to Café Spice Namaste in London for a cookery [...]

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I’m going slightly MAD!

So yesterday I won a competition – the prize? A ticket to *the* parent blogger [...]

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Video – A new App idea..

Just testing out putting up a few of my Vine videos on the blog – [...]

WhatsApp user on Android? This possible security threat might be of interest..

WhatsApp is probably one of my favourite apps – it’s brilliant, a truly unified messaging [...]

Just in case I die…

Yes, I know it’s not the most happy of subjects, but death is something we [...]

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(Not so) Silent Night.

I snore apparently, I don’t know that I snore, but I’m told that I do [...]

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Why 9/11 isn’t a sad day for me..

No, I’m not some extremist who dislikes America. The 11th of September has had deeper [...]

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Utter filth on the Music Channels these days..

Disgusting! Yours Truly Offended of Chelmsford.