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!

Kip vs. Three – Day 1

This morning I awoke to some shocking news, my beloved Samsung Galaxy S3 was dead, [...]

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The Original Prankster

We do like a good practical joke in this house, nothing beats scaring the shit out of [...]

Why I can’t look forward to Christmas.. Just yet.

I’m dreading Tuesday, it’s been a black mark on my calendar for months now. I’m [...]

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Risky Blogness

Unfortunately I’ve had to put down my Emma’s Diary blogging crayons; not through choice sadly, [...]

A Flaming BIG Challenge

When the MiL came to visit on Saturday we visited The Queen Bee, Chelmsford for [...]

Teeth, Tantrums and Tiredness

Urrgh. I do feel like I’ve hit a wall in every sense of the word, [...]

ASUS are useless bell-ends. (UPDATED)

I love my Nexus 7, it’s easily the best bit of hardware I’ve owned, and [...]

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“Do the Hippopotamus”

Loz had a night a night out last night, a fairly rare occorance since becoming [...]

UPDATED – Contact Lens user? Read this..

I often get quite shouty and sweary when a company has let me down, I [...]

X Factor viewers are c*nts. I’m sorry, but it’s true.

N.B. This was written in anger, apologies for any bits that don’t make sense, you’ll [...]

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Our first mini break with a baby to LegoLand Windsor

This is a blog post I’ve written for Emma’s Diary – I’m still writing up [...]

Urgent Appeal – Please Help!

If you know anyone in Chelmsford that is missing the drivers side wing mirror cover [...]

NoHo – Finally a cure for a hangover?

Monday night was a WafflePod record night, and like the previous records I’ve been in [...]