technology
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The Coronation – A crowning moment for phone addiction
A bad case of phone addiction meant that thousands of people missed the King's Coronation, despite being there in person. But would you have done the same? Find out why your phone may cause you to miss the moments in life that matter most.
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March Round-Up
Here's everything that we got up to throughout March. From texting mysteries to DIY disasters, puking children, night time injuries, artificial intelligence and runs in the rain.
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Dad DIY disasters – is there any hope?
All dads are meant to be good at DIY, right? Unfortunately that's not always the case and some of us are so spectacularly bad at it that the simplest jobs can spell disaster. Is there any hope for dodgy DIY dads, like me?
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Is GPT-4 bad news for teachers, children, bloggers and writers?
Will GPT-4 and artificial intelligence take the art of cheating to a whole new level? And what about those of us who make a living from writing, are we heading for the Job Centre?
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Why do kids talk using texting abbreviations? IDK
For my children, the use of acronyms now seems to be preferred to actual words in most forms of communication. But what are they saying, and is there any hope for parents?
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Gaming Vs Reading – How do you encourage children to read?
As the planet unites behind World Book Day, with children skipping around dressed as Where's Wally and joyously deciding how to spend their free book tokens, my son is on the PlayStation. So, how do you encourage children today to read?
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Is 4K worth it? Could it actually be the worst thing to happen to TV?
Like the evolution of man, or Simon Cowell’s face, TVs have changed beyond all recognition in a relatively short space of time. When I was growing up, our family TV was the size of a small car. But are today's 4K TVs all they're cracked up to be?
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Half term headaches
February half term is never easy, the weather’s usually rubbish and there’s nothing much to do. However, when you also have a 12-year-old who wants to do nothing other than game, and a 10-year-old whose idea of helping around the house is to get dressed, you have a surefire recipe for familial disaster.
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Is the air fryer the greatest gadget ever?
A few months ago, I had no idea what an air fryer was. Until that moment in time, my family and I had been nonchalantly cooking our meals using our regular oven, the dependable workhorse to which we had entrusted the baking and cooking – and occasional burning – of our family meals for all time. Its faithful companion, the microwave, had also enjoyed regular use in our household over the years. Unlike the lesser-handled gadgets of yesteryear – the soup maker, George Foreman and the virtually antique sandwich toaster – which had remained forgotten, gathering dust in an out of reach cupboard since sometime in the early 2000s. The…
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A topical magazine blog on midlife, written by a 40-something man for middle-aged men. Expect news, comment and opinions on almost anything.
