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You walk into your kitchen to start a peaceful, sun-drenched morning. The espresso is pulling, the fresh air is coming through the window, and you glance over at your wall-mounted smart tablet to check the day’s outlook. Instead of clarity, you are instantly bombarded. Forty different glowing icons, fluctuating sensor graphs, a warning that a door sensor battery is at 82%, and a timeline of…

The human body is roughly 60% water. The common recommendation is to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day. This particular figure does not have a great deal of science behind it, staying hydrated is however important. Here are a selection of evidence-based health benefits of staying hydrated. Maximum physical performance. Physical performance can suffer greatly from a lack of…

Olive oil, a cornerstone of the Mediterranean diet, is celebrated not only for its culinary versatility but also for its significant health benefits. Derived from the fruit of the olive tree, this ancient oil is rich in healthy fats and potent antioxidants, making it a valuable addition to a balanced diet. Health Benefits: Research has extensively documented the positive impacts of olive oil…

Tomatoes are high in the antioxidant Lycopene, which has been linked to many health benefits including reduced cancer risk as well as heart disease. The tomato is a fruit from the nightshade family, which also includes potatoes, chilli peppers and tobacco. These plants are native to south America, but can be grown widely across the globe, either in greenhouses or outside. Although tomatoes are…

The following post was created entirely by an AI. I wanted to see how good AI writing were at the current moment. Are they good enough to completly replace a human writer? I doubt it. But I don’t know. Read below and see. I have not edited the following in any way, it is exactly as the AI intended. An ai writing about an ai writing about an ai writing about an ai writing about an ai writing…

How to start a blog

I’ve been blogging for a few years, and it’s one of my favourite things to do. But let me be clear: blogging is not always easy! You’ll have to learn how to write well, promote yourself online, and answer to readers. It can take months or even years before you start making good money from a blog—and even then it will depend on how much time and effort you put into it. Still interested? Read…

Does sleep tracking work

Sleep trackers are all the rage right now, but do they work? Here’s what you need to know before you start using them. Sleep trackers can tell you a lot about your sleep. Sleep trackers can tell you a lot about your sleep. They can tell you how long you slept, how many times you woke up and when. They can also measure the quality of your sleep by recording how many times throughout the night…

Why sleep is so important

Introduction If you’ve ever had trouble sleeping, you know how important it is to get a good night’s rest. But what exactly does sleep do for our bodies? And why should we care about getting enough of it? Let’s take a look at some of the ways that sleep affects your health and well-being—and how to make sure you get enough of it! Sleep affects every part of your life You might think that sleep…

Optimizing Your Health with a High Fiber Diet

Fibre is a type of carbohydrate that you can’t digest. It helps to keep our digestive system working properly by adding bulk to stools, which makes them softer and easier to pass. Fibre also adds bulk to food so that it’s more satisfying when eaten by us humans! “Fibre is something you find in foods that come from plants. Sometimes called roughage, because it’s a type of carbohydrate that we…

Do you find it difficult to focus on your creativity? Maybe a change of environment can help.

Updated 11/11/2023 Creating is a hugely important part what makes me who I am, but having a focus on creativity can sometimes be a challenge. I often find that I have so many ideas, or projects, in my head that I am almost overwhelmed by them; and so get put off by the thought of doing any of them. Despite the majority of my work getting done at home, in the office or on the sofa. Much of the…

The benefits of water. According to science.

The human body is roughly 60% water. The common recommendation is to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day. This particular figure does not have a great deal of science behind it, staying hydrated is however important. Here are a selection of evidence-based health benefits of staying hydrated. Maximum physical performance. Physical performance can suffer greatly from a lack of…

Home assistant: Using a NAS for IOT integration

Now that our home network has been set up with the Synology DS220+ for file serving, I am going to have a go at running home assistant off of it. There are many “smart” devices that are found in the average home these days. The problem with most of them is that they all use separate apps, many of which don’t integrate together very easily. “Smart” homes so often feel like a massive amount of…

The demise of Google Stadia

As google is due to kill Stadia forever in a couple of weeks, I thought I would revisit it as a service and technology for the last time. I have previously written about my experience as a Stadia user a couple of times. I actually gave up on Stadia myself over a year ago and replaced it with an Xbox series X and game pass. This wasn’t due to the fact that I thought Stadia was not any good, on…

Surprising uses for vinegar

Vinegar is a commonly used ingredient in cooking. But it has many other uses in the home. It is remarkable to think that such a simple food item, may also be one of the most useful things in your home. The high acid content in vinegar makes it an excellent cleaner, as powerful as bleach, but much safer. White vinegar is the best to use for cleaning, as it is less likely to cause damage to…

Body composition, not weight, is the key.

Body composition, the make-up of your body in regards to the proportions of fat to lean muscle, is one of the most important things to look at when working on your health. All the time these days you hear about the issue society has with weight, how obesity is a huge and growing problem. It is undoubtedly true that this is an issue, one that has an effect on all of us. Using weight is not the…

What did I read in 2022

War and peace Leo Tolstoy – 1390 pages War and Peace spent nearly 2 years sitting on my bookshelf before I finally took the plunge at the start of 2022. It was a book I had heard so much about, without really hearing anything about it at all. Other than the fact that it was long, challenging and Russian, I had no idea what I was setting myself up for. This book is a mammoth undertaking that…