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How I Use My Ears To Be More Productive

Ghostwriting pros and cons. Is it worthwhile or soul-destroying?

Inspired By Silicon Valley, I Now Want To Be A Quirky Coder. Hello Python!

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The Penguin: A Brutal Descent Into Gotham’s Really Grim Underworld

books in black wooden book shelf

Switching Focus To Short Stories To Make A Fortune

AI Writes Poor Prose – Use It To Fix Procrastination

The White Lotus Season 3 is in stunning Thailand, where I live. Is it realistic?

Don’t Watch The Fantastic ‘The White Lotus’ On A Plane!

Scheduled Tasks On ChatGPT Is Actually Pretty Cool

Fantastic tunes to listen to help write more and focus

I’m now addicted to Dredge and Balatro

After Career Advice From ChatGPT I’m Trying Something Drastic

The Occult – Rankin, Lovecraft, And Marenghi Are Warping My Mind

The most depressing day annually, and weird Christmas traditions

Next year, I am improving my chess skills. Here’s how

To Monetize Or Not? Reaching An Astonishing 100 Subscribers On Substack

From Zork to AI Dungeon: How AI is Revolutionizing Interactive Text Adventures

How to be more productive when writing – great music and apps!

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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The most depressing day annually, and weird Christmas traditions

ward 07/01/2025

Happy Christmas and New Year! If you don’t celebrate either of them, then I hope you have had a good January so far. The New Year always marks a time … Read More

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New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand
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New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand

ward 05/01/2021

First things first – Happy New Year in Lockdown! Good times to be had by all. Except, you know, covid and isolation and general misery. I thought I would start … Read More

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Stoicism, contentment and ignoring social media

ward 07/01/2020

Over the last few years I have striven to care less about stuff in a quest for contentment. Not giving a shit about what other people think has been pretty … Read More

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New Year Resolutions are easy to keep

ward 31/12/2019

I recently read an article in New Scientist that said statistically, if you make new year resolutions, you are more likely to keep them than merely vaguely wanting to do … Read More

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Happy robot Christmas and New Year

ward 26/12/2018

Happy Christmas from all of us here at The Word of Ward! I hope you have a good and downright merry one. This year’s Xmas theme is robots.

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Happy New Year!

ward 03/01/2016

Happy bloody New Year! I hope it is going well for you so far and that you haven’t already failed miserably at keeping your resolutions.

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Happy New Year 2015!!!

ward 01/01/2015

Happy New Year! The Word of Ward hopes 2015 finds you abundantly well and having a superb time all the time.

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Happy 2013!

ward 14/01/2013

I forgot to mention the digit change and wish all my readers a happy 2013. (Funnily enough, this replicated the Indie Retro New Year’s Eve party I went to in … Read More

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What happened in 2011?

ward 29/12/2011

Every TV and radio show is now poised to launch its end of year review show. Some will be funny, most will be depressing. It has been quite a momentous year all things considered.

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