July 2015 - Robert's Blog

Using Facebook Messenger on Pidgin – Revisited (API v2) [Updated]

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jul 11, 2015 | My Life, Technology, Tutorials | 7 comments

Just over 5 years ago, I wrote a post on here showing how to connect to Facebook Chat (now rebranded as Facebook Messenger) on 3rd party Instant Messenger clients through Facebook’s XMPP endpoint. Unfortunately this relied on Facebook’s first API, which...

My first week with the Apple Watch

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jul 5, 2015 | My Life, Technology | 0 comments

…and why the £12,000 top of the range model might actually not be such a bad investment. Ok, so I finally took the plunge last week, raided the piggy bank, and purchased an Apple Watch. Why? Simply put, I liked the idea of having important information piped...

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