Robert Ian Hawdon, Author at Robert's Blog

The 2010s – Another ten years

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Dec 31, 2019 | My Life | 0 comments

Ten years ago, I wrote a rather dreadful post summarising my life from after the year 2000. At the end of the article, I jokingly said: So, unless the world ends on 21st December 2012, expect another round-up on 31st Dec...

10 Years Online

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Sep 7, 2019 | My Life, Site News | 0 comments

Just a quick post to mark the anniversary of this site, which I originally launched from a hotel room in Ireland 10 years ago today. Thanks to everyone who’s visited and supported the site over the years. More to come soon. Cheers.

Bert Sommer – The forgotten Woodstock artist

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Aug 8, 2019 | In The News, Music | 0 comments

August 2019 is a special time for music. It marks 50 years since the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Whilst many of the performers there was already well known, the festival and its subsequent documentary feature film helped propel them to new fans. However,...

Our visit to Turkey inc. Laguna Beach Resort & Spa mini review

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jul 17, 2019 | My Life | 0 comments

I recently returned from a holiday with my girlfriend and her family in Turkey. This was a package holiday from Jet2Holidays, where we stayed at the Laguna Beach Resort & Spa, Okurcalar, Alanya. We started our holiday from Newcastle International Airport where,...

Fixing the workplace coffee machine.

by Robert Ian Hawdon | May 5, 2019 | My Life, Technology | 0 comments

My place of work, Bede Gaming, is a software house. Because of this, we hire a lot of developers, and, as everyone knows, developers have the amazing ability to convert caffeine into code. So when our beloved coffee machine (The Sage (Breville) “The...