Robert Ian Hawdon, Author at Robert's Blog

My adventures into the world of GNU/Linux. Part 5 – Portability, 64 Bit, Chameleons, and leaving via the Gate.

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Feb 23, 2017 | My Life, Technology | 0 comments

The long awaited fifth part to the saga. In the last instalment, I had finally gotten online with a Linux system, and was able to perform everyday tasks on my desktop box such as word processing, browsing the web, instant messaging, and DVD playback. In this post,...

Robert Investigates: Another counterfeit mains lead (Guida LP-60L)

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Nov 21, 2016 | Robert Investigates | 0 comments

Another fake and possibly dangerous mains lead goes under the knife.

Explaining DNS and the DDoS on Dyn

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Oct 22, 2016 | In The News, Technology | 0 comments

Why did the Internet appear to break on Friday? Today I explain what DNS is, and why it’s essential to your everyday Internet browsing habits.

Red Star OS 3.0: North Korea’s custom Linux distribution

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jun 25, 2016 | My Life, Political, Robert Investigates, Technology | 0 comments

Whilst everyone else in the UK is panicking over the results of the EU referendum, I decided, as usual to do something completely different. Here I’m going to review the Operating System designed for use by the citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic...

Toonbot – a webcomic delivery service for Slack.

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jun 5, 2016 | My Life, Technology | 0 comments

At work, we use a chat system for internal communications called Slack. One of the many features of the platform is the ability to integrate other apps, or allow external applications post messages for you. One of the earliest integrations someone integrated was the...

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