Robert Ian Hawdon, Author at Robert's Blog

Why Linux still doesn’t rule the desktop market

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Mar 9, 2016 | Technology | 0 comments

2016 is a pretty special year for me. It marks 10 years since switching my default operating system to Linux from Windows. (With a small exception in 2007 when I bought a Mac and used OS X for a while before installing OpenSUSE on that too) For me, Linux based systems...

Wait for the beep!

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Feb 14, 2016 | My Life, Technology, Tutorials | 0 comments

Quite a few years ago, 2008, a few of my mates and myself were avid Family Guy fans. Often watching new episodes as soon as they were out. One of the cutaway gags on an episode entitled “Long John Peter” caught my attention. By the end of that day, I had...

Death probe (A.K.A. 240V coffee warmer) review

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Feb 1, 2016 | Entertainment, My Life, Technology | 0 comments

Ah, another fantastically dangerous device shipped direct from China.

Happy new year

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Dec 31, 2015 | My Life | 0 comments

Well, once again, it’s getting close to the final midnight of the year. I swear these years are getting shorter. Anywho, here’s to 2016. Happy new year. Cheers.

SSH Tunnelling – Bringing things a little closer to home or home a little closer to you

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Nov 15, 2015 | Technology, Tutorials | 0 comments

A few years ago, I wrote an article on how it was possible to hack into a friend’s Facebook account on public, unsecured, or poorly secured Wi-Fi, when using Facebook over an unencrypted connection. In that post, I mentioned you could tunnel your home connection...

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