by Robert Ian Hawdon | May 19, 2023 | In The News |
In this post, I will share my thoughts on the recent PR disaster surrounding Ledger, a leading crypto hardware wallet provider. As an avid user of their Ledger Nano X, I had previously praised their security features. However, with the introduction of their...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Oct 13, 2022 | Technology |
Quite a few years ago, I wrote about how the UK wasn’t ready for “Web 3.0”, back then no-one knew what “Web 3” would be, and I was pretty sceptical in regards to how long it would take for the UK to get an upgrade to its infrastructure....
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Aug 28, 2021 | Technology, Tutorials |
I’ve been using the dual SIM capabilities on my iPhone for a couple of years, allowing me to use one device for both Personal and Business calls and messages through iMessage. However, sometimes I’d run into an issue where I’d accidentally switch a...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Nov 12, 2020 | Robert Investigates, Tutorials |
With the current world situation, it’s becoming more and more important to not only protect ourselves in the real world but also online, especially as that’s where a lot of us are spending our time, whether it be for work or leisure. But what happens if...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Oct 30, 2020 | My Life, Robert Investigates, Tutorials |
So, me and my fiancée have a little obsession, it’s a little card game you may have heard of called Uno. Yep, you know the one, a colourful combination of Yellow, Red, Blue, and Green cards with a few wild cards and numbers. You’ve probably played it...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Aug 19, 2020 | My Life, Technology |
In February, I bought myself and my partner AirPods Pros, Apple’s flagship wireless earbuds. At £250 a pop, they’re a pricy investment, but are they worth the cost? The choice to buy these was partly because I’d seen a lot of people using the second-generation AirPods...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jun 30, 2020 | My Life |
Well, it’s been a while since my last post. An unintentional hiatus due to quite a few changes, including moving the whole site to a new location, https://robert.hawdon.net/. In February, I started working night-shift on a permanent basis, still for the same...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Dec 31, 2019 | My Life |
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...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Sep 7, 2019 | My Life, Site News |
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.
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Aug 8, 2019 | In The News, Music |
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,...