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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...

My adventures into the world of GNU/Linux. Part 6 – Just another Linux server

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Mar 3, 2019 | My Life, Technology | 0 comments

It’s been well over a year since the last instalment. But here’s the long-awaited 6th part. It’s now November 2005 and I’d been using Linux on and off for 3 years as a desktop/workstation. So I started looking at how Linux systems could be used...

Major security flaw in Logitech wireless peripherals

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Dec 18, 2018 | Robert Investigates, Technology, Work | 0 comments

Rejected title: The mouse that got the cheese On my desk, I have a very sophisticated hacking device. Want to see it? Sure. The most sophisticated hacking device. A mouse? Really? No, I’m not talking about some metaphorical “Here are the peripherals I used on a...

Repairing a mains powered timer

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Dec 15, 2018 | My Life, Technology, Tutorials | 0 comments

So it’s getting close to Christmas, so as usual it’s time to put the decorations up. All was going fine until it was time to put the tree lights on a timer. That’s when I discovered that both devices I have were not functioning when unplugged. Two...

How to host WordPress with Nginx (LEMP Stack)

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Sep 13, 2018 | Technology, Tutorials | 0 comments

I recently switched server hosting and whilst rebuilding, I decided to optimize my setup by switching my web server exclusively to Nginx. The challenge was getting WordPress to work with the new set up. The majority of independent guides for setting up WordPress will...

[Updated] Your favourite YouTube stars may soon dissappear from the platform, but not before your account goes first

by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jul 3, 2018 | My Life, Robert Investigates | 0 comments

Ah, who doesn’t love a bit of YouTube drama? Whilst I’ve tried my best to stay out of it (mainly by being a total nobody on the platform), I think what happened to my account is the start of something that’s going to spiral out of control. A light...

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