by Robert Ian Hawdon | Dec 31, 2015 | My Life |
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.
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Sep 28, 2015 | My Life, Technology |
Just over 15 years ago I used to watch a television programme on the BBC called Tomorrow’s World, the show focused on new and emerging technologies which could end up in our everyday lives. Famously, the humble Compact Disc was featured, and to this day,...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Aug 4, 2015 | Music, My Life, Technology, Tutorials |
A few years ago, I wrote an article titled “Why I’m not letting go of my 5th Generation iPod”. Just over five years on, I’m still using it, though it’s time to upgrade it despite it being almost a decade old. Repairing and modifying this...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jul 11, 2015 | My Life, Technology, Tutorials |
Just over 5 years ago, I wrote a post on here showing how to connect to Facebook Chat (now rebranded as Facebook Messenger) on 3rd party Instant Messenger clients through Facebook’s XMPP endpoint. Unfortunately this relied on Facebook’s first API, which...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Jul 5, 2015 | My Life, Technology |
…and why the £12,000 top of the range model might actually not be such a bad investment. Ok, so I finally took the plunge last week, raided the piggy bank, and purchased an Apple Watch. Why? Simply put, I liked the idea of having important information piped...
by Robert Ian Hawdon | Apr 28, 2015 | My Life, Robert Investigates, Technology |
Oh dear, it’s that time again where Robert spends far too much time obsessing over something that should have been thrown straight in the bin. This universal travel adaptor was kindly donated by a colleague who received this with a laptop which had clearly been...