Upgrading the firmware on the original Jawbone Jambox
A few years ago, I bought myself a Jambox which was the direct result of a former colleague at work using one to play background music in the office. I thought it sounded pretty good, so decided to pick one up for myself. Like a lot of things, it got a fair bit of use...
A look back at the Ubuntu Phone
About 5 years ago, I read an article on Canonical’s ambitious plans on achieving device convergence with a product called Ubuntu for Android. That is to use the same code across different types of devices and allowing different devices running the same software...
My adventures into the world of GNU/Linux. Part 5 – Portability, 64 Bit, Chameleons, and leaving via the Gate.
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,...
Explaining DNS and the DDoS on Dyn
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
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...Hello and welcome to my site
My name is Robert Ian Hawdon. I am a Systems Administrator for software company based in the North-East of England who specialise in online gambling platform solutions.
I have a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Network Systems and have an extensive experience in IT, in particular Linux and the Windows Azure platform.
My website is hosted on my own personal server (under the name OP-EZY) which I’ve been maintaining for over a decade.
