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Posts about general WebHostingBuzz topics from different members of our dream team
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Clean your vents
Posted on 27 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
Heat is a killer of electronics. That’s why computers include vents and fans, to intake fresh air and exhaust hot air. If this flow is restricted, heat will build up and components can fail. A friend of mine complained that his deskto...read more
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Olympic countdown stops after one day
Posted on 17 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
London 2012 Olympic organizers proudly unveiled a large Olympic clock in Trafalgar Square on Monday. The clock counts down the final 500 days to the 2012 Olympic games. The next day, the clock stopped. Embarrassed officials and Omega (the c...read more
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Daylight Saving Time
Posted on 16 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
This past Sunday, most of Canada and the US moved their clocks forward one hour to begin the annual Daylight Saving Time. The European Union does its one hour jump forward to Summer Time in just over a week from now. How many clocks did you...read more
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Canadians the most on-line in the world
Posted on 14 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
Canadians spend more time on-line than anyone else in the world, according to recent research. The average Canadian spends 43.5 hours per month on-line, almost twice the 23.1 hour world average. Canada has the highest number of web site vis...read more
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February 2011 Uptime Figures
Posted on 14 Mar 2011 by Matt Russell
Here are our February 2011 uptime figures as recorded by our external monitoring service. Another great month for uptime 🙂 Here are our independently verified uptime figures for January 2011 asteroid.whbdns.com – 99.981...read more
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He built a better shucker
Posted on 11 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
I like it when someone examines an old tool and figures out how to make a better one. Toronto seafood restaurateur Patrick McMurray has done just that with the oyster knife. A four-time Canadian oyster shucking champion, 2004 North American...read more
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Repair a scratched CD
Posted on 09 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
Your CD skips or has audible glitches, or it won’t rip (copy) without errors. You’ve tried the cleaning and polishing technique from my earlier article and tried it on a different drive, with no luck. More aggressive action is n...read more
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TLC for a skipping CD
Posted on 07 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
Does your Partridge Family CD skip in your CD player? Are you unable to rip (copy) your Milli Vanilli Greatest Hits due to errors? There is hope. A CD is read by a laser that scans the underside, the side without artwork. The laser passes t...read more
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“Password” is not a good password
Posted on 05 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
Many studies have found that one of the most common passwords is “password”. This is likely because it is the default in many systems. A very bad default, in my opinion. We’re overwhelmed by passwords, so it’s not su...read more
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Scam caller asks: “Is your computer running slowly?”
Posted on 01 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
Today I received a phone call offering to fix my PC. Instead of thinking “wow, how kind of someone to offer to help me”, my suspicious mind naturally contemplated other motives. It turns out that this is indeed a telemarketing s...read more
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