About Alan Burns

• Buying a home computer: local builder or big brand?

  Posted on 29 Nov 2010 by Alan Burns

  A family member recently asked for my advice regarding his upcoming purchase of a home computer. His current computer is several years old, so he would like something faster and with more storage. A local shop that assembles computers thems...read more

• Beatles on iTunes

  

  Posted on 16 Nov 2010 by Alan Burns

  This morning the iTunes teaser ad was replaced by the announcement that The Beatles are now on iTunes. In many ways, this is big news. The Beatles are, of course, one of the most influential, durable, and best selling of all musical groups....read more

• Will the announcement live up to the expectation?

  

  Posted on 16 Nov 2010 by Alan Burns

  Yesterday the iTunes home page was replaced by a teaser ad. The page hinted that today there would be some great announcement, and to check back then. Obviously the tactic worked, as there has been plenty of chatter about this. Let’s ...read more

• When is the last time you made a backup?

  Posted on 15 Nov 2010 by Alan Burns

  If you don’t know, then it’s time you made one. Do it now. If you have a backup procedure that works for you, make a backup today. If you suffer a hard drive crash tomorrow, you’ll thank me for the reminder. To those of yo...read more

• Web applications ease site management

  Posted on 11 Nov 2010 by Alan Burns

  As a web site grows, more pages, images and other content are added, new directories must be created and navigations menus updated. At some point doing that manually becomes onerous. Factor in the complexity of adding other site features an...read more

• Gaming without wires

  

  Posted on 04 Nov 2010 by Alan Burns

  Kinect, Microsoft’s newest game system, launched in North America yesterday. Here in Toronto, Canada, MS took over a downtown public square with a two-storey high glass box demonstration pavilion, music, fireworks at midnight, and lot...read more

• How do you edit your web site?

  Posted on 02 Nov 2010 by Alan Burns

  Do you edit the pages directly on the server? Don’t! Many people edit their web sites directly on the web server, via Internet connection. Perhaps they find it more convenient than to use an editor on their personal computer and subse...read more

• Mail addresses are not case sensitive

  Posted on 24 Oct 2010 by Alan Burns

  I recently wrote that cPanel mail account names are case sensitive for purposes of login. This means that if you created a mail account as rover@dog.com, you cannot login as ROVER@dog.com. That login name, because the case differs from how ...read more

• Mail account names are case sensitive

  Posted on 22 Oct 2010 by Alan Burns

  E-mail is critical for many people. When they can’t get access, they can get upset. In on-line forums of web hosts I’ve used, we frequently saw messages from frustrated users asking for help. However, in my experience users them...read more

• Banish unwanted television from public spaces

  

  Posted on 18 Oct 2010 by Alan Burns

  Television is ubiquitous. We cannot get away from it. Many of us hate being inundated by television everywhere: airport lounges; exercise rooms; bars, even many good restaurants. My doctor’s waiting room has a big one, usually set to ...read more

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