About Alan Burns

• April Fools’ Day part 2

  

  Posted on 02 Apr 2011 by Alan Burns

  Yes, today is tne annual recurrence of that one morning when it’s somewhat sanctioned to play tricks on your friends, family and co-workers. Sorry if you couldn’t read the earlier April Fools’ post. It was in binary, that ...read more

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  Posted on 01 Apr 2011 by Alan Burns

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• Solar powered keyboard

  

  Posted on 30 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns

  It’s about time! A solar powered wireless keyboard, with no need for expensive and environmentally wasteful single use batteries, or an AC charger. Why didn’t anyone think of this before? The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K75...read more

• 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

• Manage cPanel mail forwarders via SSH

  Posted on 23 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns

  In an earlier article I described how mail forwarders work. They are a useful feature. So much so that some of us have long lists of forwarders for our domains. Creation and editing of mail forwarders is normally handled via cPanel’s ...read more

• Tie your mother down – and your laptop

  

  Posted on 21 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns

  Apologies to Freddie Mercury for appropriating his song title. I’m really talking about tying your laptop down. I sometimes do my work in a public library. I have my laptop open, connected via the library’s free WiFi, and listen...read more

• Free widgets for your web page or blog

  Posted on 19 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns

  I’m continuing the clock theme of the last couple of posts. When I posted about Daylight Saving Time I included a live clock at the bottom of the post, displaying current Eastern Time (eastern Canada and US). Someone contact me, askin...read more

• 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

• 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

• 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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