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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
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
Our Ratepoint WebHostingBuzz review base is growing

Posted on 18 Mar 2011 by Matt Russell

Last year we decided to use Ratepoint to collect customer feedback and reviews. And we’ve been delighted with the result. We now have 20+ reviews and a 4.95 rating out of 5 showing just how happy our customers are. We in...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
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
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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We’ve launched a brand new website design!

Posted on 16 Feb 2015 by Adam

Hello! As you may have spotted, we recently launched a brand new website design on WebHostingBuzz.com. Having focused ou...read more