http://www.nwblog.com Recent Blog Posts from NWBlog.com en-us http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=773 04/14/2009 7:47:29am - Whenever the phrase "sustainability" is used, more often than not it is said in the context of environmental awareness. Less attention is given to the ways sustainability can be applied exclusively within a business setting, or the different ways it ... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=772 04/03/2009 6:25:14am - Since becoming an accredited member of Green America in 2008, Canvas Dreams has worked hard to educate our customers and business associates about the importance of adopting sustainable business practices.   Over the past several months, Canvas... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=771 03/30/2009 3:05:53am - Canvas Dreams is overly honest about the realities of sustainable web hosting. That is why you will not find any mention of "carbon neutral hosting" or "100% green hosting" anywhere on our site. We are a "sustainable host" -- one that works to balanc... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=763 01/03/2009 3:08:50am - A few years back, GoDaddy started pushing multi-year domain registrations, claiming it would improve the domain's visibility on search engines. The basis for this was an article published that domains used by spammers or fraudsters tend to be registe... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=760 11/16/2008 3:16:02pm - Earlier tonight, we read of a company's poor results with its SEO efforts. They proposed dropping SEO altogether and instead starting up a link exchange network. There are many facets to this issue, and many potential reasons why the SEO didn't work ... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=758 11/11/2008 4:50:26am - If you sell products or services online, one way to prevent fraudulent orders is to implement anti-fraud detection into your shopping cart or web site. There are several subscription-based services out there and many are designed to integrate into ex... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=757 11/10/2008 12:30:45am - We recently had the opportunity to speak with Brent Young at E-Tech Recycling, an e-waste recycling service that has a local presence in Beaverton, Oregon. It was an eye-opener to speak with him point-blank about his industry, and the realities of wh... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=753 09/17/2008 8:06:08am - Canvas Dreams offsets 100% of its electrical use by purchasing new, renewable wind energy from PGE, the local power utility. When we joined PGE's Clean Wind program last year, we did so because it was the closest we could get to having a wind farm di... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=744 09/11/2008 3:55:50pm - The online world is one that is being redefined every day. When a contract is signed by two parties online, what is or is not considered legally binding? Is an email enough to signify consent? On which year's legal basis would you judge an email to b... http://soho.nwblog.com/?PostID=740 06/27/2008 8:07:00am - Some would say that I am a very picky or particular person when it comes to customer service.  When I am on the end of needing friendly and helpful customer service, a little goes a long way with me.  I tend to have VERY little patience fo... http://spokaneradionews.nwblog.com/?PostID=738 06/11/2008 4:37:43am - Two Stations Go Dark Due to financial difficulties Proactive's Live 104.5 (KQQB) and Z-107 (KAZZ) have been taken off the air.  Both stations are up for sale. There has been some interest in both, but no firm offers have been made yet. I have been t... http://voipcontact.nwblog.com/?PostID=737 05/08/2008 10:41:02pm - Introduction- With the development in the field of internet major capitalists had an eye about the future prospects related to the voice communication like telephone services precisely to be joined together with the internet services. With the intro... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=736 04/25/2008 5:32:18pm - The following is a post from an online forum in which a member asked questions about "green" companies, and whether buying "green tickets" constituted anything more than a marketing gimmick. We gave it some thought and posted the following reply. &nb... http://cpj.nwblog.com/?PostID=735 03/06/2008 4:40:19am - "The Call Of The Maturing"Recently, I've had the (un)pleasure of experiencing some extreme vertigo. The whole idea of "room-spinning" has been somewhat fascinating to me. What makes some people (and mostly children) giggle and laugh makes others hor... http://b1rdman.nwblog.com/?PostID=734 03/01/2008 8:44:11am - What is free-thought and critical thinking?   Free-thought / free thinking was initially associated with the rejection of religion by logic and reason during the 15th and 16th centuries Renaissance.  Critical thinking has its roots with an... http://wine.nwblog.com/?PostID=733 02/13/2008 2:59:36pm - January 18 was a good day. Four full carboys of Pinot Noir had at last completed their Malolactic ferment, and it was time to rack them off the fine lees and malo sediment.   Only five carboys were used in the racking. Starting with a fresh and ... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=731 01/19/2008 11:13:47am - Read that title again. Network Solutions preregisters searched domains. If you visit NetworkSolutions.com to search for and find an available domain, Network Solutions will pre-register it, on your behalf, for a full year -- and then force you to pay... http://cpj.nwblog.com/?PostID=730 12/29/2007 4:14:40pm - All Things, New and Old          2007 is officially gone.  Welcome 2008!       There are plenty of things to remember about the past year.  I won’t be going over them here, though.  In... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=729 12/28/2007 1:59:30pm - We recently saw this question posted to a web hosting forum:   "What hosting companies we should avoid?"   The user is new to the industry and was trying to work up a basic list of the types of companies that you would -- and would not -- w... http://cpj.nwblog.com/?PostID=728 12/27/2007 3:39:14pm - "The Road To Me"    Many years it has been Since my being first began This vehicle I did not choose Yet doomed/destined to travel in   Driving frustratedly, my youth As many do, tried to move Faster than the limit allowed And still, at... http://wine.nwblog.com/?PostID=726 12/15/2007 8:40:06am - Having left the wine alone for many weeks, it was time again to check the status of its malolactic ferment. Here are the results:   Malic Acid: 30-50mg/L pH: 3.65 TA: .62   Malolactic ferment is almost complete. In fact, It probably is comp... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=721 11/16/2007 7:16:47am - A Northwest focus. Canvas Dreams is locally-owned and operated by Oregonians. Ours is a commitment to complete customer satisfaction, and that begins with providing you the real-world hosting services you need. We understand how business is done in O... http://webservations.nwblog.com/?PostID=704 10/22/2007 1:07:42pm - Last week, the Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. is interfering with certain types of data transfers on their network.   In an article entitled "Comcast blocks some Internet traffic",  Peter Svensson reported Friday the AP had co... http://wine.nwblog.com/?PostID=703 10/19/2007 10:25:08am - It's been just under 48 hour since we pressed the Pinot Noir into four glass carboys (vessels). By this time, quite a bit of sediment had precipitated to the bottom of each vessel. Using a clean, fifth carboy, I was able to transfer the contents of t... http://wine.nwblog.com/?PostID=702 10/17/2007 5:11:30pm - It's done. This evening the wine was pressed and filled into four carboys.   Prior to pressing, we'd set up the entire space: laid down plastic tarps on the garage floor, a bucket of iodophor solution and a spray bottle of pure grain alcohol nea...