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iiNet says data centre cooling system ‘malfunctioned’ on Christmas Day – Hardware – Telco/ISP

iiNet has attributed an email and web hosting server outage that started on Christmas Day to a  cooling system “malfunction” in its Perth data centre on a day of extreme heat.

As reported by iTnews, the company’s own website, customer email servers and virtual private server (VPS) hosting were all impacted by what was described at the time as a “data centre issue” caused by the weather.

Western Australia sweltered through its hottest Christmas Day on record, according to news reports.

iiNet customers reported as recently as the weekend that email services, in particular, had been slow to recover from the incident.

An iiNet spokesperson told iTnews that the incident was caused by a failure of the data centre’s cooling system.

“In the afternoon…


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Lutheran Church of Hope hosting Christmas light show for 2nd straight year

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Last year for the holidays people had to find makeshift ways to celebrate. Gathering indoors proved difficult with surging coronavirus cases and deaths, so a local church decided to gather people outside while staying safe.

The Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines put on a makeshift light show in the parking lot for families to come and drive through. The show received overwhelming support, so much so that the church is hosting a light show again this year.

“Last year’s Christmas we didn’t have anything that people could come to indoors,” said Jeremy Johnson, a pastor at the Lutheran Church of Hope. “So we started it last year, but it was such a success we couldn’t not bring it back this year.”

“Journey to the Light” is…


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‘The Pioneer Woman’ Star Ree Drummond Praises ‘Christmas Cookie Challenge’ Co-Host

Ree Drummond is one of the queens of Food Network and host of The Pioneer Woman. Aside from hosting her own cooking show, Drummond is also a host of Christmas Cookie Challenge alongside Chef Eddie Jackson. Drummond is seemingly having a great time on the show, she dedicated an Instagram post to her co-host and fans couldn’t agree more with the star.

Ree Drummond smiles

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What did Ree Drummond say about Chef Eddie Jackson?

Drummond and Jackson teamed up as co-hosts on Christmas Cookie Challenge on the Food Network. Viewers of the show are treated with lovely visuals of the holidays and get everyone in the spirit of family and delicious baking. As the show continues to air, Drummond dedicated a post to her co-host and…


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