webcron

Free Alternative to WebCron?

A service I've been using for cheap web hosting servers without cron access is a free service called webcron. However I just got an email from them today sayign they'll no longer be free: The downside of this improvements is the free account that will no longer be available. I was curious if anyone knows of any acceptable alte...

How to outsource a periodic task (i.e., in the 'cloud')?

Say a client is happy with the work you've done creating a script to accomplish a task that gathers some information and outputs a hefty database file. Then, they're interested in having the task run periodically (approximately monthly) without human intervention. The client is not interested in running the task locally, so you're forced...