WestEastonPA Has New Look On Your Mobile Phone

mobile_phone_previewI noticed it and a few have told me about it. Viewing this website on a mobile phone presented a mish-mash of pictures and clustered entries that made navigation difficult.

The situation of mobile phone screens not displaying a website in an easy to read and navigate format is common. Many businesses and website owners don’t realize that mobile phones have overtaken PCs in their use of accessing the Internet. Continue reading

75th Anniversary of War of The Worlds on PBS

Welles at 23 years old understood the power of mass media on public perception.
Welles at 23 years old understood the power of mass media on public perception.

It took place on the night before Halloween, long known as “Mischief Night.” Just after 8 p.m. on Oct. 30, 1938, millions of Americans listening to CBS Radio heard the voice of a panicked announcer reporting that strange explosions were taking place on Mars, followed minutes later by a report that Martians had landed in the tiny town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Continue reading

Saving Your Computer From The Apocolypse

Cloud-StorageIf your personal computer were to be lost, stolen, or simply smoke and burn, what is on it that you value most? Work related documents? Your novel? A thesis for that Phd? Maybe it’s a number of things, including photos that you never bothered having printed. Imagine that your computer is gone with no hope of recovering any of your files.

How do you prevent this from happening? Continue reading

Obama Healthcare Plan and Website Under Fire

When I build a website, whether one of my own or for somebody else, the first thing I do before launching it is to make sure it works. That means testing it for bugs. Considering President Obama is using some of the top IT people in the country and has had 2 years to prepare for the opening bell of his healthcare plan you have to wonder why the website (if not the healthcare plan itself) is stumbling right out of the gate. Continue reading

FBI Lockout of Computer – MoneyPak Virus

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MoneyPak Virus screen. Your screen might appear differently, but will always offer a payment link.

This morning I had the displeasure of finding the new MoneyPak virus on my computer (also referred to as, “Ransomware”). I don’t normally write about computer issues on any website I own that isn’t related to computers, but I’m making an exception on this, because MoneyPak is especially vicious. I’m also concerned that the people who live in West Easton, being for the most part computer illiterate, might be fooled into paying a ransom to get back use of their computer. Continue reading