Section: General Info

Jack Andraka – 15 Year Old Genius Invents Early Cancer Detection

jack-andrakaJack Andraka, a 15 year-old freshman at North County High School in Glen Burnie, Md., accomplished a feat of medical research that will go down in the history books as possibly the biggest achievement in seeking a cure for all cancers and saving many thousands of lives each year. Continue reading

Mischief Night

flat-tireCall it, “Mischief Night” or, “Devil’s Night,” the night before Halloween Day has had a long tradition of being the night when youth play pranks on their neighbors. From what I’m told West Easton doesn’t have a problem with anything serious being done, but it’s better to be forewarned and take precautions, than be taken by surprise. Continue reading

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