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Jail for Hacked Oregonians?

by Scott | Mar 30, 2011 | Local news, Viruses and Scams

Two weeks ago, House Bill 2463 passed the Oregon House unanimously – 60 to zero to legally require computer workers to report any discovered child porn. Failure to do so can include a penalty of $6,250, up to a year in jail, or both. Wow. Well it’s about...

WordCamp Portland | Sponsorship and Free Ticket

by Scott | Sep 17, 2010 | Local news, Wordpress

I’m proud to announce that we are one of the sponsors for Portland WordCamp 2010 that is taking place this weekend, although I’m very disappointed that I can’t go. When I was first approached about sponsorship, I wasn’t really sure that it...

Comcast Blocking Mail to Comcast Addresses

by Scott | Apr 27, 2009 | Computers - How to, Local news, Technology News, Web Hosting

I’ve had my share of issues with Comcast in the past, and this one is just as frustrating. Just like many of my issues with them so far, it’s completely inconsistent from market to market, so their support department seems to know nothing about it. Anyone...

Corvallis Etailing & SEO Meeting

by Scott | Apr 13, 2009 | Education, Local news, Public Speaking

I just finished my slides for an hour-long presentation that I’m giving on Wednesday, April 15 at a monthly meeting of the Corvallis Etailers Association. The presentation is taking place at 420 NW 2nd St, Corvallis, OR 97330 12 noon to 1:30pm I’ve...

Portland Web Hosting Problems

by Scott | Mar 18, 2009 | Local news, Web Hosting

This morning, email and website access is sporadic (at best) on the PDXTC servers, and it is slowly being restored. For what it’s worth, the problem was not actually on our end, but in the middle, with one of Portland’s primary bandwith providers making a...

The Last SearchFest?

by Scott | Feb 24, 2009 | Conferences, Local news, Public Speaking

Okay, catchy headline, I’m guilty. It won’t be the last, but may very well be the best you’ll ever see, if you look at it logically… Regional conferences are showing up all over, dividing the time talent and energy of the conference speakers....