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• Helping Out Emotionally or Physically Is Being a Good Caregiver

  A person who provides needed help to an older adult, whether emotional support, physical assistance, or financial assistance, is a caregiver. You may be calling home regularly to say hello and to check up on your parent’s well-being then you are a caregiver. You may be giving your mom a ride...

• People Finders Makes A Thoughtful Mother’s Day Gift

  Mother's Day is fast approaching and just like always you have waited for the last minute to start thinking about a thoughtful Mother's Day gift. Forget about stopping under the overpass to pick up a dozen roses for your mother. This year you can really make a difference in your mother's life b...

• An Easy Way To Improve Your Online Reputation

  In this day and age of immediate information being available at anyone's fingertips, it would make sense that you would be concerned about how to improve your online reputation and be able to manage your reputation if it's less than desirable. Do you realize just how popular it is to use an int...

• Down But Not Out

  If you are an avid reader of the Kensavage.com site then you may have noticed a period of time when the site was not up and running. Basically it got hacked. DDOS via ssh for about 3 weeks and they eventually took it down. Once it was down it was exploited and a got access to the site somehow. ...

• My Invite to Jotspot Which is Now Google Sites

  Here's the email I just got for my Jotspot invite: We're contacting everyone who's expressed interest in learning of JotSpot registration re-openings on the JotSpot website. And today, we're excited to announce that JotSpot is working on Google infrastructure and has been re-launched as Google Si...

• Nokia N95 and Nokia N96 – A Power Form Of Multimedia Communication

  The Nokia N95 is a flagship smart phone from Nokia. The device has two keypads which are located on opposite sides of its display. One keypad has normal numeric keys while the other has a number of multimedia controls that will help one get a wonderful mobile multimedia experience. The handset comes...

• Asteroid to Crash Into Mars. Earth Saved

  Mars is in danger of being struck by an asteroid at the end of next month, astronomers have calculated. The impact, however, would be tiny in comparison to that of the asteroid that struck Chicxulub in Mexico 65 million years ago, which caused a worldwide cataclysm that is thought to have wiped o...

• How a New Laser Can Remove Your Tattoo

  We all know someone (maybe even ourselves) who has a tattoo that they no longer like and they want to know how to remove a tattoo. Well for now, there really isn't a quick or painless way but here is how to do it. Dermatologists will tell you that their business is absolutely booming thanks to pe...

• Burger King promises healthier kids’ meals

  Burger King is building a Kids Meal that will contain the flame-broiled Tenders, organic unsweetened applesauce and low-fat milk, for a total of 305 calories and 8.5 grams of fat. Burger King pledged Wednesday to offer healthier fast-food items for children under 12, with plans to sell and market fl...

• Hi My Name is Erin Savage

  I have started writing a lot of the articles on Ken's site so I wanted to take this time to introduce myself to everyone. I am Erin Savage, Ken's wife of six and a half years. I recently found out that I love to write for his blog. Who knew? So what can I tell you about myself? If you asked an...

• What is Yahoo Publisher’s Network New Quality-Based Pricing?

  I got this sent to me today from Yahoo Publisher's Network: Dear Ken, In an ongoing effort to strengthen our Sponsored Search and Content Match marketplaces, Yahoo! will be introducing a new traffic quality feature called "quality-based pricing". This feature is rolling out beginning today an...

• Wii Blogging

  WOW I'm writing this from my new Wii. Now I can just sit on the couch and write articles using the Wii. I wish I could have win a free Wii instead. But I'll the give the Wii 2 thumbs up. ...

• Get Out of My Bike Lane!

  Report a bike lane violation in New York City. This guy takes a picture of someone clogging up the bike land in NYC and then reports the pic and license plate to his website. You can also the the Top Offenders. MyBikelane was conceived after repeated frustration at having to dodge cars illegally par...

• 5 Reasons Why I Like To Blog

  Ken and I met Li Evans while at SES NY and it seems that we have been tagged to write a "5 Reasons Why I Like To Blog" meme. So, here goes. I Have a Lot to Say - For anyone who doesn't know, I stay home with my 4 year old son. He is getting pretty tired of hearing my rants since he usually doe...

• Virginia Tech Notified of Gunman Via Email

  A horrible shooting took place today at the campus of Virginia Tech. A gunman on a rampage shot and killed 33 people on the Virginia Tech campus. The shooter, who's identity is unknown as of right now, also lost his life but it has not been released if it was self inflicted or if he was taken down b...

• My View of SES New York

  So I figured that I would go to the Search Engine Strategies and the most important thing that I would need to focus on would be the actual sessions that I was attending...I was wrong. I found out the first night that I arrived at Hilton Hotel in New York that even more important than the actual...

• Google Phone, Fact or Fiction?

  Well, it's not exactly fact as of yet but there are certainly tons of rumors flying that Google is in works to release The Google Phone. There are analyst leaks and industry reports stating Google is investigating a low cost, internet connected phone with a wide full color screen. There are clai...

• Ask Erin

  Instead of having a typical "About Me" page, I decided to have a page where visitors could ask me whatever they want. Come on people, I need some challenging thought provoking questions. Ask me about your personal problems (I promise I won't make fun of you... that much), advice on clothes or...

• Kelly Ripa Says Regis Philbin Survives Bypass

  Regis Philbin, Co-host of "Live with Regis and Kelly", has had a successful bypass surgery. As I had written in an earlier article when Philbin announced bypass surgery was needed, he had been having shortness of breath and chest pains for weeks prior to the surgery. Regis had the surgery Tuesda...

• Can this New Insulin Pen Cure Your Diabetes?

  WTF is an Insulin Pen? Well it is an insulin injection tool that resembles… you guessed it, a pen. This is great for people who need to give themselves an insulin injection when out in public but do not like it to be noticeable. There is one Insulin Pen available right now named HumaPen Memoir...