Making IT in MassachusettsMaking IT in MassachusettsMy name is Ken Savage. My website features articles and podcasting about Boston radio, Technology in New England, Music, TV, Movies, Family and Friends. I will be updating it with news posts, pictures of Jake and my wife Erin. 
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8 Easy Steps to Banish Bad Breath
2008-08-20 16:16:00 We’ve all found ourselves chatting with someone whose breath could easily wilt a flower. With more than 90 million people suffering from chronic bad breath (also called halitosis), that’s a lot of wilted flowers. If you (or someone you regularly smooch) has an attack of bad breath that even Altoids won’t fix, try these eight ... More About: Breath , Easy , Steps , Bad breath
The Retards in Tropic Thunder Are Under Fire
2008-08-20 16:14:00 Calling someone a retard in a big budget Hollywood movie might be funny but was is more retarded is that people want to protest and get the movie shut down because they used the phrase ‘retarded’ in the movie to describe (trust me you just gotta see it) another character. Now, as we recently learned thanks ... More About: Entertainment , Fire , Thunder
Giant Shark Offshore of Boston Massachusetts
2008-08-19 08:29:00 Fishing out on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary on a perfect calm day we saw some action on the horizon and decided to check it out. As we approached we could see the dorsal and tail fin of a large shark. Typically a basking shark which are very harmless we came very close to observe it ... More About: Boston , Massachusetts , Shark , Giant , Offshore
Quommunication Video Wordpress Theme
2008-08-19 08:25:00 One of the best video wordpress themes I’ve seen. Quommunication - New Kind of Design Solutions. a Quommunication Video Wordpress Theme More About: Technology , Wordpress Theme
Organize A Neighborhood Block Party and Meet Your Neighbors
2008-08-07 02:57:00 It seems that a lot of neighborhoods have lost their community feel. The best way to get that back? Organize a neighborhood block party for your neighborhood. There are tons of great reasons to get to know your neighbors. Aside from the “can I borrow an egg?” type of reasons there is the issue of safety. ... More About: Party , Meet , Neighbors , Block
Children?s Face Painting Tips And Creative Ideas To Throw a Party
2008-07-02 05:22:00 What could be a better activity than children’s face painting at your next gathering that includes kids? You don’t have to spend the money and hire a professional children’s face painter. All you need to do is follow some very basic children’s face painting tips for beginners. The biggest piece of advice that a beginner children’s ... More About: Ideas , Creative , Children , Party , Painting
Micky Ward Movie Gets Ready to Shoot In October. Will it Shoot In Lowell?
2008-07-01 08:53:00 After two years in development, Mark Wahlberg and Darren Aronofsky?s long gestating boxing biopic on underdog champion Irish Micky Ward is finally going to begin shooting in October , the star told MTV News. ?I?ve been training for two years now. I?m ready,? he said. ?I want to look like a champ, not a chump.? But Mark Wahlberg ... More About: Movies , Movie , Ready
Should You Change Your Oil Every 3000 Miles?
2008-06-24 05:59:00 In a recent study performed by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, it was shown that an astounding 73% of California drivers change their oil more than necessary. If it’s happening in California it must be happening all across the country right? So what does that mean? Well besides being a waste of money for the ... More About: Change , Miles
Dont Install Firefox 3 Over Firefox 2 Or You Will Lose Some Add-on Funtiona
2008-06-17 22:11:00 Download the New Firefox 3 But Don’t Install it Yet Mozilla has just announced their release of Firefox 3 . Are you going to help break the world record? This newest version of Firefox is said to be much faster and will consume far less memory than it’s predecessors with a few extra enhancements to boot. The claims ... More About: Firefox 2
Scary Game 2 - Try This New Game. Test Your Skills
2008-06-04 09:17:00 Put This Game on Your Myspace, Facebook or website play flash games Now paste this code on your site OK this new game is a bit harder. You had fun and saw the secret level in the last scary maze game. Now this is the sequel to it. Simply click the dot as fast as you can as ... More About: Scary , Test , Skills , Game 2
Kimbo Slice Runs Out Of Gas and Wins MMA Fight
2008-06-01 06:39:00 Kimbo Slice could become an even bigger superstar than he already is?a number of the SavSci staffers have suggested that Kimbo could be the next Mike Tyson but obviously that requires him to keep winning in impressive fashion. Thompson in the cage now with almost no fanfare or reaction. Now here comes Kimbo and not ... More About: Fight , Kimbo Slice , Runs , Wins , Kimbo
Boston Celtics Paul Pierce 3 Pointer Foul Was Wrong (video)
2008-05-31 17:24:00 Beating Detrot in Detroit tonight should remove any doubts about this team and their coach, Doc Rivers. There were so many great plays made tonight. The ones that stood out began with Ray Allen still on fire knocking down big time shots. The slump is over for him and after tonight’s celtics game it’s proof ... More About: Video , Sports , Boston , Paul , Boston Celtics
I Got New Kids On The Block Concert Tickets At Free Ticket Exchange
2008-05-15 08:36:00 When I was younger I was a HUGE New Kids On The Block fan and it kind of embarrasses me to say that I guess I still am. New Kids On The Block reunion tour tickets went on sale for my area and they sold out pretty quickly. Bummer, I guess I’ll have to wait for ... More About: Concert , Free , Exchange , Tickets
Helping Out Emotionally or Physically Is Being a Good Caregiver
2008-05-15 08:26:00 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 to the doctor or the store ... More About: Technology , Good , Caregiver
Brain Performance Exercise Games Make You Smarter? Kinda
2008-05-05 15:07:00 As we get older… and we are getting older, there are certain brain functions that could benefit from a brain sharpening exercise game. What? Now I have to have an exercise routine for my brain? It doesn’t involve heavy lifting don’t worry. Thanks to brain improvement sites you can play fun games that will give you ... More About: Entertainment , Performance , Games , Exercise , Make
People Finders Makes A Thoughtful Mother?s Day Gift
2008-05-01 08:37:00 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 by giving People Finders ... More About: Family , Technology , Gift , Mother
How Rising Gas Prices Could Affect Your Diet
2008-04-17 12:38:00 In an age when American’s are becoming more aware of the importance of a healthy diet, it is really upsetting to see what a huge impact the rising gas prices are having on our nations’ food costs. There are many factors that go into just how the price of gas is effecting our food prices ... More About: Diet , Gas Prices , Consumerism , Prices
An Easy Way To Improve Your Online Reputation
2008-04-16 07:12:00 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 internet search engine such ... More About: Online , Improve , Easy , Easy Way , Reputation
Good Times at Tonights Celtics Game
2008-04-12 07:25:00 The Celtics started off on an even keel, working hard on the boards while Rondo provided most of the early offense. Boston held a 10-9 edge until Ray Allen canned a three, kicking off a 10-2 run. The home squad sustained that momentum, and it was 31-21 at the end of the first quarter. The ... More About: Sports , Game , Times , Good
Sunday Afternoon Activities
2008-04-06 22:09:00 So what are you doing this weekend. Well we’re sitting around all day just cleaning the house rather than going out and having fun in this crappy Massachusetts weather. Post from: Ken Savage Making IT in Massachusetts Sunday Afternoon Activities My View of SES New York (2)Bronze for NBA stars? (0)Breeding and Raising Jack Dempsey Cichlid Fish (12)Stand ... More About: Entertainment
Down But Not Out
2008-04-02 23:56:00 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 ...
Maybe We Can Lower Gas Prices If They Won?t
2008-03-18 12:57:00 THIS IS NOT THE ‘DON’T BUY’ GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON. This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gas prices going ... More About: Gas Prices , Lower , Prices
Online Marketing Recommendation - David Meerman Scott
2008-03-15 02:59:00 The The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott I’d definitely recommend this and I bought it for a few other people too. Marketing and public relations is vastly different on the Web than in mainstream media. He says that the “old rules” of mainstream media (which he says do not work on ... More About: Online Marketing , Online
What Do Shamrocks And Leprechauns Have To Do With St. Patrick?s Day?
2008-03-12 22:07:00 St. Patrick ’s Day, March 17th, is fast approaching. On this day we will see people wearing shamrocks on various parts of their body and we may even see the occasional person dressed up in full leprechaun gear. Since I’ve already told you how to ooze irish pride with the right St. Patrick’s Day gear, I thought ... More About: St Patrick
A Microsoft Word Resume Tip That You?ve Never Heard
2008-03-10 03:12:00 Microsoft Word s doc file is arguably the most requested format for resume submission. However, an item that most Word users overlook might be handicapping your CV too. 10 Blunders To Avoid Here are the kinds of things that I?ve seen in CV Document Properties: Post from: Ken Savage Making IT in Massachusetts A Microsoft Word Resume Tip That ... More About: Microsoft
Brad Sucks Music - testing out this inline mp3 player
2008-03-04 07:45:00 Wanted to test out this new mp3 player buttons and what better music to use than Brad Sucks From Brad’s site: Brad Sucks is the name of my one man band. I write, record and produce songs and put them on this website for people to download and hopefully share and enjoy. There are also some albums ... More About: Music , Player , Testing
My Invite to Jotspot Which is Now Google Sites
2008-02-28 19:58:00 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 Sites . Google Sites is the latest offering from Google Apps, a ... More About: Invite
Having Trouble Sleeping? Why Not Try A Natural Sleep Aid?
2008-02-27 23:36:00 From time to time everyone has trouble sleeping and needs some help naturally. Why should you take your chances with risky, habit forming sleep aids when there are natural sleep aids out there that you can try. There are tons of things that you can do to ensure that you have healthier sleep habits and utilizing ... More About: Sleeping , Natural , Sleep
Ooze Irish Pride With The Right Saint Patrick?s Day Gear
2008-02-21 07:08:00 Do you celebrate Saint Patrick ’s Day with a night on the town? Then you’ll need to wear all the right St. Patrick’s Day gear to make sure that you celebrate this March 17th St. Patty’s style. What’s that you say? You are Irish and have green eyes…BFD! Wear your green eyes proudly on all of the ... More About: Saint Patrick , Gear , Pride
Fifty Years of Math 1958-2008
More articles from this author:2008-02-20 19:46:00 Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed ... More About: Math , Years , 2008 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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