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Pitfalls to avoid when planning for retirement 2008-01-31 21:00:00 Have you started planning
for retirement
? Everybody needs to start planning for retirement. As we get older, our ability to update our blogs diminishes. We shall not be able to update our blogs regularly. This might be due to inability to type for a long time, lack of topics. Also, memory loss affects our blogging skills. We shall not be able to recycle contents to be good enough to appear original. We shall not have enough strength to be left clicking every 3 seconds to drop about 200 entrecards everyday. I found this article on Motley fool that list ways to avoid botching your retirement plans. The link to the article is 9 Retirement KillersRelated PostWant to what? Monetize this blog? Yes
Fed has cut the rate..............and it means? 2008-01-30 22:15:09 The Fed cut interest rates today, 30th January, from 3.50% to 3.00%. The interest rate is the rate at which banks lends to other banks for a period of time, usually overnight. The Fed did that to prevent the thought of recession. The Fed has to respond to the falling stock market and failing economy. The effects of the reduced interest can be categorized as good news, mixed news and bad news.Good newsThis will help people to borrow loans at a cheaper rate. This enables people to take loans for businesses or cars, that are within their reach i.e. loans they can afford the monthly payments.People with variable rate mortgages loans can refinance their homes. Also if you have a variable rate credit card, you can call your credit card to lower your rate if your rate can be lowered.Mixed newsTre
New Template 2008-01-27 02:37:24 The first template was a 2 column template and that hindered me from adding more pictorial links or ads to my blog. In the beginning, this blog was critique to make the content visible. The purpose of a blog is to get your information across to the reader. The reader would not want to be bombarded with ads. That would deter them from visiting this blog again because she did not achieve anything. I decided to scour the web for template. Luckily (thank God) there are free templates online. I downloaded the template that fitted my choice. How to Install a Template On Blogger 1. Download the file by either opening with notepad or save the file to a location2. Go to your dashboard. Click on layout then Template then Edit template Option 1: Upload the template file from the sav
Recent Post Widget 2008-01-27 02:37:07 At last, I can show my readers my recent post. When I visit other blogs I subscribed to, the first thing I try to look for is the recent post. I do that because I just want to read the newest post since I have read the older posts. This are the steps to take if you want to also install a recent post widget for blogger.Log in to your Blogger accountOn the dashboard, click on the “Settings” linkOn the Settings tab, click on the “Site Feed” tabCheck the field “Allow Blog Feed”. Please select either “Full” or “Short” in the drop-down menu. You have to ensure that “None” is not selectedClick “Save Settings” button at the bottom of the pageNow, click on the “Template” tab. This will take you to the “Page Elements” tabClick on the “Add a Page Element” link Read more:Recent
Want to what? Monetize this blog? Yes 2008-01-27 02:36:47 I haven’t made a dime out of this blog yet. This blog is only 1 month old. I have read blogs in which the authors make like $1000-3000 a month. I usually say whoa. Then when I read blogs like shoemaker, problogger or the infamous John chow that make more than $100,000, I say eh mama. My first and the most common method of making money is by using Google adsense. Google adsense according to what I have read is the highest pay per click (PPC) program. Pay per click program is a program that pays the webmaster money anytime an ad on his site is clicked. Pay per click is only important if you have a lot of traffic like more than 50 unique visitors per day. When you register with Google adsense, you can customize the ads to blend with your blog. Adsense try to display ads that are relevant Read more:Monetize
Buying a Laptop 2008-01-27 01:41:52 Thinking of buying a laptop can be quite hectic and confusing. I am talking from experience. First of all, the buyer has to determine the purpose of the laptop. Some people use their laptop for luxury, business, or schoolwork. The buyer has to know the requirements of the laptop she wants to buy. The requirements include performance, memory size, battery power, size and weight of the laptop, and keyboard settings (thanks to ergonomists)The memory is grouped into two: system memory and graphics memory.Most laptop come with 512 MB of sytem memory. The memory can be upgraded later on.The graphics memory is dedicated for just for graphics.The more system memory it has the more expensive the laptop.More on How to buy a laptop can be seen on buying a laptop Personally, I just considered only th Read more:Buying
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Writers' Strike!.......Can there be bloggers strike? 2008-01-25 02:33:24 I never knew the importance of writers in hollywood . I know writers as the name implies write, but write what? I had never thought about what writers' write about. It is during this strike
that I realized how important writers are to the tv media.I am an avid Jay Leno, tonight show fan. I endeavor to watch the tonight show every night. But I noticed last November, NBC began showing the tonight show during Jay Leno's early career. I was wondering why NBC was during that. I later realized that there was writers' strike. The writers' strike has affected all comedians because they write most of the comedians joke. Right now, the comedian have to write their jokes (I think so).Oscar award is approaching and I am wondering how the award would be like. There would be no names calling of the nom Read more:Writers
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MacBook Air 2008-01-20 00:58:49 Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, debuted the new mac laptop called MacBook
Air on 15th of January. It is the presently the world thinnest laptop that it can fit into an envelope.The new laptop also features a multi-touch trackpad, which will allow users to zoom in or out on photos by dragging two fingers away from or towards each other, or to rotate a photo by twisting a finger around their thumb.Instead of the new notebook's standard 80GB traditional hard drive, hardcore Mac users with thick wallets will be able to equip their new toy with a 64GB flash-based Solid State Hard Drive (SSD). The article is Jobs debuts movie rentals, thin notebookRelated postBuying a Laptop
What is viral linking 2008-01-18 22:51:44 Viral linking is a tag game among bloggers. Viral linking increases Technorati page rank and Google page rank. It will also your increase inbound links and receive untargeted traffic.All you need to do is copy the A-Z blog links below, make a post on your own blog (like this one you're reading), and replace the appropriate link with your own blog link. For example, in the "E" link location is my blog link for "Everyday Activities".A About Interesting Stuff : A blog collection of interesting stuff.B Blogger, Blog, Blogging : A blog about blogging and blogs for bloggers.C Crisp Networks : Tech, blogging and make money online.D Derrich.com : Crude yet refined.E Everyday Activities : Just rambling about things but mostly about blogging and a little bit of technology gadgets.F Flowers Blog : A
Observations of Entrecard 2008-01-17 12:44:24 Today is exactly one week that I registered and installed entrecard widget. I get most of my traffic from entrecard. From the first day I registered, I was curious about how to increase the credits to advertise on my blog. I noticed that the blogs/website with less Alexa ranking had more credits to advertise on their blog. To increase your advertising credits It is advisable to put the entrecard widget at the top of your blog. Most entrecard droppers don’t want to look for your entrecard widget. Drop as many entrecard as you can. Entrecard droppers usually drop their entrecard on people in their inbox first before scavenging for entrecards. If you are looking for entrecards, start in your category. Then drop your entrecard and click on the advertisi
Introduction to Entrecards 2008-01-17 11:40:01 When I read some bloggers’ blogs, I usually notice a yellow widget with Entrecard on it. I decided to do a goggle search and found that I could register with the Entre card. I registered with Entrecard yesterday. Entrecard is a type of traffic generating medium. You create your Entrecard widget by inserting the picture of your choice. Then you will be given a code to insert into your website or blog. The picture you inserted will be displayed. You earn credit by dropping your widget on other people’s widget once a day. You can also advertise on another blogger’s widget for a certain amount of credit. Advertising on another person widget leads to your website or blog if the widg Read more:Introduction
Good job 2008-01-16 21:17:06 Hmm.......I like this guy. He is a professional juggler. Not everybody can juggle out of the box.
LinkReferral 2008-01-14 10:47:11 In my hunt for Entrecards, I came across a blog with a logo called "LinkReferral". I did a google search for linkreferral and found out that it was another traffic gaining medium. I decided to register to find out how I can increase traffic to my blog.LinkReferral Concept isMembers directory traffic - By joining, you will be included in our members directory which is visited by our community of over 140,000 members, and thousands of outside visitors on a daily basis. Referral based traffic - You are probably familiar with the concept of network marketing, well this is a free version of that marketing method - by registering and promoting your linkreferral affiliate link, an exponential growth of 5 levels of referrals can be created (ex. you refer 10 people who refer 10 people each who re
RSS Feed Submission 2008-01-11 08:51:07 If you update your content periodically, you definitly need an RSS Feed
. Most website and blogs have RSS feed. Submitted RSS feeds helps to increase traffic to blogs. I saw a list of RSS feed to submite your site to. They are:2RSS.comBlogBunchBlogdiggerBlogPulseBlogStreetDayTimenewsfeed24FeedbaseFeedBombFeedBoyfeeddirectory.usFeedFuryFeedMapfeedNutsFeedPlexfeeds2read.netFeedSeeFeedsFarmFindRSSGolden RSS FeedJordo MediaMillionRSSNews On FeedsOctorapage2go2.compurerss.comRead A BlogRSS MADRSS NetworkRSSbuffet Feed DirectoryRSSMotronSearch4RSSSmall Business Blog Directory StrategicBoardWeBlogALotComplete list of RSS feed can be found at 45 Working Sites to Quickly Submit Your RSS Feeds Stumble It!
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Rubiks Cube 2008-01-10 01:33:20 Trying to fell smart (sic!!), I got my first rubiks cube from amazon. I remember when I turn a side, I put it back. I did not want to mess the cube up. Then I finally decided to scramble the pieces to see how far I can arrange the piece. I tried but failed. I gave up to return with a vengeance. A guy at my work place decide to show me the steps to fix the cube. He said first start with one side. Fix it. Then match the center of the sides with the same color at the top of the sides. Then fix the middle and the last row and that is it. I am still in the process of fixing the cube.I am amazed that there are robots that can fix it. Even on youtube, I saw 3 years old girl that could fix the cube.There are also rubiks revolution , rubiks cube 4 x 4 and rubiks cube 5 x 5 .The link solution
Lack of traffic 2008-01-09 13:50:09 This is a very good post about bloggers whining about lack of traffic
. The author is tiddlytwinks. She talks about bloggers whining about lack of traffic to their blog.She recommend that to get, you have to give. This means that bloggers lack of willingness to link to other bloggers is one of the cause of lack of traffic.She also suggests join a blog carnival.This is a link to her post 2008 Social Networking Tips For All You Whiners
Gps directs man to train 2008-01-09 12:55:43 This news happened in New York. A GPS (Global Positioning System) led a driver to a train track while a train was coming on the track at 60 mph. The driver rented the car with a GPS to help him find out how to go to his destination. The GPS gave the driver instructions which he has to oblige. One of the instructions was to pass through a track and somehow the car got stuck on the train. The driver was lucky. He was able to get out of the car, but the car was not as luck as the driver. It was pushed more than 100 feet away from the crash.The car is ruined. Well, I hope he took insurance on the car because he is going to pay for damages. The full story is Man Using GPS Drives in Front of Train Stumble It! | Digg This! | Save on Del.icio.us | Reddit! | Sphinn it!
iPhone or Blackberry in 2008 2008-01-04 20:20:06 After reading BlackBerry vs. iPhone
: Who wins? on msn money, I am curious about which cellphone would outsell the other.iPhone sends and receive emails and plays videos from youtube and music from itunes. It also has a sensitive touch screen. Basically, the iPhone is for consumers' use.Blackberry sends and receives emails. It also plays music. It is largely for corporate use.I think the iPhone would win. I have also included a poll to vote.Stumble It! | Digg This! | Save on Del.icio.us | Reddit! | Sphinn it!
Air France to begin study of inflight cell phone use 2008-01-02 20:14:39 Air france is studying inflight cell phone
use. This study started in April 2007. The study is done on short range airplanes within Europe. The study is done in stages and it will last for 1 year. First of all, passengers were allowed to send text messages and emails for 3 months. Then the next 3 months, passengers are allowed to make voice calls. In case of emergency, the cabin crew can disable the service at anytime. The study is still going on.The idea of using a cell phone in a flight does seem to be a good idea. Don't Air france realize some people are sick of hearing other people's conversations. I am already sick of hearing about people's personal problems in the mall, now I will also hear it in the plane when I am confined and cannot run away??.This is a study can be found in Air F Read more:France
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Getting Coupons 2008-01-02 19:48:25 I wish there could be coupon for everything such as coupon for water bill, vehicle registration, or the most important, tax. But there are none for these. Well, I am glad there are coupons for items like food, computer, computer accessories and many more. I was browsing the net and stumbled across this website my savings . The website shows a lot of coupons for most retailers to be used. Registration is required to view or obtain a coupon. The registration is the basic personal information. There are grocery coupons to be used in stores. There are also coupon codes to be used if shopping online. Any great feature is that there are coupons for stores in Australia, Canada, England and New Zealand (I think that is all).You can also receive sample products. The products will be sent to you th Read more:Coupons
Using Google Search 2008-01-02 19:47:26 I saw an article on PCWorld website on tips on how to use google search engine. The tips would help to reduce the search time and give you the articles relevant to your search.The article is gotten from Advanced Google
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Faster, Find More Whatever you're looking for, just type the appropriate words into your browser's search field, or into the Google search field, and press Enter. In most cases, the information you're looking for will appear somewhere in the first page of results. But this won't always happen. If your search targets a specific aspect of a common topic--say, contemporary analyses of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity--then finding it in the results can be a needle-in-the-haystack affair. To guide Google to your search goal, you may need to use some of
ABLE or NOT ABLE 2008-01-02 18:26:10 The author of the bloggernood, the noob posted a contest "Bet against me. You could win $100". It is basically a challenge for himself. The contest if he can lower his Alexa ratings down to 5 figures. Hmmm…..I doubt if ie is possible for him. Right now, he has a 128,215k rating.And he wants to lower this is 2 weeks. He made more than $2,000 in last 2 and half month from sources including affiliates program. The affiliate programs pays him on referrals and life time commissions (I think) . How can he lower his rank…hmm……...I think he can only do it but making some of his post unavailable. Well, I am just making theories. So the noob, I bet against you. This is a link to the contest Bet against me. You could win $100
Very Impressive John Chow !!!! 2008-01-02 18:24:40 John Chow, the author of john chow dot com, made about $180,000 just in 11 months. He is not doing this i.e. blogging full time. It is just a part time hobby. He has achieved his goal. His goal was to blog part time to get a full time earning at the beginning of the year. This is good. John Chow keep up the good work. His Blog on his 11 month earning is here
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