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Review: ProBlogger’s Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

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Many people dream of blogging for a living, but relatively few bloggers earn enough from their blogs to live comfortable and secure lives. But one person who has achieved that goal (and more) is “Problogger” Darren Rowse.

Darren has teamed up with co-author Chris Garrett to put together the ultimate roadmap to earning a comfortable living as blogger.

And believe me, if you like the idea of working from home doing something you love AND making the kind of money you’d like to make, this roadmap will surely help get there.

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income (#ad) lays out everything you need to do in order to create, publish and maintain a successful blog, then use it to generate a healthy income for you and your family.  [Read more…]

Review: Klein Tools ET300 Digital Circuit Breaker Finder

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If you have ever needed to find the circuit breaker that controls a certain electrical outlet you know how difficult the task of finding the right breaker can be.

It usually involves plugging a lamp into the outlet and then switching off all the breakers, one by one, until the lamp goes out.

If you don’t have a partner watching the lamp, that means you have to switch off each breaker and then make a trip to the outlet to check the status of the lamp. If the lamp is still on, you still haven’t found the right breaker.

What’s worse, after you have finally found the right breaker you discover that you have flashing clocks and powered-off appliances all over the house.

Needless to say, this almost always turns out to be a time-consuming, tiring and frustrating process.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Luckily, there’s an easy way to find the right breaker every time, very quickly, and without needing a partner to help you. All you need is a circuit tracer.

I recently had the opportunity to check out a Klein Tools ET300 Digital Circuit Breaker Finder (#ad), and to be honest I didn’t really know what to expect since I had never used a circuit tracer before. [Read more…]

5 reasons why LED light bulbs are better than CFL bulbs

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As you probably know by now, incandescent light bulbs are being phased out in the U.S., and when they are gone, they’ll be gone for good.

That leaves us all facing a decision going forward: Do we replace our bad incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs (#ad) or Compact Fluorescent (CFL) bulbs? (#ad)

Both of these new types of bulbs are vastly more energy efficient than the incandescent bulbs they were designed to replace, but deciding which type to buy can be confusing.

Hopefully, this post will help clear up the confusion a bit.

Although I can’t tell you which type of bulb you would like best, I can tell you that I personally prefer LED bulbs over CFLs, for the following reasons:  [Read more…]

Review: Netgear Orbi Tri-Band WiFi Router System

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I receive dozens of tech questions every week, and many of them ask me for advice on the best way to cover a large multi-story home with a strong and fast Wi-Fi network.

I’ve written several posts about this very topic over the years, and the solution that I recommend tends to depend on the state of wireless technology at that particular point in time.

I recently had the opportunity to check out the amazing Netgear Orbi Tri-band WiFi system (#ad), and I can tell you that this is hands-down the best solution for ensuring that every room in your home has a strong and super-fast Wi-Fi connection to the Internet.

The Orbi system is extremely powerful, yet dead-simple to set up. Simply connect the Orbi base station router to your modem, then place the satellite unit in a central location in your home and set up your Wi-Fi network using the simple browser-based setup utility.

Here’s a very short video that demonstrates exactly what you can expect after installing an Orbi mesh WiFi system in your home:  [Read more…]

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