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Q&A: If I hide my WiFi network’s name will I still be able to connect to it?

Posted on June 15, 2021

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Question from Jennie: I overheard a conversation the other day that really interested me, and I want to see what you think about it.

A young man told his friend that hiding the WiFi network name in his router would prevent his neighbors from finding and connecting to the Internet over his network.

I live in an apartment building and I’m pretty sure I have this same problem right now.

I’d like to follow that guy’s advice but I want to make sure I can connect new devices of my own (as well as those of friends) to my WiFi network with the network name hidden. Will I be able to?

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Yes, you can earn a living working from home as a blogger

Posted on June 11, 2021

Lots of folks daydream about working from home and making a decent living while avoiding much of the stress of the business world.

Well, I can tell you from personal experience that it can be done, by virtually anyone – but success is rarely achieved overnight.

Truth be told, it typically takes a new blog about a year to start earning serious money. That’s why you’ll probably need to keep your day job while you’re learning the ropes and growing your blog to a profitable level.

But the above being said, once a blog gains traction it can really take off in a hurry! For me, that approximately one year wait was more than worth it!

There are plenty of ways to make a living from a home office, a basement shop, or even your kitchen table, but to be truly successful you’ll need two things: [Read more…]

This simple tip could boost your blog’s page views by up to 50%

Posted on June 10, 2021

Are you a blogger who is looking for ways to boost the number of page views on your blog?

If so, I’m going to tell you about one simple change you can make right now that could potentially boost both your blog’s total number of monthly page views and the number of pages viewed per visit.

I’ve been using this strategy on my blogs for a while now, and the total number of pages viewed has risen by over 50% from what they were before I started doing it.

The best thing about this strategy is it requires hardly any extra work on my part. Yes, it does take me about five minutes longer to write each new post now, but that’s nothing really considering the benefits derived from so little extra work.

Now that I’ve (hopefully) piqued your interest, here’s my secret… [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I prevent Windows 10 from hiding the scroll bars in Windows apps?

Posted on June 9, 2021

Question from Tammy: Every time I load a Windows app on my Windows 10 laptop the scroll bar over on the right remains hidden until I move my mouse over it.

This happens every time I use any app I have downloaded from the Microsoft Store.

I have a health issue that makes it hard for me to control the placement of the mouse so I have trouble activating the scroll bar.

Can you tell me how to keep Windows from hiding the scroll bars?

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Q&A: Is there a cheap way to block nuisance calls on my landline phone?

Posted on June 9, 2021

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Question from Ellen L.: I can block calls from certain phone numbers with my smart phone, but I also have a landline telephone that I’d like to be able to do that with as well.

I receive a lot of nuisance calls on that line, but the phone company wants to charge me a monthly fee that adds up to well over a hundred dollars a year to block them for me.

Do you know of a service or device that I can get that’ll let me block calls from the nuisance numbers that call me the most often without having to pay a big monthly fee?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]