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Review: How To Make Money Blogging: The 14 Day Guide To Starting A Successful Blog

Posted on September 16, 2016

New blogs are created every day, for a variety of reasons. Some aspiring bloggers simply want to share their thoughts and expertise with the world while others want to generate a steady income. But the fact is it’s possible to do both!

If you’ve been kicking around the idea of starting a blog of your own, a great way to start is by reading How To Make Money Blogging: The 14 Day Guide To Starting A Successful Blog (#ad) by Michael Wiechert.

In this wonderful Kindle e-book, Michael walks you step-by-step through a 14 day series of steps for planning, setting up, writing, promoting and monetizing your new blog. Nothing is left out.

I’ve been blogging for over 5 years and thought I knew pretty much everything there is to know about the subject, but I was wrong. This is truly a blueprint for success that is a must-read for anyone who wants to start and run a successful blog.

Here’s an overview of what you’ll learn during the 14 day plan: [Read more…]

How to check if your Galaxy Note 7 smartphone is on the recall list

Posted on September 16, 2016

galaxy-note-7 As I mentioned in this post, Samsung issued a world-wide recall a couple of weeks ago for all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that have been sold to date due to a dangerous battery issue.

Since then they have been able to determine which specific phones have the defective batteries, and they have modified the recall to cover only the affected devices.

If you own a Galaxy Note 7 you can now easily check to see if your phone still falls under the recall notice. You can choose either of two methods for checking your phone’s recall status: [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I reset my Windows login pin, but keep using the same pin?

Posted on September 9, 2016

Question from Bob S.: I had been using a pin instead of a password and that worked just fine.

I had some other issues and needed to do a safe boot. Then back to regular boot. Now it is asking for my password instead of a pin to log in.

I want to use my pin, but I don’t want to change it. The only options I have are change or remove the pin.

Is there a place I can say use my pin instead of my password? I want to keep the same pin I have been using. Don’t want to change it.

Any thoughts on what I might do? Thanks in advance … Bob

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

How to delete old ‘Post Revisions’ in WordPress

Posted on September 7, 2016

“Post Revisions” is a very handy WordPress feature that was first released along with WordPress version 2.6, and for active bloggers it can be a veritable lifesaver.

In a nutshell, it creates a new backup copy of the post you’re editing every time you click the “Save Draft” button. That makes it extremely easy to revert back to any previous version of a post at any time.

But there’s a problem with Post Revisions: They can grow your WordPress database exponentially if you tend to make several revisions to every post you write. [Read more…]

Great news! iOS 10 will let you remove many unwanted pre-installed Apple apps.

Posted on September 7, 2016

Have you ever wished you could remove one or more of the stock Apple apps that came pre-installed on your iPhone, iPad or other iOS device?

If so, I have great news for you: Once you update your device to iOS 10 you’ll be able to do just that!

Beginning with iOS 10, Apple will finally give you the ability to remove at least some of the pre-installed apps that you never use. [Read more…]