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13d ago
inPro tip: the $45 induction heater bolt tool saved me on a rusted exhaust flange
$45 is $45 but that coil only works when you can actually get it around the bolt head, and on a rusted flange tucked up behind a frame rail with 3 inches of room that thing is useless. My torch and some patience has never once needed a special coil or a battery pack, and the heat goes where I aim it, not just where the wire wraps. Induction is nice in a shop with air and elbow room, but half the guys reading this are on their back in a gravel driveway, and there it is just another $45 in the drawer.
13d ago
inWatching my kid build a Lego castle taught me why my blog posts flop
45 minutes with your kid and a Lego castle turned into a blog fix, but I'm not buying that the "problem first" thing is why your time on page jumped. You rewrote three old posts, which means you also picked three posts you already cared about and knew well. That alone changes how you write. You probably also linked them somewhere new or shared them again, and that skews the numbers. Time on page is a weak stat anyway. Someone can leave a tab open and walk away, and Google counts that as 2 minutes of pure focus. Reading a line to your wife is a nice moment, but she lives with you. She is not a random person scrolling on a phone at a red light. The 8 second rule is real, but it is not about a hook, it is about whether a stranger even cares about your topic that day. No intro trick fixes that.
16d ago
inVent: I paid $140 for a VPN bundle that did nothing for the one problem I had
Ngl, sounds like you just bought the wrong thing for the job you wanted.