So you have an extra case fan lying around your house from an old computer, but you don’t know what to do with it. In 3 easy steps I’ll tell you how to make an external fan that plugs into a USB port out of that old case fan. Now before we get started your going to need 4 things.

1. An old case fan.
2. A USB cable (one end needs to be a male end to fit into your USB port)
3. Wire cutters
4. Electrical Tape

If you don’t have these parts on hand you can buy them from your local hardware store and tech store for under $30. Lets now dive into how you go about creating this fan.

1. The first step in this process is preparing the case fan. From your fan you’ll see a braided group of wires (generally red, white and black) connected at the end with the power supply connector. The first thing you’ll do is cut the braided group near the power supply connector. Once you’ve cut the group untangle the wires about 5 centimeters (2″). After this take your wire cutters and cut off the white wire, this is the ground wire and its not needed for use. Strip back the wire casing on the red and black wires about 2.5 centimeters (1″). Once you’ve stripped back the wire casing you’re done with this step.
2. Now you’re going to cut open your USB cable. Cut off the one end of the USB cable. Now the USB cable has a fairly thick casing and you’re going to have to strip it. Once you’ve done this you’ll find two smaller wires (red and black) surrounded by a think piece of metal, cut it off or push it back to expose the small wires. Strip back the casing on these smaller wires and you’re on to the final step.
3. With the electrical tape, tape together the case fan and the USB cables. Now its fairly easy to do this. Tape the black wire from the case fan to the black wire from the USB cable and the red wire to the red wire. Once you’ve taped these together, go over the entire cable with electrical tape to make sure things don’t move around. You’re done!

All you have to do is plug it into a free USB port and enjoy the air. I’ve found that the fan doesn’t blow nearly as much as a commercial fan but for something that was free it’s not bad. Hopefully you’ve found this guide helpful if you have any questions feel free to email me at admin@easyctutorials.com

When most people hear the term “Make Money Online” they automatically think it’s either a) A scam or b) A joke. I would have to agree with those people, in most cases making money online is a scam or a joke; it just doesn’t happen, or at least not in a timely fashion. I’ve been online for a long time every day and as a university student looking to make some money while doing it. Below I have compiled a list of sites that make me a few dollars every month.
A.W.Surveys
This is the first and newest site I’ve discovered. Like most of the sites in the list you’re paid to fill out surveys. When you first sign up (which is really easy), you’re given your first survey worth $6. After that there’s a list of surveys each worth $4 each. As you complete each survey your account is credited (instantly) with the money earned so you can see how much you have. Once you’ve completed all of those surveys you’ll have to wait for more to come around. I normally get a new list every day or so.

Each survey is actually a review of two different sites. You follow a link to a site (normally a “Win This, Earn This”) and then you review it based on what you see, you don’t have to sign up for any of the sites you review. I filled out each survey in about 5 minutes so the payout is really nice.

The only downside to this site is the payout form. If you’re from the United States you can request a check which takes 4-6 weeks to arrive. If you’re not from the US you have to select the paypal method. Now normally I choose the paypal method for everything but this site takes off a $25 fee for “expedited service” because the paypal money comes in 3-5 days.

Pros:

The payout is really high (I make about $10 a day) and is the highest of the list.

It’s really easy to fill out the surveys

You get $1.25 for every person you refer

Cons:

They take $25 off your account to use paypal

You need to have a minimum of $75 to receive a payment (it’s easy to get this amount)

Subvert and Profit
This site has the coolest concept of all three. You get paid for digging or giving a “thumbs up” articles and pages that they give you. Every day (or more) they’ll give you 3-4 articles from digg.com or 3-4 pages from stumbleupon.com for you to digg or thumbs up. Each time you complete the task you’ll be credited with $0.50. I’ve had a few days where I’ve made $2-3 per day. This site has the best referral program of them all. For every friend you sign up you’ll make 20% of their earnings and for every advertiser you sign up you’ll make 10% of their earnings. The only problem with this one is that it does go against both Digg’s and StumbleUpon’s Terms of Service, while breaking a sites ToS isn’t illegal it can get you booted from the site, Subvert and Profit does a great way of preventing this but theres still a possibility so use at your own risk.

Pros:

No service charge to use paypal

You only need $5 to receive payment

It’s the most fun of all the sites.

Cons:

Some days there won’t be anything to digg or thumbs up

Ad Bux
This is the final site that I use to make money online. It also happens to be the lowest paying site. Here advertisers pay you to click on their ads and view their website. The way it works is you click on the ads, visit the site and then you get paid. Depending on how much each ad is worth you may have to stay on the site longer. The highest paying ads ($0.01) make you stay on the site for 30 seconds. Honestly with this option the most I’ve been able to make is $0.30 per day so its definitely the lowest paying

Pros:

No service charge to use paypal and easy to use

You only need $10 to receive payment

Cons:

Lowest income of the group

As you can see none of these options generate a lot of income but they do generate some. If your site gets a lot of traffic putting on of these buttons on could generate referral income. It’s quite possible to make $70-100 every month from these three sites.

So before I start this isn’t going to be another Mac vs. PC or a guy suggesting you go out and buy yourself a $5000+ gaming beast. I’m going to go through most of the main components in a laptop and describe what you should be looking for based on the type of things you’ll be doing with your laptop. The main categories of laptop usage that I’ll talk about are:
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