Project Natal
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CEO of Peak Portfolio, management consultant, and author. I also blog at soloconsultants.com and publish The SoloLIST, a weekly newsletter for solo consultants. [profile]
Over time I've come to appreciate the benefits and differences between many of the online tools available today, including Wordpress , Posterous , Twitter , FriendFeed , Facebook , and LinkedIn . The initial challenge was trying to figure out where best to spend my time publishing content and building community. Recently, it became easy to integrate all these services to automatically update each other, regardless of where the content is initially posted.
After reading about some of the potential harmful effects of using wireless in your home, I decided to try out this solution by Netgear . I just purchased and installed a pair of Netgear XE103G-100NAS Powerline Ethernet Adapter and a Netgear XE104 85 Mbps Powerline 4-Port Ethernet Adapter. All you do is plug one into a power outlet and the others at different power outlets in your home. They automatically connect to each other and provide 85 Mbps connectivity. The other advantage is that you don't have to run wires throughout your home and no longer need to deal with signal strength like you do with wireless routers. I've used it for a few days and I'm sold on the technology. Also, the pricing is comparable to wireless networking.
