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Photo : TayaJohnston ( Shutterstock ) Outdoor holiday lighting displays are an essential part of the season for many people, bringing a little extra brightness to the long winter nights . Stringing together multiple strands of lights is often the best way to achieve the look you’re going for, but connections made outdoors are open to the elements, allowing moisture from rain, melting ice, and snow to make its way inside the connectors. This can cause breakers to pop and ruin your display, not to mention instigating havoc with your indoor electrics. Luckily, there are a few simple ways to protect the connectors on your outdoor light displays, and keep everything dry and functioning . Keep plugs dry by keeping them off the ground The best way to keep plugs dry is to keep them up off the ground. If there’s a way to attach them to a fence post, porch, or other structure, that’s the best way to keep them from getting too wet. Plan ahead and measure the distance you need for the len...

Photo : Raxsoller Malayte ( Shutterstock ) Whether you have a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro, your charger likely has one fatal flaw: the plug. The power adapter needs to connect directly to an outlet, a design that works fine for smaller charging bricks. However, the bigger your MacBook, the bigger the brick, all without changing the design. As such, your massive power adapter needs to hang from the wall, or balance on top of a power strip, fighting against gravity for its life. Obviously, the weight is a major component here. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had to prop my power strip up after my MacBook Pro’s charger knocked everything over. The other part of the problem, though, is the plug portion of the charger is removable. When you connect your 10-ton charger to the wall, its mass sometimes pulls the plug right out of the adapter (this has happened to me so many times). Have you ever wondered why the plug is removable? It doesn’t make much sense out of the bo...