The Marines Go Social, LastPass Purchase, FanDuel and DraftKings, Smart Egg Tray and Swing by Swing – HGG234

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Kyle Wilcox at https://twitter.com/kylejwx  joins Jim https://twitter.com/jcollison and Mike Wieger from http://2980network.com/ for show #234 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com community.

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[4:05] There are some great resources now for tracking with your Marine Recruit now.  Not only are there Facebook pages to track the company progress, they also provided some day one pictures of the boys entering the facility.  It was get to see Tim!

A site we have been following that has some great information to help us through the process. http://recruitparents.com/

[13:23] LastPass was acquired by LogmeIn.  https://blog.lastpass.com/2015/10/lastpass-joins-logmein.html/

[16:00] Catching up with Kyle.  The School put in all new Wifi.  He talked about Meraki and how they are using it.  https://meraki.cisco.com/solutions/mobile-device-management

[25:30] Kyle has been eyeing some SSD for the Christmas season.  He is waiting for them to get down to .20 cents a GB.  More are still not there yet, but getting closer.  See this 250GB Samsung on Amazon.  http://amzn.to/1k0ZkIG

[26:30] Kyle has a little one coming, and we are starting to look for Baby Monitors for him.  Would you help us pick one?  Post in the comments here our join the Facebook group (see the link below) and give us your input.

[32:18] Kyle talks about using a NEST thermostat and Home Automation

[38:30] Mike leads a discussion on what is happening with FanDuel and DraftKings.

[44:52] Jim Updates on his setup with Media Center on Windows 7

[48:05] "]Quirky Egg Minder Wink App Enabled Smart Egg Tray. http://amzn.to/204N5M8

[53:15] Mike talks about the Golf App on the Pebble.  https://www.swingbyswing.com/

[55:37] Jim talks about an upcoming review of the Olixar Boombrick.  You can find a picture of it on Amazon at http://amzn.to/1R47Sta

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