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Archive for May, 2011
#27 The Home Tech Podcast: Solar Grid Feed, Google Street View, Google Wallet, and iPhone Applications for Musicians
May 28th
Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
The guys kick off discussing Christian’s latest project, getting SharePoint 2010 up and running, and the upgrade to TheAverageGuy website, before moving on to another free exercising app for the fitness enthusiasts amongst us, with Nike+ for iPhone becoming free of charge for a limited time. If you have a pair of Nike shoes, the Nike sensor and an iPhone, but haven’t downloaded the app yet, now is your chance to check it out for free!
Andrew’s Average Guy Tech for the week is the installation of the new Solar Grid Feed System that is being installed to his house this coming weekend, the design software used to design the system, as well as the monitoring system that will be used to be able to provide a visual output via pvoutput.org on the Internet.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week – G.SKILL Ripjaws 16 GB DDR3 Memory
May 28th
For the power users amongst us, this weeks’ Deal-of-The-Week is 16GB of G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 Memory from NewEgg.com.
Designed especially for the Intel P67 Chipset, this is a great, cost-effective way to upgrade your system memory for gaming, virtualization, or just giving your system a lift!
#6 The Financial Tech Podcast: Tips and Tricks when Paying for College for both Parents and Students
May 23rd
Jim and Andrew are together again for next installment of the Financial Tech Podcast! Jim just had a child graduate from high school – for many people this means college is next. So how do you pay for it?
We have blogged about this back in February so check that out.
Andrew quizzes Jim who is going through it right now.
What has has experience been? How was the big bad FAFSA – done online www.fafsa.ed.edu. Were you able to find aid for all of the cost of Government loans, Grants, Scholarships, Private loans and out of pocket funds
What was the process like for Jim? Did he encourage his kids to work through school, did he try and cover most expenses, or did he lay the whole responsibility on the student? Remember there is no wrong answer
When you graduate, what are the steps to start paying them back? Contact your servicer?
#34 The Fitness Tech Podcast: It’s all About Nutrition!
May 21st
Jim and Jamie are together again in the next edition of the fitness tech podcast. We talk a some about post race nutrition, what is the deal with fruits, how to shop for the best results and some technology that will give you rewards for working out.
Jim and Jamie finish up with some additional nutrition tips to make your summer eating a huge success. Enjoy!
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#26 The Home Tech Podcast: Document Scanning at Home, Facebook, WiseStamp Email Signatures, and iDevice Facial Recognition
May 20th
Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Mike Howard and John Zajdler for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
The guys kick off talking about Document Management for the Average Guy. For those of you who still mange your records via a filing cabinet and paper records, this topic is for you. Mike tells us about his preferred scanner the Fujitsu Snapscan S1300, and how he chose the software that he uses. The guys discuss the products and methods they use to scan and store their documents, how they rename and search their scanned documents, the benefits of storing your documents electronically, and some of the challenges of (OCR) Optical Character Recognition and recovering from large scan jobs when document feeders get jammed.
The guys talk about the software they use to manage their scanning needs, including Lucion FileCenter and Nuance PaperPort, and the workflow that they use to achieve their required outcomes.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week – Viewsonic gTablet
May 20th
For the Android user who has been looking for a tablet, this weeks’ Deal-of-The-Week is for you!
From TigerDirect.com, we bring you the Viewsonic gTablet for $299.99.
The gTablet is a 10.1” Android Tablet, sporting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A-9 Processor, and Android 2.2, which is also known as FroYo (Google’s shortened name for the Android version called “Frozen Yoghurt”). An iPad alternative at a great price!
#25 The Home Tech Podcast: i-Robot, Rainmeter, Youtu.be, MentionMap, Angry Birds Browser Edition, and Skype is now a Microsoft Company
May 13th
Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Bill Paulmenn for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
For anyone who has been off the grid for the past week, the guys start off discussing what is possibly the most interesting acquisition of the year, being the recent Microsoft purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion US, and what this could mean for the future of Skype as we currently know it, use it, and most days, love it!
The guys talk about the way they currently use Skype, their opinions on the future of Skype, given the range of products that Microsoft could integrate Skype with or replace with Skype, and the possible future names following the merger into the Microsoft stable.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week – Turtle Beach Ear Force Wireless Headset
May 13th
This weeks’s Deal-of-the-Week is the Turtle Beach Ear Force PX5 Programmable Wireless Headset from NewEgg.com for $212.99.
Not the cheapest Deal we’ve bought you, however for those of you into your PS3 and XBOX 360 gaming, the PX5 has been described as the “most technologically-advanced headset ever designed for PS3 and XBOX 360 gaming”, providing “unmatched audio quality, sonic control and a competitive advantage”.
The headset can be paired to your Bluetooth mobile phone and supports audio streaming, so you can be gaming, streaming audio, and take a phone call without removing the headset. Check it out at NewEgg.com
Store Your Music in the Cloud? Installing the Amazon Cloud Player Uploader and get 5GB Free with 20GB after purchase.
May 8th
Weeks ago, Amazon announced that it would begin to provide 5GB of cloud storage for Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos. In its most practical application with the online storage of music, Amazon has now released a Windows Uploader that will allow you to easily upload multiple music files and folders to the cloud. It does require an Amazon account, which is free. You can sign up for an account here.
Even better is the offer to up your storage to 20GB per year with the purchase of one mp3 album. Now your music, both that which you have purchased (in any form, from any store, ripped from CD or mp3) or purchased from Amazon directly can be accessed from anywhere, via a internet connected web browser or smart phone that has the Amazon Cloud Player.
Start at Amazon.com. Select MP3s & Cloud Player
#24 The Home Tech Podcast: Cyber-attacks, Online Security, Wuala goes Mobile, Top Ten Tablets, Facebook Events, 7stacks, Password Management and DNS Benchmarking
May 6th
Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Gordon Schmidt for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
The guys kick off with Christian giving a quick insight regarding the change in his development methodologies for his Windows Home Server add-in, Magic Wake-On LAN given the change in technology between original Windows Home Server and the new Windows Home Server 2011.
Jim talks about the latest news regarding the recent cyber-attack on the Sony PlayStation Network and the steps you can take to make sure your credit card details are safe, such as regularly changing your password on your online services, and using complex passwords. For those of you who use the PlayStation Network, Sony are providing regular updates on their Blog.
