http://theaverageguy.tv Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:47:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Average Guy Blog and Podcast Network no http://theaverageguy.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/TheAverageGuyStudios.jpghttp://theaverageguy.tv/category/hometech/review/ TV-G Bellevue, NE Weekly http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/31/adding-a-google-apps-email-account-to-outlook-com/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/31/adding-a-google-apps-email-account-to-outlook-com/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:42:45 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=3486   The new Outlook.com is out from Microsoft and it has quietly made a splash with a reported 1 million users in 6 hours. I am a Google Apps user and I have several email accounts that are not your traditional yourname@gmail.com but are myname@mydomain.com and are hosted on Gmail servers.  The set up for]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/31/adding-a-google-apps-email-account-to-outlook-com/feed/ 4 http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/28/acronis-one-click-restore-pc-restore-made-easy/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/28/acronis-one-click-restore-pc-restore-made-easy/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:59:00 +0000 Rich O'Neil http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=3414     On Rich’s Random Podcast Generator #19, co-host Jim Collison and I walked through every tab and feature of Acronis True Home Image 2012. In doing so, we came across something that caught my eye: a feature that lets you to burn a PC backup image to bootable DVD(s). The feature is called Acronis]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/28/acronis-one-click-restore-pc-restore-made-easy/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/13/my-nest-thermostat/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/13/my-nest-thermostat/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:26:00 +0000 gwadetech http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=3279 I was first introduced to the Nest as I was scrolling through my large list of RSS feeds in Google Reader in the fall of 2011.  Since then my interest has grown in the product.  The idea is perfect… take one of the items in your house, the thermostat and make it better. In the]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/07/13/my-nest-thermostat/feed/ 1 http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/01/14/mushkin-chronos-120gb-ssd-install-and-performance-specs/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/01/14/mushkin-chronos-120gb-ssd-install-and-performance-specs/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:03:56 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=2613 I recently purchased a Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) from Newegg.  It can be found here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226236 I purchased it to replace a Western Digital 1 TB WD10EACS Green Drive that will be moved into my storage pool on the Window Home Server (where it belonged]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2012/01/14/mushkin-chronos-120gb-ssd-install-and-performance-specs/feed/ 3 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/11/14/hp-touchpad-is-back-well-sort-of-back/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/11/14/hp-touchpad-is-back-well-sort-of-back/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:07:00 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/11/14/hp-touchpad-is-back-well-sort-of-back/ I made a big deal about the HP TouchPad just a couple months back and even dropped a few reviews here at the Average Guy (http://theaverageguy.tv/category/hometech/hp-touchpad/).  But as most of us know by now, HP decided to get out of the table business (later reversed) sold them for $99/$149, quickly sold out and we thought]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/11/14/hp-touchpad-is-back-well-sort-of-back/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/25/does-your-hp-webos-touchpad-need-a-turbo-boost-feeling-like-its-a-little-slow/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/25/does-your-hp-webos-touchpad-need-a-turbo-boost-feeling-like-its-a-little-slow/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:25:00 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=1915 Of all the strange places, I found this thread over at the Home Server Show forums.  Erik Chavez (texasPl in the HSS Forums) posted some feedback on his overclocking experience with his new TouchPad as well as a great deal on a cover from a source that might surprise you. Disclaimer:  Overclocking your HP Tablet]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/25/does-your-hp-webos-touchpad-need-a-turbo-boost-feeling-like-its-a-little-slow/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/24/purchased-a-new-99-hp-webos-touchpad-10-productive-things-you-can-do-forever-without-hp/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/24/purchased-a-new-99-hp-webos-touchpad-10-productive-things-you-can-do-forever-without-hp/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:25:00 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=1846 Regardless of whether or not HP supports your shiny new TouchPad in the future, here are 10 things you can do with it, right now, that will never require future HP support and are mostly free.  So pull it out of the box and let’s get started! 1.  Connect it to your web or Corporate]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/24/purchased-a-new-99-hp-webos-touchpad-10-productive-things-you-can-do-forever-without-hp/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/21/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-14/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/21/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-14/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:03:00 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/21/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-14/ I had no idea when I started this series of posts two weeks ago, that the events of this weekend around HP and the WebOS would cause this much upheaval.  At the end of my last post (Day 11) I came to the conclusion that if the price of the TouchPad dropped to below $200,]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/21/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-14/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/18/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-11/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/18/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-11/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:21:34 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/18/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-11/ It’s been a busy couple of days since Monday and I haven’t used the TouchPad as much as I had the week before.  I had thought I would sit down tonight after the Home Tech Podcast was recorded and drop a few notes about the weeks usage.  It turned out to be a much more]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/18/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-11/feed/ 3 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/15/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-7/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/15/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-7/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:47:00 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/14/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-7/ I didn’t really get a chance to work much on the TouchPad on Saturday.  I’m finding that when I am at home, the TouchPad has a hard time competing with my 24” monitor and PC.  Today was filled with a bunch of PC maintenance and file clean up.  I also had to edit and post]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/15/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-7/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/12/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-5/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/12/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-5/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:28:27 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=1644 Well, I’m back on the WordPress app in WebOS and even using the on screen keyboard to write this post, I can’t say its the fastest way to write a post, but it is doable.  Spell check is very helpful in some cases and maybe too helpful in others.  I would try to write like]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/12/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experiment-day-5/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/10/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experimentday-3/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/10/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experimentday-3/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:06:35 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/10/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experimentday-3/ Back on the laptop today and back to Windows Live Writer for the blog.  When I started using the TouchPad early this morning, it gave me the update OS option which in the past 2 days I have just ignored.  This morning, it would pop up literally every 2 seconds.  I dismissed it several times]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/10/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experimentday-3/feed/ 2 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/09/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experimentday-2/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/09/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experimentday-2/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:17:07 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=1621 This is the second time I have written this blog post.  The first time I used the WordPress App on the TouchPad to write the entire article.  Just before I was ready to post it, I tried to add one more screen shot.  The process hung for about 20 minutes.  Unfortunately, I never saved the]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/09/hp-touchpad-webos-the-28-day-experimentday-2/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/08/the-hp-touchpad-webosthe-28-day-experimentday-1/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/08/the-hp-touchpad-webosthe-28-day-experimentday-1/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:47:20 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/08/the-hp-touchpad-webosthe-28-day-experimentday-1/ Two years ago I made the leap and jumped on the Palm Pre bandwagon.  I still remember the day I brought it home, connected to my home wifi and started downloading from an apps store that had some 300 available applications.  In those days, the Pre was a product of Palm, and the WebOS was]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/08/08/the-hp-touchpad-webosthe-28-day-experimentday-1/feed/ 1