Category Archives: Home Tech Podcast
Laptops, Microsoft Surface RT, Surface Pro, Lenovo Yoga, Laptop Drive Encryption, Leap Motion, VGo at NASA – HT117
Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM), Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com and Eddie Ramirez (@pceddienc) for Show 117. This show is part three of three in a series where we look at Laptops. You can catch the first two at http://theaverageguy.tv/ht114 and http://theaverageguy.tv/ht115.
Mike Howard joined me last week as we talked his Google+ Hangoutasaurus on show 116 – http://theaverageguy.tv/ht116
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The show starts with Mike Howard talking about his experience with the Microsoft Surface RT, Surface Pro and the Lenovo Yoga.
Mike talks about some of the Bags he has used and recommends
Incipio – http://amzn.com/B009YEHFLU
VanGoddy – http://amzn.com/B008VEDGGC
Nixon – http://amzn.com/B00C10T2EC
Samsonite – http://amzn.com/B0000A2QBX
Laptop Security
Hangoutasaurus with Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com and Drobo Meetup Interviews in Omaha – HT116
Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com for Show 116. Mike recently spent sometime working on his podcasting studio at home and created what he now calls a Hangoutasaurus for his weekly shows on photography. Using 5 PCs, a mixer and a mic, Mike is able to broadcast and record his podcast in a very unique way. You will be surprised to hear how he did it. Have a listen.
Jim was also able to spend time at the Cali Lewis / Drobo meet up in Omaha recently. He recorded several interviews from that event and they have been added to the end of this podcast. I think you will enjoy them.
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Laptops, Desktop Replacement, Lenovo Yoga, Windows Blue, UltraBook, Surface RT, Haswell, Docking Stations, Multimonitor Support, BIOS-Mods, Cali Lewis and Drobo – HT115
Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM), John Stutsman (@JohnStutsman), Kevin Schoonover (@schoondoggy1979) and Paul Braren (@tinkererguy) for Show 115. This show is part two of three where we look at the good, the bad and the ugly of those devices we call laptops.
Big congratulations to Christian who finished High School this week!
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Invite for the Home Server Show Meetup: http://hss2013.eventbrite.com/
Kevin - @Schoondoggy1979
- What do you want from a mobile device(use case); consumption, creation or both?
- Desktop replacement; power user, screen size 11”- 17”, lots of memory, dual drives?
- Road warrior; light load, ultra-book, tablet like device, Surface, Yoga, Revolve?
- Hybrids; flip, twist, split?
- Consumption; tablet, ChromeBook, ultra light?
- What some are calling a fragmented market, I call choice!
- Screen resolution; how much is enough?
- Windows 7 or Windows 8, touch or no-touch?
- If pen input is important, look for active digitizer.
Laptops, the Samsung Series 3 and 5 Chromebook, Ebackpack, Moodle, Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, BYOD in School and the Future of Laptops – HT114
Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM), Andrew Morris (@unrealshots) and guest Nathaniel Lindley (@thanlindley) for Show 114. This show is part one of three where we look at the good, the bad and the ugly of those devices we call laptops.
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We started with a questions from the Facebook group over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ around the Samsung Chromebook (Wi-Fi, 11.6-Inch http://amzn.com/B009LL9VDG
Nathaniel has the Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook (Titan Silver) http://amzn.com/B0067U9W7Y
If you wanted to try out the Chrome OS before you buy a Chromebook, http://www.howtogeek.com/128087/how-to-run-chrome-os-in-virtualbox-and-try-out-chrome-os-before-buying-a-chromebook/ or get more info at http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/
Christian brings up some tools that are used at his school. https://www.ebackpack.com/ and https://moodle.org/.
HP Pavilion Chromebook 14-c010us 14-Inch Laptop (Black) by HP http://amzn.com/B00B7HW5YE
We also talked about Nathaniel’s Apple MacBook MA701LL/A 13.3-inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive) – Black http://amzn.com/B000GA91P4
Microsoft MVP John Zajdler talks WHS 2011, Windows Server 2012 Essentials, Western Digital Sentinel DX4000, the leaked Windows 8.1 and HP Media Smart – HT113
Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by long time Home Sever Show host and Microsoft Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) for Home Tech episode #113. John spend some time talking all things Windows Home Server, the Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 running Windows Storage Server 2008 R2, Stablebit DrivePool, his own Windows Home Server that he runs, the leaked version of Windows 8.1, Antivirus and much, much more. I very packed hour and 30 minutes of content.
Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live.
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See the Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 specs sheet at http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=610
Looking for some Cloud Storage Options? http://theaverageguy.tv/cloudstorage
Sarah’s new equipment:
Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 for PCs, Tablets, Smartphones – Black (920-004292) by Logitech http://amzn.com/B0099SMFVQ
Logitech Zone Touch Mouse T400 for Windows 8 – Black (910-003041) by Logitech http://amzn.com/B0093H4VBU
Jim at Infotec 2013 – http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/04/17/looking-for-infotec-2013-live-interviews/
Interview with Ben Vu from http://battlebears.com/ Local Omaha Guy
Jim’s Portable Audio equipment list.
Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone by Audio-Technica http://amzn.com/B004QJOZS4
Alesis MultiMix 4 USB Four-Channel USB Mixer by Alesis http://amzn.com/B001T9O5VG
