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Mushkin Chronos 120GB SSD Install and Performance Specs
Jan 14th
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 in the first place). It was also a bit slow at times. See the stats below:
The box with the new drive arrived this week and I couldn’t wait to get it installed on the weekend. After installing Windows 7 Ultimate from scratch (very fast install), updating all the software (even faster) and installing all the regular apps, I ran another ATTO Disk Benchmark with amazing results. How did I ever live with a spinning drive? Well worth the $150 upgrade!
#11 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: Hybrid Drives, Drive Caching, Icy Dock Xpander, RocketHybrid 1220, Acronis True Image Home 2012
Dec 4th
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Today I’m joined by John Zajdler MS WHS MVP and Mike Faucher of BYOB. Jim Collison is off today. So…John’s HP MediaSmart Server EX 490 has died (motherboard) so he’s modding it with plans to turn it into a port multiplier drive bay. Mike had an issue caused by a miniport adapter in bridge mode that was absolutely killing his wired network speed. The miniport adapter was likely installed when he put VirtualBox on his PC. He disabled it in Device Manager and the issue went away. I had the same issue on my laptop where it would occasionally fail to connect to WiFi. I also had been using VirtualBox.
BBQ Turkey and Bacon? Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together! No Tech Required!
Nov 27th
For the last 10 years or so, I have been trying to perfect the concept of the BBQ Turkey at Thanksgiving. Since I love to BBQ, and of course, I love Bacon, putting the two together seemed very natural. What a delicious combo they have become!
As I have mentioned this creation to others, many of asked, “just how do you pull it off?” So this year (2011), I decided to document it here and share it with anyone interested in reading about it. Enjoy.
For the second year in a row now, we have doubled the mess and cooked two turkeys at once. It can be done one at a time, however. It’s important that you follow all the same rules as you would cooking it any other way.
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#2 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: RAID, UnRAID, Wuala, HTPC’s and Streaming Media
Aug 22nd
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From the Guys who brought you the Home Tech Podcast, and a production of the Average Guy Network, Rich’s RPG is a weekly show about the world of technology hosted by Jim Collison and Rich O’Neil. Using Google+ hangout to meet up with technology guys and gals, they discuss whatever is hot, current or frustrating them at the moment. No outlines, no agenda, no worries.
#2 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: RAID, UnRAID, Wuala, HTPC’s and Streaming Media
Aug 21st
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From the Guys who brought you the Home Tech Podcast, and a production of the Average Guy Network, Rich’s RPG is a weekly show about the world of technology hosted by Jim Collison and Rich O’Neil. Using Google+ hangout to meet up with technology guys and gals, they discuss whatever is hot, current or frustrating them at the moment. No outlines, no agenda, no worries.
This week, Rich and Jim are joined once again by Mike Howard ofjpeg2RAW fame. Rich and Mike talk about general RAID configurations, settings and hardware that they use with their respective home servers. Rich, new to RAID, is using a HighPoint RocketRAID 2720 in his Windows Home Server 2011 machine, while Mike uses a SuperMicro SATA card in his UnRAID server. What is UnRAID, you ask? From the Lime Tech web site:
Lulz Security: A Digital Flash Mob of the 21st Century
Jun 26th
Lulz Security hacking group has taught a lot of different divisions of the computing industry several important lessons. Even though the first group has officially disbanded and is being pursued by the CIA, there is still much left for the average guy to try and investigate for himself.
Lulz Security is responsible for several notorious Internet security breaches, from down PBS to disrupting and dismantling Sony and its Play Station network. Yet Lulz Security has taken a modern approach to hacking and introduced a social element that has engaged its followers and given the news something to talk about. Followers for nearly two months have been able to follow their work from Twitter, and receive updates on new security breaches. Not only did they use uncanny presentations to their audiences, including ASCII artwork and Lulz theme music, but they have made available all of their prized SQL databases stolen from their hacking venture.
Changes to the Podcast Schedule this Week! Take Note!
Feb 1st
We have some special events coming for you this week on the Average Guy Blog and Podcast Network.
The Home Tech Podcast
is moving to Wednesday night 2/2, 6:00pm CST and will be broadcasted LIVE right here. Brian and Christian join Jim for the regular content. The link is below.
The Fitness Tech Podcast
is moving to a special time on Friday night, 2/4 9:30pm CST and is LIVE Here as well! Carrie Adams is again joining Jamie and jim for an hour of great nutrition talk. We also have some good news and a special new segment to announce. Don’t miss this podcast!
Both can be seen at: http://theaverageguy.tv/live
The Home Server Show
moves to Thursday night, 2/3, 8:00pm CST. Some news, updates and Window Home Server talk! Join us at http://homeservershow.com/live.
This week only!
The Drobo Trilogy / Can it Replace Drive Extender?
Jan 2nd
I (Jim) have spend a bunch of time over the last three weeks doing an in depth review of Drobo for the Home Server Show. While the purpose of the review was to determine if a Drobo could be used to replace the current functionality that is now in Drive Extender in a Windows Home Server. If you have never seen a Drobo in action, you might want to see these reviews. Click Here to Review
What is a Drobo you ask? Think of it as a data robot that helps you protect your data. It’s a simple, scalable and reliable data storage solution for the home, professional, small to medium business, and corporate department. More info can be found at drobo.com
In the next couple of weeks I will have a review here that covers the Drobo and how you might use it to back up your data with Windows 7. If you have any specific questions that you would like covered in the review, please send me an email, podcast@theaverageguy.tv.
