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#53 The Home Tech Podcast:Virtual Private Servers, Toyota Tundra, HP MicroServers, and the Power of Social Media
Dec 2nd
Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
The show starts off, with Christian telling us about the trials and tribulations of hitting the limit of an unlimited web-hosting package, and the experience of choosing a new Virtual Private Server Provider (VPS), finally setting on Virpus, where he has even dealt with the CEO.
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Jim tells us about his Thanksgiving Turkey Post, about wrapping the turkey in bacon to retain the moisture within the turkey, and bring the flavor of bacon and turkey together!
HP TouchPad is Back! Well, Sort of Back?
Nov 14th
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 we would never see them again, right? WRONG!
I first saw this at Best Buy, and today I saw the same thing at CompUSA.com. They are back at $149, but with a catch! (click the graphic to see the deal)
HP TouchPad FB356UT Tablet – WebOS 3.0, Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual-Core APQ8060 1.2GHz, 1GB Memory, 32GB Internal Storage, 9.7" XGA Capacitive Touch, 802.11 a/b/g/n
Ok…so it’s not $99 and you have to buy an HP Laptop or Desktop to get the $150 rebate, but if you were doing that anyway, would you pull the trigger on this?
#43 The Home Tech Podcast: ISP Cloud Storage, Nike MAG, Google Plus Widgets, Input Director, E3 Spark Plugs, Metro Start Pages, and a stroll along Nostalgia Street
Sep 9th
Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
The show starts off with Andrew giving an update of the status of solar installation rebates in Victoria in Australia, and why he is installing more solar panels on the house.
Jim tells us about Cox Communication’s new offering, which gives their Internet subscribers a cloud-style backup solution, starting at 1GB to 50GB up to Unlimited storage, depending on your subscriber plan. If you are a subscriber, this is a great alternative to the other cloud solutions we have spoken about in the past.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week–E3 Sparkplugs
Sep 9th
This weeks Deal of the Week is the E3 Spark Plug, which in real-driving conditions has shown an improvement of 4mpg in a Chevy Suburban!
Check them out at www.e3sparkplugs.com
#42 The Home Tech Podcast: Spam Prevention, Desktop Protection, Mailing List Solutions, Storage Expansion, and Digital Photography
Sep 4th
Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Mike Howard for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
After the introductions, Jim reminds us all of the importance of using an Uninterruptible Power Supply or UPS for those of us who live in areas that experience power issues from time to time.
The guys move on to talk about the recent increase in spam, especially around seemingly random people signing up to forums and sites where comments can be posted. Christian tells us about a site, Stop Forum Spam, which is a service that tracks known spammers, and has plugins for a lot of the popular Bulletin Board and Blogging platforms such as PHPBB and WordPress
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In an Anti-Spam / Anti-Virus vein, the guys talk about the latest initiatives from the “A Faster Internet” project, from players we’ve all heard of before, including the OpenDNS and Google DNS projects.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week–Build your own RAID 5-0 box
Sep 4th
Match this card up with some SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2TB hard disks from NewEgg.com, and the sky’s the limit for your new storage array.
#40 The Home Tech Podcast: The end of WebOS as we know it, the cost of AT&T text messaging, and NASA Science and Tech
Aug 19th
Jim, Andrew and Christian, are joined by Chris Lux for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
With the thunderstorms rolling through Jim’s city threatening to stop the recording, the guys kicked it off hearing about Christian’s recent break at NASA Camp, and the various programs of work that NASA have coming in the future.
A big week in tech news, with Google acquiring Motorola Mobility, and what the guys see as being the biggest news , that HP have announced that they will be discontinuing support for the WebOS platform, and associated devices such as the TouchPad, and various WebOS phones. The guys talk about the implications to the mobile phone industry with both pieces of news, and how Chris believes this may increase the footprint of Windows Phone.
After a blackout at Jims’ house, and some Skype challenges getting things back on track, the guys move on with the show.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week–Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid 2.5” Hard Disk
Aug 19th
This weeks’ Deal of the Week, is the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB 7200 RPM 2.5” Hybrid drive from NewEgg.com, a worthwhile upgrade at $89.99. The drive is larger than an SSD, with improved performance over a regular drive.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week–Antec Unbeatable Notebook Cooler 200
Jul 25th
For those of you who are looking for a Notebook Cooler, look no further than the Antec Unbeatable Notebook Cooler 200 from Amazon.com
A great buy at $48.97, which is a 46% saving on the regular price
#36 The Home Tech Podcast: Facebook Forums, A New RSS Feed, Netflix makes Changes, Spotify launches in the USA, Speed Tips and Cammster
Jul 24th
Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
After exploring the concept of a show, “Random with Rich” discussing random Tweets and stream items from Google+, the guys kick it off, discussing some of the issues Rich has had with his router and streaming media from his Windows 2011 Home Server, and the good and bad of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP).
After discussing the possibility of setting up some Average Guy Forums, a Facebook group for The Average Guy Podcast Network has been set up, which will allow followers of the show to interact with the hosts, and allow us to notify folks of up and coming events such as Live Recordings, Podcasts being published, and new posts to The Average Guy website.
Jim discusses the new RSS Feed for the Home Tech Podcast. For those of you who use iTunes, you can click to subscribe to the new feed. For other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice!
