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#53 The Home Tech Podcast:Virtual Private Servers, Toyota Tundra, HP MicroServers, and the Power of Social Media
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!
The guys move on to talk about the new Live features in Google Analytics, where you can see in real time traffic visiting your website. If you have a website that receives a lot of traffic, this is an excellent way of determining where your traffic come from, and how it reaches your site, be it Twitter, Facebook or other social media sources.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week–AMD AM3+ CPU
This weeks Deal of the Week is the AMD AM3+ 8-core CPU’s from NewEgg.com
AMD are the first CPU manufacturer to bring an 8-core processor to market – check it out over at NewEgg
TAG Tech Deal of the Week–Build your own RAID 5-0 box
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.
TAG Tech Deal of the Week–Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid 2.5” Hard Disk
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 – LIAN LI Black Aluminum PC-C33B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
This weeks’ Deal-of-the-Week is the Lian-Li Black Aluminium PC-C37B Micro AT Media Center / HTPC Case from NewEgg,com for $169.99.
A great case for those of you who have an HTPC in a normal PC case. Not only does it look like it belongs in the entertainment unit, but it also has great cooling and will take a wide range of motherboards and drives.
