A practical 2026 portable power station guide covering battery size, output, solar input, UPS use, EcoFlow, BLUETTI, Jackery and how to compare options for home backup, camping and off-grid power.
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HDD or SSD for backup? Compare capacity, speed, portability, cost and restore performance to decide which storage type fits your backup strategy.
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CMR or SMR? Learn which hard-drive recording technology makes sense for NAS, RAID, backups and bulk storage, why exact model numbers matter, and when SMR is actually a reasonable choice.
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Backblaze publishes one of the most useful public datasets in storage: daily health records from hundreds of thousands of drives running in its data centers. I wanted to know what that data actually tells a home user shopping for backup, NAS or bulk-storage drives, so I pulled the public Drive Stats data into my own deterministic analysis instead of relying on a single quarter or a few headline numbers. Quick answer: Backblaze data is extremely useful, but it does not support a simple conclusion like “Brand X is best.” The better lesson is that specific drive models, capacity generations, age,
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A practical hard-drive buying guide for backup, NAS and bulk storage, including HDD vs SSD, CMR vs SMR, capacity planning, reliability and Amazon buying paths.
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Cloud storage has changed a lot since I first built the Cloud Storage Know IT Guyde. Back then, the idea was pretty simple: collect as many cloud storage services as I could find, put them into one place, list how much free storage they offered and try to keep the list current. That worked for a while. It also produced a page full of names like Cubby, Pogoplug, Wuala, Copy and Ubuntu One. Some disappeared. Others were acquired or changed direction. Prices changed. Free storage changed. New services appeared. And the
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I love how they go in detail in every episode of the show, didn't know I would enjoy home gadget info so much.
One of the best shows for the home pc enthusiast. I've been listening to it each week for over two years and I'd highly recommend it. Jim and team are very professional and the show is very informative.
This is one podcast you dont want to miss. They may talk alot of tech but they make it so anyone can understand it. Dont get lost in the tech jungle list to what they say and do your research. Subscribe and be treated to a ton of knowlage.
Jim is a nut! A tech nut! Great show for folks looking to scratch their tech itch.
so sorry, seems i left a review under my husband's name of pytheas2.0! LOL! well, now he is subscribed :) but thanks for hosting a great show with a variety of information! I'm a photographer and no where near knowing about techy stuff, so maybe i'll learn a thing or two and impress my husband ;)
Just wanted to let you guys know that this is a good podcast to subsribe to, to get the latest news on the tech scene :) Networking, Phones, Servers. All you need. And they do host giveaways of exciting products every now and then :)
Easily a winner when it comes to knowing their stuff!! These guys always seem to know what I am thinking, and just put the info out there! Keep up the great work, Hands down, the friendliest bunch around!
If you have a connected home, you owe it to yourself to listen to this podcast. The tips, tricks and news save me tons of time from browsing a ton of websites constantly.
Pretty Tech savvy. Thanks!
Very informative and also entertaining - keep up the good work!
