Free Christmas Music, Yoono, Uptime Robot, WordPress Updates, IBM goes Quantum, Tronsmart MK908 – HT147

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Christian Johnson and Kyle Wilcox (@kylejwx) for show #147 of Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network.

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[3:29] Announcements]

[4:44] Christian’s Corner]

Public/private key authentication versus password based login to Linux systems.

Yoono social media – finally a replacement for Seesmic  http://www.yoono.com/

Uptimerobot – the free awesome alternative to Pingdom  http://uptimerobot.com/

WordPress 3.8 – Ain’t she a beauty – Looks like WordPress.com now

IBM Goes Quantum – Building a smarter planet

• http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/42710.wss?ce=ism0429&ct=chq&cmp=ibmsocial&cm=h&cr=crossbrand&ccy=us
• http://www.nasa.gov/ames/nasa-experts-available-for-interviews-about-quantum-computing/#.Uqp3T_RDvnI – 512qubit processor!!!
• http://io9.com/what-will-nasa-be-doing-with-its-new-quantum-computer-1468333514
• http://www.ge.com/datalandia/
• http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmat3825.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer)

[47:04] An update from Kyle]

Update on how my brother is using the Tronsmart android mini PC

http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/10/13/video-review-of-the-tronsmart-mk908-ht138/

Tronsmart MK908 Google Android 4.1 Mini PC TV Box RK3188 Quad Core 2G/8G BT Black by Tronsmart
Link: http://amzn.com/B00CGYAGL6

PowerRocks / MagicStick Review http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/12/07/magicstick-2800mah-review-2/

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Nest Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm by Nest
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[1:09:54] Lessons Learned in Christian’s First Semester in College]

Lessons learned from first term – life lesson’s that apply to everyone!  Eliminating distractions from home and work – the practical way – we will cover this in the post show

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