Paul Braren, Using a Chrome Extension for Hangouts, Ditching VoIP with Latency and Climbing Stairs – HT161

Posted on Sun April 6, 2014Sun November 12, 2023 by Jim Collison

Paul Braren from TinkerTry.com (http://www.tinkertry.com/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/tinkererguy) joins Jim (@jcollison) for show #161 of Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com/ community.

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Some Great news on Christian – http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/campus/article_0643db4e-ba1a-11e3-aaab-0017a43b2370.html

Another year as an MVP – Just a new team – https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Jim%20Collison-4032567

Google Hangout Extension for Chrome:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hangouts/nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoiihapd?hl=en

Windows Azure Portal: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/

Microsoft Azure Preview Portal: https://portal.azure.com/

How to use Task Manager as a CPU monitor that always runs in your system tray (Windows 8/8.1) (one of my guest author articles):

http://itproguru.com/expert/2013/02/windows-task-manager-auto-started-as-an-effective-cpu-monitor-in-your-system-tray/

Windows Azure events:

http://www.meetup.com/NEITPro/events/calendar/?scroll=true

Story about Ooma, and too much latency:

http://TinkerTry.com/oomaissue

Mention of download speed, witness the astounding 180Mbps downstream here:

http://youtu.be/eXWEZFhHFrs?t=4m28s

How the Logitech avoid slamming your CPU too hard:

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/01/logitech-c920-webcam-review/

Nest Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: https://nest.com/letter-from-the-ceo/

Looking for cheap hard drives? http://www.goharddrive.com/Default.asp (not an affiliate link)

Finally, exercise, starting with standing desk: http://amzn.com/B0076O1NCM

American Lung Association: http://bit.ly/geeklungs

When Jim ran Trek up the Tower in Omaha 2014:

http://theaverageguy.me/2014/03/16/2014-8th-annual-trek-up-the-tower/

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