Author: Jim Collison

Post Labor Day Employment Data and the NFL – The Guide Rock Capital Market Commentary – FT040

Last week was crunch time in the National Football League (NFL). With the 2013 regular season approaching rapidly, NFL teams cut about 700 players from their rosters over the Labor Day weekend.  That was a big cut—about a 40 percent drop in player employment—as rosters were pared from 90 to 53 players.  However, it’s not… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Window To Go with Windows 8 Enterprise, Remote Backup with WS 2012 R2 Essentials, What’s New with VMware ESXi 5.5, Safe Podcast Listening – HT133

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Paul Baran (@Tinkererguy) from http://Tinkertry.com and Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) for Home Tech episode #133.  We spent the majority of the show talking about how John is using Windows To Go on a 32GB Data Traveler Workspace drive from Kingston.  We get an update from… Click for more / Podcast Player>

The Next Big Thing in Disruptive Technology – The Guide Rock Capital Market Commentary – FT039

“So much depends / upon / a red wheel / barrow / glazed with rain / water / beside the white / chickens.” Well, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy is a lot more complex than the simple tools mentioned in the oft-memorized William Carlos Williams’ poem, The Red Wheelbarrow, but an awful lot is… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Banned by YouTube, Is Yahoo Back? Christian-Johnson.net, Connect to Windows Server 2012 Essentials Remotely, Email Management with Outlook, Haswell Based HTPC, NEST – HT132

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Andrew Morris(@unrealshots), Christian Johnson and Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com for Home Tech episode #132.  We are back to old school with 132 as we left the show notes open to any tech topic the guys wanted to cover.  We chatted about being banned by YouTube.com, the return of… Click for more / Podcast Player>

How Uncertainty Affects the Market and the European Economy – The Guide Rock Capital Market Commentary – FT038

Robert Burns, father of fourteen and writer of Auld Lang Syne, once said, “There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.” Was he ever right! Here are a few sure things: · The Federal Reserve intends to reduce economic stimulus by tapering quantitative easing (QE). · Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke plans to retire.… Click for more / Podcast Player>

How to Listen to a Podcast for the Average Guy, Outtake – HT131

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Andrew Morris(@unrealshots) and Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com for Home Tech episode #131 So if you are new to podcasts you might be wondering what is the best way to listen to them, you have found the right podcast.  Yes, you are listening to a podcast to learn how… Click for more / Podcast Player>