Author: Jim Collison

The Nest Protect – Smoke + CO Alarm: About, Unboxed and Installed

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My Nest thermostat is not so lonely anymore!  Thanks to The Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund I have the pleasure of reviewing the latest from Nest. The Nest Protect is a smart smoke and carbon monoxide detector and that doesn’t take much when compared to the average home smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The biggest and most interesting part of the Nest Protect for me is the fact that it doesn’t over react. I think we all have cooked something a little to well done and opened the oven to take care of the issue only to have another issue.

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Gear Added to the AverageGuy.tv Studio: Lights, Camera, Action

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Christmas of 2013 was good to Jim and my tech setup at home for Podcasting!  A couple of gifts from Santa (you know who you are) and some great hardware upgrades from the family and the home studio has improved by 100%  Let me share them with you. First off, after a camera debacle on Surface Geeks and  the Home Server Show two weeks in a row, both (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTJLj2-c2T8)  and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UxczBUl_i4) highlights just how bad it was. I think even Santa must have noticed. I received a box from Amazon on Christmas Eve with no note, no return address and

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12 Things To Do At the End of the Year for a Digital Health Check – HT148

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Christian Johnson and Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com join Jim (@jcollison) for show #148 of Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network. Show Music provided by http://mynameisrudolph.com/ Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Listen Mobile:   Catch Mike… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Things You Wish You Never Would Have Said – The Guide Rock Capital Market Commentary – FT050

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You really need to take predictions with a grain of salt. Consider these esteemed opinions.  "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, Chairman, IBM, 1943.  "Who wants to hear actors talk?" H. M. Warner, Founder, Warner Brothers, 1927. "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Charles Duell, Commissioner,… Click for more / Podcast Player>

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

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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. Show Music provided by http://mynameisrudolph.com/ Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: Get 3 FREE Christmas… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Taking a Stroll Down Memory Lane – The Guide Rock Capital Market Commentary – FT049

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Send your questions or comments to Andrew_Hunt@GuideRockCapital.com If every piece of positive news was a petal, then you might say the American economy was in bloom last week. Moving into the holiday season, consumer confidence was at a five-month high. Early in the week, manufacturing showed improvement. On Thursday, the U.S. Commerce Department unfurled the… Click for more / Podcast Player>