Author: Jim Collison

Quantitative Easing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is it Good or Bad and What is the Best Index to Follow? Guide Rock Weekly Market Commentary Jun 3 – FT030

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The Fed will taper… the Fed will not… the Fed will taper… the Fed will not… Last week, investors and traders obsessed about the Federal Reserve and the possibility it might begin to end its quantitative easing program. The Fed began its first round of quantitative easing during the financial crisis in an effort to… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Virtualizaton, VMware vSphere 5.1, ESXi Hypervisor, VMware Player, Oracle VirtualBox, Hyper–V, Drobo 5N for Jim – HT119

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, Kyle Wilcox (@kylejwx) and Paul Baran (@Tinkererguy) for Home Tech episode #119.  We want to welcome Kyle to his very first Home Tech appearance! In the first of a 3 part Series on Virtualization, we will cover some of the VM setups of guys from our… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Microsoft MVP John Zajdler talks Windows Server 2012 Essentials, Western Digital Sentinel DX4000, WSE RemoteApp 2012, ownCloud, Plex – HT118

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, and Andrew Morris (@unrealshots) was joined this week by long time Home Sever Show host and Microsoft Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) for Home Tech episode #118.  John spent some time talking all things Windows Home Server, the Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 running Windows… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Choosing a laptop for Rich, Windows 8, Intel Haswell, Iris Graphics, HD 5200, LGA 1150 socket, On-Die Voltage Regulator, ASUS VivoBook, Ultrabooks – RRPG022

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The guys from Home Tech Podcast show #117 hang around post-show to help me, Rich O’Neil, figure out what to buy as a replacement for my 2 1/2-year old $199 Acer Aspire 5251-1317 laptop. The cheap little laptop has been holding its own, especially since I had I installed an SSD in it, but the… Click for more / Podcast Player>

University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Survey and Phenomenon Called Heuristics – Guide Rock Weekly Market Commentary May-20 FT029

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Much like elementary school children trying to capture the attention of someone they have a crush on, the American economy sent lots of mixed signals last week. Conflicting reports emerged about consumer sentiment during the week. The Conference Board, a non-profit research organization, reported consumers remained somewhat pessimistic about the direction of the economy. In… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Laptops, Microsoft Surface RT, Surface Pro, Lenovo Yoga, Laptop Drive Encryption, Leap Motion, VGo at NASA – HT117

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com and Eddie Ramirez (@pceddienc) for Show 117. This show is part three of three in a series where we look at Laptops.  You can catch the first two at http://theaverageguy.tv/ht114 and http://theaverageguy.tv/ht115. Mike Howard joined me last week as we talked his… Click for more / Podcast Player>