Author: Jim Collison

2012 Omaha Marathon / Half Marathon Results

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September 23, 2012 – Just coming off the Corporate Cup last week and a quick decision to run Omaha Half this weekend made for a crazy week.  I also spent a big chunk on the week traveling.  Wednesday in Iowa City and Thursday and Friday in Madison, WI for some Gallup recruiting.  Needless to say, the race came up fast! On Thursday morning, I did get to spend some incredible time with a 6 mile lake run in Madison.  The temp was cool, the air was clear, the wind was zero and the timing was right.  Ran right from the

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LiveStrong.com, Fitness Tech, Nokia Lumia 900, Lumia 920, Windows 8, Office 2013 – HT088

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Jim and Andrew are joined this week by Chris Lux for Show 88 of The Home Tech Podcast. The guys get the show started with some Fitness Tech talk by covering the benefits of using LiveStrong.com for fitness and nutrition tracking. MozyPro–secure online backup for businesses Join us for the show live each Thursday at… Click for more / Podcast Player>

2012 Omaha Corporate Cup Results

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September 16, 2012 – This was the second year in a row that I have come off of the Lincoln Marathon with an awful summer of training.  For the record, its been a long, hot summer and running was the last thing on my mind.  I had good intentions for a summer of training, but when the best moment in the day was when I decided to not workout, there is a problem.  June – Aug…not great.  September…much better. In a weird twist, my time for 2012 was the exact same time as 2011, [spp-timestamp time="51:58"].  To the exact second.  With

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The Average Guy’s Windows 8 Know It Guyde

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There is a lot of info out there around Windows 8.  For my own personal reasons, I wanted to get the BEST of it, all in one place.  A place I could refer back to and a place I could refer others.  It’s a working document, growing and changing as time passes.  It can also be influenced by you.  Leave a comment here of your favorite Windows 8 resource, send me a link in twitter (@jcollison), post it out to our Facebook group or send it to me in an email, podcast@theAverageGuy.tv.  However you choose, I will give you credit

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If This Then That, Security Issues and Cloud Storage – HT087

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Jim and Andrew are joined this week by Gordon Schmidt for Show 87 of The Home Tech Podcast. The guys kick off the show talking about using Windows 8 with multiple monitors, replacing failed hardware components, and upgrading laptops to Windows 7 or Windows 8 from Windows Vista to improve the user experience. The guys… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Window XP, Web Browsers, Hiren’s Boot CD, Windows 8, Drobo Mini, Raspberry Pi Bonus Content- HT086

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Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by John Stutsman for Show 86 of The Home Tech Podcast.   Make sure you watch the YouTube recording of the show for some special bonus content!  Christian talks about how he hooked up his USB monitor to his Raspberry Pi.  Only on YouTube. [3:20] We start with… Click for more / Podcast Player>