Author: Jim Collison

2012 State Farm 10 Mile and 5K: 20 Miles of Training and Results

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March 31, 2012 – For the second year in a row I have used the State Farm 10 mile as a 20 mile training run in preparation for the Lincoln Marathon.  The last two years have been terrible weather.  It rained two years ago (2010) and snowed last year (2011).  This year, the weather couldn’t have been much better.  We are off to an early spring here in Nebraska and the morning temps were in the 50s this morning with overcast skies.  It was wonderful. I have been training with Dave Cihal now for the last 6 months.  He is

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Hotel Wireless, Best Buy, Snapon Tools and Monitor Stands – HT067

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Jim was joined this week by jpeg2raw host Mike Howard, regular guest host Bill Paulmenn and special guest John Stutsman. It was a very funny show and we had a good time. We start the show with some discussion on hotel wireless access points based on a question from Michael Burris on Google+. We also… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Investing 101, Brightscope, Money Desktop – FT012

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What’s the latest happenings for Guide Rock and GFCU? We have a learning series March 30th is our 3 class of 10 Investment focused – entry level Tackle one topic each session Focus on an environment where questions are encouraged You are welcome to come, just rsvp to Andrew_hunt@guiderockcapital.com so I know how many bagels… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Stitcher, Skype, Windows 8 retina display, New iPad Heater – HT066

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Jim was joined this week by John Zajdler (@Dieharder), Christian and Andrew. We started with a discussion with some chat about the podcasting aggregator Stitcher, found at http://stitcher.com. We also spent some time talking about Skype. We talked about a bit of history, how we all use Skype and even answered a few questions. Christian… Click for more / Podcast Player>

3 Crazy Weekends of Marathon Training–2012 Trek up the Tower and 2012 Leprechaun Chase 10K with Results

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February 25 brought the next edition of Trek Up the Tower.  I ran this race for the first time last year and was looking forward the the 2012 version.  This event is always well run, limited in numbers and well supported by the community.  Last year I climbed the 40 flights in [spp-timestamp time="7:25"].  This year was a bit slower.  One, I ran alone (last year I ran with Jamie) and two, Dave and I had scheduled a 13 mile run after the climb.  Below are the results as well as the link to last year. http://theaverageguy.me/2011/02/26/2011-trek-up-the-towerclimbing-my-life-away-with-results/   Trek Results from

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WHS Drobo Status Beta 2–An Update

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I have been working on reinstalling Windows Home Server 2011 back on my HP Microserver N40L after some issues with the first install.  Part of the process was to install the WHS Drobo Status Beta 2 Add-in from Ross Dargan that can be found over at the Home Server Show Forums. http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/files/category/7-whs-drobo-status/ The Add-in was part of a contest that we ran over at http://homeservershow.com.  Ross answered the call and produced not only an initial beta, but now a second one as of January 15 2012.  Here is what it looks like on my system.  I actually have two Drobos. 

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