Author: Jim Collison

WHS Health Add-In with the Palm Pre / Pixi (For the Window Home Server)

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The newly released add-in for the Windows Home Server (more info at The Home Server Show or MediaSmart Server.net) from Nigel Wilks and Alex Kuretz, which was primarily developed to render the health status of your Windows Home Server on an iPhone or iPod Touch, has an additional benefit!  Maybe only for me? I was installing it tonight and testing it on my Touch when it occurred to me that I should be able to get this working nicely on my Palm Pre.  Sure enough, it looked great!  I’ve included some photos below. The add-in is a keeper.  Thanks Nigel

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Office 2010 Beta Available for Public Download

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          If you haven’t heard, Microsoft has released a beta version of Office 2010 for the general public.  In the past, these kinds of events were not always available to the masses but over the last several years, Microsoft has made better by letting more people test.  A good example of this was the Windows 7 beta. You can download it from here.  http://us1.office2010beta.microsoft.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US Beware, you shouldn’t try to install this on a work computer (may get you in serious trouble with your IT folks).  Read this before you try anything!  http://www.winsupersite.com/office/o2010_beta.asp Remember, I search so

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The Home Server Show 67 – PP3 In Depth

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The Home Server Show 67 – PP3 In Depth Today, John, Jim, Chris, and Dave talk about PP3 in depth.  We will go over what we like and what we don’t like.  We will also go over a few tweets and forum posts about PP3.  Chris un-installs the beta and installs PP3 during the show.  This is another fun one with some outtakes at the end that you will not want to miss. Are you going to CES?  I’ve added a forum to discuss all things CES.  Please drop by. AJ and Diehard have been added as a moderators of

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Top Nine Tech Things You Should Have Tried in 2009 (but still can in 2010).

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The end of the year is a great time to start throwing around lists of stuff.  As I started reflecting on 2009, I thought about all the technology that I used and how I wish others had know about it as well!  So here it is – the nine things I wish you had tried in 2009!  (Not in any order) Full Disclosure:  I was not paid to write these nice things and it is solely my own opinion.  If you have one, leave a comment below. Skype  – http://www.skype.com – I use this Voice over IP (VOIP) application all

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Home Server Shows #61 and #62 – Renegades and Restoration

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Dave is back this week after letting Chris, John and me run the show for #61.  Both shows are now available. Show #61 Show #62 This week we talk about how to make a Home Server out of an old PC.  We also have a listener roundtable that Dave recorded at his Windows 7 Launch Party. If you are a blogger and you would like some more exposure to your articles visit GeekGazette.net. MyMovies 3 MissingRemote.com review of MyMovies The Before you Build Checklist – This is also available on the main page under popular posts. Podcast List has been

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Kansas City Marathon 2009 Recap – That’s A Long Way to Go!

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It’s a day later and I was able to get out of bed this morning, so things are good after completing the longest race of my life!  It was really the story of two races.  The first 16 miles and the last 10. I went into the race with about as much prep as I could handle.  I ran progressively longer runs each weekend as suggested and finished a 20 miles run just 3 weeks ago.  On Saturday morning, I felt ready and I felt good.  A 4 hour time didn’t seem impossible with the right things going my way. 

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