Category: Home Tech

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How to Navigate College Admissions: A Guide for High School Students Considering a Competitive or Standard Degree Program – HT112

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by long time host Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) and later by the other host Andrew Morris (@unrealshots).  Christian announces for the first time that he has been accepted to the University of Maryland College Park for his freshman year of college.  Congratulation Christian!  It’s been great to take the ride… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Tech Education: An Interview with Rich O’Neil from the University of Southern Maine – HT111

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Rich O’Neil (@dvn7) for Show 111!  Rich joins us to talk about his experience with going back to school at the University of Southern Maine for some technology education. After the show, Jim covered some more details about his trip to Germany and we finished the show with… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Travel Tech: What Do You Take on the Road? – HT110

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Paul Braren (@tinkererguy) and Mike Howard from the jpeg2RAW Podcast  (@jpeg2RAW) for Show 110!  Jim is back from Germany to talk about all the tech he used on his trip.  From Cell phones to Laptops and everything in between. Join us for the show live each Thursday at… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Home Networking, Windows Server 2012 Essentials, Lights Out, the HP N40L, N54L and the Deal with NASA Interns – HT108

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Andrew (@unrealshots) and Christian for Show 108!  We were all about Christian (and Gary’s) Home Networking setup to include an in depth look at Windows Server 2012 Essentials, SharePoint and Active Directory!  How to do it, how not to and how to get it done with what you… Click for more / Podcast Player>

HomeGroup, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

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Note: HomeGroup is a very open sharing environment. Please be sure your home network is very secure before setting up your HomeGroup. For the most part I have had good luck with HomeGroup in Windows 7 and Windows 8. It is an easy way to share content and devices between computers in your home. Once your network is fully functional and all of your computers are properly deployed, that is the best time to make a HomeGroup. The wizards in Windows make it very easy. You start your HomeGroup on one PC, then print out the HomeGroup password and use

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