Category: Home Tech

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CES 2012, Exercise Technology, Lightroom 4 Beta, Internet Addiction Disorder and the End of the Digital SLR – HT058

With everyone back on decent Internet connections, Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW. After some updates from the guys, Dave McCabe, from the Home Server Show, joins the guys live from CES, and gives an update on the ioSafe demonstration, and the week at CES in general. Listen… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Mushkin Chronos 120GB SSD Install and Performance Specs

I recently purchased a Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) from Newegg.  It can be found here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226236 I purchased it to replace a Western Digital 1 TB WD10EACS Green Drive that will be moved into my storage pool on the Window Home Server (where it belonged in the first place).  It was also a bit slow at times.  See the stats below:     The box with the new drive arrived this week and I couldn’t wait to get it installed on the weekend.  After installing Windows 7 Ultimate from scratch

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Travel Tech, McDonald’s Wifi, AudiBulbs, Crypteks, Robot Space Plane, Storage Spaces in Windows – HT057

The gang was back this week and Jim was joined by Andrew, Christian and Bill Paulmenn. Jim’s wife Sarah also joined us at the end of the podcast. GIRL ALERT! With all the guys in the house, it’s time to talk travel and travel technology. What kind of tech do you take with you when… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Christmas Gifts, Amazon Kindle Fire, HP Proliant Microserver N40L, iPod Recall, Raspberry PI First Mention – HT056

Jim (who audio was coming from his camera mic for the entire show and not the Yeti!) was joined this week by John Zajdler from The HomeServerShow.com, Mike Howard from the jpeg2raw podcast and Rich O’Neil from Rich’s Random Podcast Generator. Both Andrew and Christian were still on holiday! In a post Christmas, pre New… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Facebook Wins, Yeti Blue Mics, Roku 2 XS, WD Live, Best Buy Return Policy, Play On – HT055

Jim was joined this week by Andrew (on the phone), Mike Howard from the jpeg2raw podcast and Rich O’Neil from Rich’s Random Podcast Generator.  Christian had the night off for his birthday!  Happy Birthday Christian! Andrew was on his way out of town and we caught him live via Skype to his phone.  For Christmas,… Click for more / Podcast Player>

HP MicroServer, WHS 2011, Low Power CPUs, Samsung Galaxy S II, Tom Tom, Issuu.com and Viber – HT054

Jim and Andrew are joined this week by Gary Johnson for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast. The guys start off the show with an update on the solar grid feed system Andrew and his wife installed in May this year, followed by some discussions around if the others would “green” their lives.… Click for more / Podcast Player>