Category: Home Tech

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Commodore 64, Dropbox, Facebook, Home OS, Lead Recycling, Timex Sinclair 1000 – HT069

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The guys are joined by Bryan Auer and Rich O’Neil for show 69 of The Home Tech Podcast. The guys start off learning some about the lead recycling business that Bryan works in, with Bryan telling us how lead-acid batteries, and other lead containing products are recycled into re-usable components. Join us for the show… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Sound Issues, Dropbox, Amazon Prime, Garmin 410 Deal, New Honda Key, Ultrabook Deal, RetailMeNot.com, Lightroom 4 – HT068

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Jim was joined again this week by jpeg2raw host Mike Howard, regular host Christian Johnson. Andrew came in late and left early from his holiday. Jim showed off his budget sound card purchase from Best Buy: A Rocketfish Gaming Sound Card. Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile:… Click for more / Podcast Player>

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>

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>

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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iPads, Fujitsu Primergy TX100 S2, Microsoft’s MetroTablet Strategy, Windows 8 CP, New Xbox, Sched.org – HT065

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The show moves from Thursday to Friday night this week and Jim is joined by Christian and special guest Chris Lux. If Jim gave you $700 for an iPad, would you use it? Both Chris and Christian decide. We took a look at Jim’s new Fujitsu Primergy TX100 S2 to replace is current broadcast server.… Click for more / Podcast Player>