Category: Home Tech

Tech Guys Helping Tech Guys!

Getting Started with Windows Live Writer

    Recently we showed you how to setup Windows Live Essentials 2011. We also  took a closer look at one of the apps – the Bing Bar, and today we will take a look  at Windows Live Writer which is a valuable program for bloggers.         Installing Windows Live Writer If you haven’t installed it already just download and kick off the Windows Live Essentials installer. Remember you don’t need to install everything in the suite and when the install kicks off, select Choose the programs you want to install. Now select the programs you want to

Click for more / Podcast Player>

How to Get Started Blogging, Using Lastpass and RoboForm for Managing Passwords and New iPhone or Android Apps – HT003

Brian, Christian and Jim are together again to talk “how-to” tech for the average home user.  In show #3, we added some new music for the intro and at the end of the show!  Make sure you listen all the way to the end. For our third Home Tech Show we talked about Blogging and… Click for more / Podcast Player>

How To Get Started Blogging with Blogger.com

If you’re interested in starting your own blog, there are a couple services that make it very easy to get started. One of the services are for the beginner is blogger.com and is easy to get setup and start getting your blog up and running. Whether you want to create a simple blog to share info and pictures with your friends and family, or start a more in depth site, Blogger is a good choice for the average user. Blogger.com One of the blog services that have been around for quite a while and owned by Google is Blogger.com. You

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Facebook and Bing Bar and Browsers, Oh My! – HT002

The second show is up and running…and you won’t want to miss this one!  Once again joined by Brian, Christian and special guest John Zajdler from the Home Server Show, we talk about the changes that have most recently been made to Facebook, the worst rated wireless provider the US (guess who that can be?)… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Home Server Show #115

So Dave took a week off and now is back and ready for action!  So is show #115!  Actually, it was just bad luck that Dave’s vacation landed right in the middle of the biggest news period for Windows Home Server this year.  This is a long show and there is plenty to digest.  We have news, forums, the Orlando meetup, and plenty of Drive Extender and HP talk.  Beware though, Dave has a cold and cough and is a bit cranky throughout!  This was a fun episode actually.  As always, the live ustream chat was very helpful and interactive

Click for more / Podcast Player>

QR (Quick Response) Codes–It’s Hip to Be Square!

Have you seen one of these before?  They are called QR or Quick Response codes.  While they might be new to you, they are hardly the “newest” thing.  They were developed in Japan back in the middle 90’s to track parts for automobile makers. So how do you use them?  If you have a cell phone with a camera and the right bar code reading software on the phone (newer Android phones do the trick), you are in business.  Just start the software and point the camera that the code.  Within seconds it will scan the bar code and return

Click for more / Podcast Player>