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Jim’s Appearance on Home Server Show 263

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It’s time again for the Home Server Show Meetup!  The 2014 edition will come complete with a Friday night setup party, all the tech breakouts you can handle, a trip to Fry’s Electronics and the Microsoft Store as well as Sunday Morning breakfast at Waffle House.  You will want to be there. With guest Kevin Schoonover and John Stutsman, we cover some news, dropping SSD prices and a whole bunch more. Home Server Show is live every Tuesday night at 7:30pmC/[spp-timestamp time="8:30"]E (+15 minutes) over at http://homeservershow.com/live. Find the audio and links to the video at http://homeservershow.com/meetup-2014-overview-home-server-show-263.html

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Jim’s Appearance on Home Server Show 262

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Dave pulls the plug on his Windows Home Server 2011 box and talks about migration to his Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Box.  We are also joined by Christopher Courtney. Home Server Show is live every Tuesday night at 7:30pmC/[spp-timestamp time="8:30"]E (+15 minutes) over at http://homeservershow.com/live. Find the audio and links to the video at http://homeservershow.com/finalizing-move-whs2011-essentials-2012-home-server-show-262.html

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John Nye talks Ethical Hacking, Wifi Pineapples and Quadcopters – HGG172

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John Nye from http://endisnye.com and Christian Johnson join Jim (@jcollison) for show #172 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com/.  John Nye, a CompTIA Security+ and Network+ Certified Security Consultant and a student at https://www.bellevue.edu/ spends time with us talking about Ethical Hacking, Wifi Pineapples and Quadcopters.… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Hands on Review of the Elgato Video Capture Device, John Zajdler, New Podcast, MyMovies – HGG171

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John Zajdler (@Dieharder) and John Greenaway join Jim (@jcollison) for show #171 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com/.  It’s time for a little Home Server action while we have John with us.  We also introduce John Greenaway to the program and catch up with him.  We… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Hands on Review of the Elgato Video Capture Device – Digitizing and Archiving Analog Video

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John Greenaway is a Home Tech listener since show #1 is guest writing for The Average Guy Blog. This item was purchased with proceeds from the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund. https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy Working through the outset of this project was emotional as well as therapeutic for me.  As such, I felt compelled to elaborate a small amount on why I embarked on this project and how the combination of my personal / family situation, my nostalgic nature, my interest and appreciation for technology, and my paranoid approach to data management, and archival led me to this point.  For those solely

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Catching Up with Christian After His First Year at University of Maryland – HT170

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Christian Johnson joins Jim (@jcollison) for show #170 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com/.  Christian has had a very busy spring and hasn’t been on the show in a while.  News of the data breach broke in February 2014 and Christian was selected to be on… Click for more / Podcast Player>