Markets Wobble on Quantitative Easing, Are the Markets like Sports? Guide Rock Weekly Market Commentary Jun 10 – FT031

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Like a funhouse mirror, investors’ concerns about whether and when the Federal Reserve will begin to end its quantitative easing program contorted market responses to economic news last week. Unexceptional economic reports were treated as good news and pushed stock markets higher; strong economic reports were treated as bad news and pushed stock markets lower.… Click for more / Podcast Player>

How using RAID 0 Can Increase Your PC Performance

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Nothing new here.  Just wanted to document some of the benchmark results from a recent install I am doing with a Dell Precision 690 Workstation that I picked up from a sale at work.  The full tech specs are at the link above and it came with 2 x Dual-core Intel Xeon 5100 series processors.  It also came with no drives and no OS and 4GB of RAM.  My good friend Kevin Schoonover was able to track down 32GB of RAM, 2 x Dual NIC cards and 4 x 150GB WL150GB SATA drives to add to the mix. I was

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Virtualizaton, Citrix ZenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, Disk2vhd, Openfiler, VMware Workstation, ESXi Hypervisor -HT120

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com and Jay Moore for Home Tech episode #120.  Mike started the conversation off with some discussion around Citrix’s ZenServer after having trouble installing ESXi.  Jay Covers his work with ESXi and both home and at work. Join us for the show live each Thursday… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Podcast Guest – Preparation Guide

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In order to help guest coming on the podcast prepare for their appearance, make the experience as enjoyable as possible and ensure a quality podcast, we have prepared the following guide. (Special Thanks to Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com for assembling this list) Basic items you will need: ● The Webcam – webcam’s that are built into older laptops generally are not of the best quality, but newer ones are.  If you have an older laptop or PC, using a Logitec C920 is the best option.  Its best if the camera is place at an angle that is horizontal to your

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Quantitative Easing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is it Good or Bad and What is the Best Index to Follow? Guide Rock Weekly Market Commentary Jun 3 – FT030

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The Fed will taper… the Fed will not… the Fed will taper… the Fed will not… Last week, investors and traders obsessed about the Federal Reserve and the possibility it might begin to end its quantitative easing program. The Fed began its first round of quantitative easing during the financial crisis in an effort to… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Virtualizaton, VMware vSphere 5.1, ESXi Hypervisor, VMware Player, Oracle VirtualBox, Hyper–V, Drobo 5N for Jim – HT119

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, Kyle Wilcox (@kylejwx) and Paul Baran (@Tinkererguy) for Home Tech episode #119.  We want to welcome Kyle to his very first Home Tech appearance! In the first of a 3 part Series on Virtualization, we will cover some of the VM setups of guys from our… Click for more / Podcast Player>