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By: James DiBianco Knowledge Equals Independence To everyone in the USA – Happy Independence Day!! Today is a short episode, but appropriate for Independence Day, regardless of where you live in the world. Today I’m going to talk about developing technical self-reliance. Technical or not, self-reliance is of critical importance to anyone that wants to be prepared. We all use and depend on technology every day. Learning how to troubleshoot and maintain these things ourselves is just one more way to be self-reliant. Listen to hear: Identifying where you’re “dependent”. Steps to becoming more self-reliant. What is a hackerspace? Resources / Links Google Search Basics Enhancing Search with Operators Becoming a Power Searcher Teach Parents Tech – learning site from Google Info on Hackerspaces TONS of free college classes online The post Episode 007 – Knowledge Equals Independence appeared first on Tech Preps.The post Episode 007 – Knowledge Equals Independence appeared first on Tech Preps.

Is all your valuable data backed up? In episode 3 I discussed taking a software inventory. I had wanted to mention backups in that episode but it went longer than I intended so as promissed, today I’m going to talk about backing up your computer or computers. I’m sure that I don’t have to convince you that backups are important. Everybody knows that hard drives can crash and everyone probably at least knows somebody that has lost data due to a failed hard drive or even a virus infection. And if you’re a “prepper” I really don’t have to explain why backups and redundancy are important. Listen in to find out: The three biggest reasons people don’t backup. The three principals of a good backup plan. Ways to protect your data before you suffer a hardware failure. Multiple options for backup software. Free things you can do to protect your data. How to have your cake and eat it too with online backups. Resources / Links Create Synchronicity Cobian Backup CrashPlan The post Episode 006 – Backup Options for Windows appeared first on Tech Preps.The post Episode 006 – Backup Options for Windows appeared first on Tech Preps.

Today is my first “News and Reviews” episode. I’m planning on making this a regular feature of the site. There is just so much “stuff” out there and with technology there is always something new, so I don’t think I’ll ever run out of things to report on. Listen in today as I talk about: An LED light bulb I picked up at Costco for $28… Is it any good? CyanogenMod 9 (I run this on my Nook Color) What the heck Facebook did now! The first large-scale analysis of hardware failure rates on a million consumer PCs. Firefox gets an Android update. Size DOES matter! (I’m talking about desktop PCs here!) Is your computer full of crap? Clean it up! Resources / Links PAR38 Dimmable LED Reflector Bulb CyanogenMod 9.0-RC1 Facebook’s shenanigans An Empirical Analysis of Hardware Failures on a Million Consumer PCs Firefox for Android Why small is the future for desktop PCs Piriform – CCleaner v3.20 The post Episode 005 – News and Reviews for 6-27-2012 appeared first on Tech Preps.The post Episode 005 – News and Reviews for 6-27-2012 appeared first on Tech Preps.

  In the last episode we discussed the importance of taking a technology inventory. I ran out of time to get into doing a software inventory, so that is what I’ll be covering in today’s episode. The main purpose of this exercise is to put together a “quick recovery” kit for each PC you own. Listen in as I talk about: Software can “break” just like hardware Your PC’s OS is the most important piece of software on it The importance of drivers and how to get the latest ones for your PC Why you should keep a copy of your “recovery kit” offsite How to find all the software installed on your PC Also, after I recorded this episode I realized that in the beginning I mention that I would talk about backups a little, and then I didn’t! Sorry! That is definitely a topic that will be covered in great depth in the future. Resources / Links Software Checklist (PDF) ProduKey Ninite The post Episode 004 – Tech Prepping 101 – Software Inventory appeared first on Tech Preps.The post Episode 004 – Tech Prepping 101 – Software Inventory appeared first on Tech Preps.

By: Al Pavangkanan Taking inventory is a prepping basic. If you don’t know what you have, you don’t know what you need. This is true whether you’re talking about food storage, survival tools, or in the case of today’s episode, your technology preps. Technology is fragile and this makes keeping track of what we have even more important. An inventory of your important items is just the first step in ensuring that you have some redundancy for when things do break. You don’t have to be a computer or technology expert to do this but even an expert might learn something from this exercise (I did!) Originally I had planned to cover hardware, software and data in this episode, but the hardware portion ran much longer than I expected. So I’ll be covering the software and data portion in the next episode.   Listen in as I cover: Why taking inventory is important. What kinds of items should be included. What details should you include in your inventory list. What benefits are there to having this list even if there is no disaster to deal with. Resources / Links Inventory – Main List (PDF) Inventory – PC – Details (PDF) PC Wizard 2012 The post Episode 003 – Tech Prepping 101 – Taking Inventory appeared first on Tech Preps.The post Episode 003 – Tech Prepping 101 – Taking Inventory appeared first on Tech Preps.

In today’s episode I discuss seven reasons to include technology in your disaster/survival preparations. There are more than seven reasons, but these are the ones I felt were the most important. Your situation and plans are likely very different from mine, but hopefully today’s show will provide some food for though. Listen in and hear how technology can provide: Convenience Security Communication Encryption Knowledge … and more! (you’ll just have to listen to the show for all the details!) Don’t forget to comment on the show or leave me suggestions for future topics you’d like to hear about. If you enjoy this show and want to be notified of new episodes, follow me on Twitter ( @TechPreps ) or like my TechPreps Facebook page. Resources / Links: MURS Radio CD 3rd World Pole Shift Survival InformationThe post Seven Reasons to Include Technology in Your Survival Preps appeared first on Tech Preps.The post Seven Reasons to Include Technology in Your Survival Preps appeared first on Tech Preps.

Can technology be a part of your survival preps? This will be a quick episode as I just want to introduce the show, tell you what I’ll be talking about in future episodes, and what you can expect from it. What you’ll hear today: Who inspired me to start this podcast. This main principal behind the show. Why I think technology is important as a survival tool. What you can expect from future episodes. My goals for this podcast. Don’t forget to comment on the show or leave me suggestions for future topics you’d like to hear about. If you enjoy this show and want to be notified of new episodes, follow me on Twitter ( @TechPreps ) or like my TechPreps Facebook page. (clicking the “tweet” and “like” buttons below can’t hurt either! ) Resources/Links The Survival PodcastThe post Intro to The Tech Preps Podcast appeared first on Tech Preps.The post Intro to The Tech Preps Podcast appeared first on Tech Preps.