Managing Your Home Tech

We are joined by Jonathan Panozzo, the CMO/CSO with Lime Technology, Inc. headquartered out of Anaheim, CA, and the makers of UnRaid.  Jon talks a little history of the company, their current community and what the future looks like in coming years! Big thanks to Jon and Spencer Jones for saying YES to the interview.  Even bigger thanks to listener Tony Raynor for making it all happen in the first place. Mike Howard from http://www.jpeg2raw.com/ also joins us. I think you will enjoy the interview.  Join Jim Collison / @jcollison, Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech and special guest Mike Howard

Erin Lawrence is back again this week with a look at the Galaxy S10+ and a discussion around the future of really expensive smartphones.  We talk about the Echo Show and the Echo Sub as well as a look a new 3D printed toothbrush from Blizzident.  We wrap it with an interesting discussion on a new mapping and location service from What 3 Word.  All this and more!  Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech (off on a ski trip for the night) for show #393 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average

The Foldable Phones have arrived and Samsung is out the gate with the new Galaxy Fold on April 26th. Mike gives an update on some new project management software he found called Monday.com.  Jim gives an update on his Windows Home Server and the failure of one of his Seagate 8TB drives and the successful RMA process. All this and more!  Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #392 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at

   Dewain Robinson joins us again (might be a guest record) to talk about the Lowes IRIS shutdown of service and what you need to do RIGHT NOW to get a refund on products that are covered.  We also catch up with his work at Microsoft.  All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech  for show #391 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Full show notes and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg391 Podcast,

   Sarah is back after more than 5 years on the show and we had a lot to catch up with.  We talked about the future of the Windows Media Center box that she uses all the time.  We covered what tech will go in the new house when we move later this year and how much Sarah likes the tech in her Subaru.  We talked iPhone v Android and why she likes what she picked.  We also took a look at the how we raise 5 children with tech all around them and still survived.  All this and

   Many of you posted your home PC racks to the Facebook group and they are great!  Thanks for letting us see into your world. Jim has a new Home Server in his and its easier than you think and he is using SyncBackFree to get it populated. Jim and Mike cover the benefits of YouTube TV and Jim purchased the Zmodo Pivot and covers some of the set up.   All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #389 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network.

   Nothing can last forever and this week we found out that Chatwing was dead. With this news we moved over to YouTube chat that is embedded with the video. It worked with few issues. Mike asked the question if anyone was using a Peloton in the group, Jim purchased some budget Airpods with an live review, we talked about Amazon joining the Zigbee Aliance and Mike covers Duplicati and Backblaze for his unRaid box.   All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #388 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you

   Pulling from Facebook and the mail bag this week, Jim and Mike spend some time wondering, how old is too old when it comes to computer hardware?  We also have a lengthy discussion on backup solutions, cloud storage with OneDrive and Google Drive and Mike admits he is getting out of the family home storage game.  All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #386 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at

   Mike talks about his recent purchases using Plex Pass Perks to save on hard drives and Tautulli to monitor his Plex activity.  Jim has is new  Xbox One S and Apple Watch in the house and Mike uses the Gametime App to get really cheap Creighton Basketball tickets.   All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #386 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Full show notes and video

   Paul Braren from https://tinkertry.com and on Twitter at @paulbraren joins this week as we catch up with him and his job with VMware, some travel tech from his trip to Europe, his new Ring Stick Up Cams and his new Tesla 3. All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #385 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Full show notes and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg385 Tags: Podcast, Home Gadget

   It’s the post Christmas episode with Jim and Mike.  Both cover the new gadgets that they got for Christmas and even some that they didn’t! We cover some questions from the Facebook group and close it out with a look at Untangle. All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #384 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Full show notes and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg384 Tags: Podcast, Home Gadget

   Addy Saucedo from https://www.thepodcastplanner.com/ and @podcastplanner on Twitter joins us to talk about Smart Notebook planners, Live Scribe Pens, Smart Plugs and Smart Gear.  We talk about her new Canon M50 Camera and the new Series 4 Apple Watch. All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #383 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Full show notes and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg383 Tags: Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Smart Notebook, Live

   Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW found at  http://www.jpeg2raw.com/ and at @jpeg2raw on Twitter as we discuss the battle between Mirrorless and DSLR cameras.  We also look at the software used to edit and store his photos as well as some gift ideas for the photographer, from stocking stuffers all the way up to the big ticket items for yourself or loved ones!  All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #382 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show

   We have an email from Anthony who provided us with two awesome Christmas lights videos and some equipment to back it all up! Mike talks about Rivian and will they be a Tesla killer?  Some game purchasing tips, Jim has a quick review of this new Dell P3418HW 34” Curved Monitor at work and he thinks Microsoft Rewards might be on to him! All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #381 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us

   We are back after the US Thanksgiving weekend break with all of the gadgets that we purchased during the Black Friday sales!  Jim also tells the story of his Drobo 5N failing and how he recovered it as well as a move to Google Photos for all his pictures. All this and more! Join Jim Collison / @jcollison  and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #380 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Full show notes and