Home Tech – The Average Guy Podcast Network show

Home Tech – The Average Guy Podcast Network

Summary: On Home Tech we cover all your favorite tech gadgets that find their way into your home. News, reviews, product updates and conversation, all for the Average Tech guy! Host Jim Collison and his super line up of hosts are LIVE each week on Thursday nights, 8pmC/9E at http://theAverageGuy.tv

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 12 Things To Do At the End of the Year for a Digital Health Check – HT148 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) and Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com join Jim (@jcollison) for show #148 of Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network. Show Music provided by http://mynameisrudolph.com/ Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Listen Mobile:   Catch Mike Howard's Podcast at http://www.jpeg2raw.com/ [3:59  What is your end of the year Home Tech Checklist?] 12 things you might have some time to do after Christmas dinner! Are your local PC hard drives still spinning? Physical Check (Some Great deals in the HSS (http://homeservershow.com/forums/) and TAG Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/) lately.  Best time to buy is usually now. Use  http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon if purchasing from Amazon, HS Tune Pro - http://www.hdtune.com/ ATTO - http://www.attotech.com/ Do an inventory of all your storage locations. Do you know where everything is at? Do you know the condition of them? Run Belarc to do an inventory. http://www.belarc.com/ Are your clients getting backed up? Verify that your backups are working. http://www.code42.com/crashplan/ if you don't have any backup. Might be a good time to check AV? http://www.malwarebytes.org/ or purchase at Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro 2013 http://amzn.com/B00AY016T0 What have the kids installed?  Toolbars? Are your cloud accounts still working? What data do you have on them?  Do you have a plan? Do you know if they are all still in business? Do you know which ones you have? http://box.com, http://dropbox.com. http://copy.com https://skydrive.live.com/ Can you actually restore a file? Can you restore from bare metal? Do a real test! The site I referred to during the show is now up and running!  http://theAverageGuy.me Have you consolidated your pictures and videos? Android to Google+ v Windows Phone to Skydrive Good time to get your documents in order and in a 2013/2014 folder. Do you need to scan them in? Do you just take a photo of them? FileCenter -  http://www.lucion.com/filecenter-overview.html NeatDesk - http://amzn.com/B001CQ8ER2 Is the data that just needs to go away? Just because you can keep it, doesn’t mean you should. Is your Windows Home Server v1 getting a little long in the tooth? Is it time for an upgrade to 2011 @ $40 - $50?  http://amzn.com/B0050TVAWS WS2012R2E is now $399 on Amazon - http://amzn.com/B00GAIBC0I Check your UPS battery It is backing everything up, do you know it works? What about your gadgets? Jim's Battery Backup Solution - APC Back-UPS Pro by APC Link: http://amzn.com/B0038ZTZ3W Look through your boxes of old equipment and recycle some of it. Come on, you don’t really need that serial port to USB adapter, do you? Best Buy Recycling Program - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Global-Promotions/Recycling-Electronics/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025 Check with your friend and remind them to do the same - pass this podcast along to a friend [56:16 Christian's Update] Bluehost - CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP FOR BLUEHOST.COM UpTime Robot - http://uptimerobot.com/ jpeg2RAW Photo Challenge - https://www.facebook.com/groups/jpeg2raw/ Ask the Podcast Coach with Dave Jackson - http://schoolofpodcasting.com/live 9:30am Central on Saturdays Music from the band - http://mynameisrudolph.com/   Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.

 Free Christmas Music, Yoono, Uptime Robot, WordPress Updates, IBM goes Quantum, Tronsmart MK908 – HT147 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:32:00

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) and Kyle Wilcox (@kylejwx) for show #147 of Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network. Show Music provided by http://mynameisrudolph.com/ Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: Get 3 FREE Christmas songs that were played at the show opening and closing from Adam Trabold.  My son Phil Collison helped record the tracks (Drums and Background Vox) and they are used with permission.  Two more songs are available at http://mynameisrudolph.com/. New from Best Buy Mobile - http://www.zact.com/ [3:29 Announcements] [4:44 Christian's Corner] Public/private key authentication versus password based login to Linux systems. Yoono social media - finally a replacement for Seesmic  http://www.yoono.com/ Uptimerobot - the free awesome alternative to Pingdom  http://uptimerobot.com/ Wordpress 3.8 - Ain’t she a beauty - Looks like Wordpress.com now IBM Goes Quantum - Building a smarter planet http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/42710.wss?ce=ism0429&ct=chq&cmp=ibmsocial&cm=h&cr=crossbrand&ccy=us http://www.nasa.gov/ames/nasa-experts-available-for-interviews-about-quantum-computing/#.Uqp3T_RDvnI - 512qubit processor!!! http://io9.com/what-will-nasa-be-doing-with-its-new-quantum-computer-1468333514 http://www.ge.com/datalandia/ http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmat3825.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer) [47:04 An update from Kyle] Update on how my brother is using the Tronsmart android mini PC http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/10/13/video-review-of-the-tronsmart-mk908-ht138/ Tronsmart MK908 Google Android 4.1 Mini PC TV Box RK3188 Quad Core 2G/8G BT Black by Tronsmart Link: http://amzn.com/B00CGYAGL6 PowerRocks / MagicStick Review http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/12/07/magicstick-2800mah-review-2/ Jim is now doing a live show on Saturday mornings at 9:30C/10:30E at http://schoolofpodcasting.com/live called Asked the Podcast Coach.  You questions answered about podcasting, live! Nest Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm by Nest Link: http://amzn.com/B00FN4EWAM Get a copy of the pre and post show music!  http://mynameisrudolph.com/. [1:09:54 Lessons Learned in Christian's First Semester in College] Lessons learned from first term - life lesson’s that apply to everyone!  Eliminating distractions from home and work - the practical way - we will cover this in the post show http://amzn.com/039393361X They Say, I Say Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 IBM Watson APIs, Cable Modems, Routers, Google Takeout, Please Upgrade Your XP Box and USB 3.0 with Anker – HT146 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:14:59

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Paul Braren (@Tinkererguy) from http://Tinkertry.com and Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) for show #146 of the Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network.  We started with a big (well, sort of) announcement abo...

 First Look at the Surface 2, Xbox Music, Using Windows Azure with Windows Server 2012 Essentials, My Server 2012 Apps, Seagate and Netgear NAS – HT145 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:06:20

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) and Andrew Morris(@unrealshots) for show #145 of the Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network.  Jim is back from the MVP Summit 2013 on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA and spends some time going over a video review of the new Surface 2, covers a little bit of the new Xbox Music and Video, talks about using Windows Azure for the average guy,   John covers some Home Server offerings from Seagate, Western Digital and Netgear. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile:   I'd like some feedback on these embedded links to the YouTube Video.  Are you using them? Email me at   jim@theAverageGuy.tv if you are. [5:28 Jim's New Surface 2] Microsoft - Surface 2 with 32GB - Magnesium by Microsoft http://amzn.com/B00FF6J532 Now, when you buy a Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2, you get 200GB of SkyDrive storage, for two years—free. Free storage for music, photos, documents, video so your files are always with you. Every Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 comes with Skype already installed. Plus an entire year of Skype WiFi and an Unlimited1 World subscription—totally free. [14:36 Xbox Music] http://music.xbox.com/ [18:55 Using Windows Azure to run Windows Server 2012 Essentials] http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/ Free Trial: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/ CloudBerry Lab:  http://www.cloudberrylab.com/azure-tools.aspx [40:09 Microsoft Releases a fix for Remote Web Access on Windows Home Server 2011 using Internet Explorer] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2885314 [42:02 My Server 2012 R2 Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps] http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2013/11/19/my-server-2012-r2-windows-and-windows-phone-apps.aspx [44:42 Seagate Business Storage Windows Server 4-bay NAS] Running a Dual Core 2.13 GHz Intel Atom CPU, 512MB DRAM, 4 SATA II channels with Hot swappable/lockable trays, the Business Storage 4-bay NAS is available in configurations of 4TB, 8TB, 12TB and 16 TB with RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10. http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/network-storage/business/business-storage-4-bay-nas/ Seagate Business Storage Network Attached Storage (STBM2000100) by Seagate http://amzn.com/B00B5Q7B78 Western Digital Arkeia - http://www.arkeia.com/ [52:36 NETGEAR REadyNAS 716] NETGEAR has launched the REadyNAS 716, a quad-core Xeon-equipped NAS that they claim is the fastest NAS in the world. The MSRP in the U.S. is $4,500 http://netgear.com/business/products/storage/readynas/readynas-desktop.aspx http://www.netgear.com/about/press-releases/2013/11182013_RN716.aspx Netgear RN716X-100NES Readynas 716 Diskless by Netgear http://amzn.com/B00GBSN2IC Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 How to Shop for a Tablet, Portable Keyboards, Microsoft DreamSpark, Google Hangout Issues Solved – HT144 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:19:48

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Rich O’Neil (@dvn7) and Kevin Schoonover (@schoondoggy1979) for show 144 of the Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network.  With the first half of the show, after opening with an update on Malwarebytes and a coming review of the Magicstick, Kevin covers all things Tablets as you might be shopping for one at this Christmas time. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: [4:38 Malwarebytes Response and a MagicStick Review] A note of response from Malwarebytes in HSS fourms: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6531-malwarebytes-important-information/ Contacted by http://powerocksmedia.com/ to review a Magicstick 2800mAh.  Dropped that in the FB group and Christopher Brown offered to review.  Might want to monitor the group.  Link below. [11:55 How to Shop for a Tablet] Kevin's Gear Surface RT - http://amzn.com/B009XNBFJK / http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Microsoft-Surface-RT_id7181 Motorola XYboard 8.2 - http://amzn.com/B00BTJ21XU / http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Motorola-DROID-XYBOARD-8.2_id6687 Dell Venue 8 Pro - http://amzn.com/B00FEE7B1I / http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-8-pro/pd?oc=fncwv8p01h&model_id=dell-venue-8-pro Ematics EGP008 - http://amzn.com/B00BH8TYKG / http://www.ematic.us/tablets/8-hd-dual-core-egp008 Tablets to test: HP Slate 8 Pro - http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HP-Slate-8-Pro_id8151 Yoga tablet 8 & 10 - http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/landingpage/yoga-tablet/ Nokia 2520 - http://www.nokia.com/global/products/tablet/lumia2520/ Toshiba Encore - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/toshiba-encore [32:43 A Discussion on Portable Keyboards] Logitech 920-003390 Tablet Keyboard for Android 3.0 Plus by Logitech  http://amzn.com/B0054L8N7M Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard (UR-00001)  by Microsoft  http://amzn.com/B008OEHPKM [39:45 Tablet Ecosystems] [47:48 Rich's Purchases] iStar - BPN-DE230SS-BLACK  3-bay trayless HDD cage | 6Gb/s http://amzn.com/B004IMKTUW SilenX EFX-08-12 80mm Effizio Quiet Case Fan  http://amzn.com/B005ZF64FK ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155  http://amzn.com/B007KTY4A6 Samsumg 840 Pro - 256 GB  http://amzn.com/B009NB8WRU [57:11 Rich's Network Infrastructure] https://www.dropbox.com/s/umm7zzwt5pwnevh/home%20network.vsdx https://www.dreamspark.com/ [1:06:50 Issues with Google Hangouts] Google Talk Plugin woes Latest ver. 4.9.1.16010 with a 1603 error Run Revo Uninstaller in advanced mode to scan for registry vestiges Run HiJackthis to remove BHO’s Run CCleaner to further clean up the registry Run Microsoft Fixit for uninstall issues Download and run msi from google   Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 Seagate GoFlex Satellite Wireless Storage, Dealing with CryptoLocker, Malwarebytes, Crashplan, Lastpass, Abobe Breach of Password Hints, Mover.io – HT143 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:21:34

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM), Renny Phipps(@rennyphipps) and Nathaniel Lindley (@thanlindley) for Home Tech 143. During the show we did a review of the Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage 500 GB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive STBF500101 Black by Seagate (http://amzn.com/B004Z0S7K6), a discussion of CryptoLocker, Malwarebytes, Crashplan, LastPass and the Adobe breach of password hints and moving your cloud storage without hurting your bandwidth caps with Mover.io. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: [6:18 Video Review of the Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage] Review: http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/11/08/your-movie-library-on-the-go-a-first-look-at-the-seagate-goflex-satellite-wireless-hard-drive-review/ On Amazon: http://amzn.com/B004Z0S7K6 [27:20 Christian's Corner] Good overview of CryptoLocker virus from Bleeping computer  http://goo.gl/KxUvvY Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro 2013 by Malwarebytes Corporation  Link: http://amzn.com/B00AY016T0 Worry Free cloud backup:  http://crashplan.com [44:46 Some Back Up Methods from the Roundtable] [46:38 LastPass Version 3] https://lastpass.com/ Adobe breach http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/04/anatomy-of-a-password-disaster-adobes-giant-sized-cryptographic-blunder/ https://lastpass.com/adobe/ [1:14:45 Mover.io - Moving your files on the Cloud] http://mover.io/ [1:21:54 Updates and Announcements] Black Friday Deals:  http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/11/08/black-friday-deals-2013/ The Average Guy on Spreaker.com: http://www.spreaker.com/user/theaverageguy   Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv

 First Look at the Apple iPad Air on Home Tech – HT142 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55:40

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Amish Gangar, a co-worker from Gallup. We took a first look at the new Apple iPad Air.  Amish takes some time to walk through the new specs of the new Air as well as a new hands on demo. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: SPECS AT A GLANCE: APPLE IPAD AIR SCREEN 2048×1536 9.7-inch (264 PPI) touchscreen OS iOS 7 CPU 1.4GHz Apple A7 RAM 1GB DDR3 GPU "Apple A7 GPU" (likely an Imagination Technologies 6-series variant) STORAGE 16, 32, 64, or 128GB NAND flash NETWORKING 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 CAMERA 5MP rear camera, 1.2MP front camera PORTS Lightning connector, headphone jack SIZE 9.4" × 6.6" × 0.29" (240 × 169.5 × 7.5 mm) WEIGHT 1 pound (469 g) Wi-Fi, 1.05 pounds (478 g) with cellular BATTERY 8827 mAh STARTING PRICE $499 OTHER PERKS Charger, Lightning cable Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv

 Microsoft MVP John Zajdler, Outlook.com gets IMAP, Using Gmail for Microsoft ID, SkyDrive and Office Web Apps Demo, Dell Venue – HT141 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:00

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) and Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) from the NASA Bus!  We talked about the New Surface 2, Outlook.com now has IMAP, using your gmail account as your primary account for Microsoft, Jim looks at using Office Web Apps with SkyDrive and removing Office 2013 completely, The new Dell Venue 7 and 8. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: Microsoft - Surface 2 with 32GB - Magnesium by Microsoft http://amzn.com/B00FF6J532 Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard (UR-00001) by Microsoft http://amzn.com/B008OEHPKM https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Ematic EGP008 Review: http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/10/27/ematic-egp008-8-android-tablet-for-125-glass-half-full-or-half-empty/ How to use Microsoft to host your domain email: http://www.labnol.org/internet/setup-outlook-on-custom-domain/24699/ Microsoft Home Use Program:  http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/chooser.aspx?culture=en-US http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-8-pro/pd Press Release – FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=15254 http://www.mediacentermaster.com/ Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv

 Microsoft Tech Evangelist David Washington, Surface 2, Type and Touch Cover, Lumia 920, Outtake – HT140 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:17:25

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Microsoft Tech Evangelist David Washington (@dwcares) and Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) for Home Tech 140.  David joins the show for the first 30 minutes to talk about the new Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro, some chat about the new Keyboards, a discussion about pixels on the new Lumia 920 and we catch up with Christian after missing him for 2 weeks. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile:   [2:04 Microsoft Tech Evangelist David Washington talks Surface 2] Microsoft Surface (32GB with Black Touch Cover) by Microsoft  http://amzn.com/B009XE0K7W Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet (128 GB Memory, 4 GB RAM, Windows 8 Pro) by Microsoft  http://amzn.com/B00BE5T2TA [17:50 The Life of a Microsoft Technical Evangelist] [20:25 David Shows off his Lumia 920] [28:38 The backlit features of the new Surface Keyboards] [32:38 Where is Gary tonight?] [38:52 The New ACES Dorms at UMD] http://www.aces.umd.edu/ [42:34 Christians Update] [1:15:41 Outtake] Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv

 Michael Crump @mbcrump Microsoft MVP from Telerik, Windows 8.1, Firefox OS Phone and Easy Windows Phone 8 Development, Lumia 520 to GDR3 – HT139 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:11:49

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Microsoft MVP Michael Crump (@mbcrump) for Home Tech #139.  In this episode we meet Michael Crump, MVP for Microsoft and a mobile phone enthusiast.  We cover an easy way to start Windows Phone 8 development and wrap it up with a discussion about Windows Phone 8 GDR3.  Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: Special Guest: Michael Crump - @mbcrump - http://michaelcrump.net www.telerik.com   @telerik http://pluralsight.com/courses/beyond-basics-windows-phone8 http://michaelcrump.net/hdc13-live-interview-with-michael-crump-on-windows-phone-8-and-more [22:26 Firefox OS Phone and others] http://michaelcrump.net/hdc13-live-interview-with-michael-crump-on-windows-phone-8-and-more http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/MVP/David%20McCabe-4025301 [33:25 Windows Phone App Development Made Easy] http://apps.windowsstore.com/default.htm http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/preview-for-developers/178ac8a1-6519-4a0b-960c-038393741e96 http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-products https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/join Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon   Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 Video Review of the Tronsmart MK908, XBMC – HT138 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:51

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com and Kyle Wilcox (@kylejwx) for show 138 of Home Tech. In this episode we talk the Tronsmart MK908 that was a purchase from the Tech Scholarship Fund here at theAverageGuy.tv.  Previous written reviews of the Transmart MK908 can be found here and here. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile:   Click on a Time Stamp to jump to that spot in the video Tech Scholarship fund is sponsored by you when you use http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon [4:25 Video Review of the Tronsmart MK908] Tronsmart MK908 Google Android 4.1 Mini PC TV Box RK3188 Quad Core 2G/8G BT Black by Tronsmart http://amzn.com/B00CGYAGL6 [24:00 JBL Micro Speaker] JBL Micro II Ultra-Portable Multimedia Speaker (Black) by JBL - http://amzn.com/B0096T7TQE http://www.freaktab.com/forumdisplay.php?136-Tronsmart-T428-MK908-etc http://www.youtube.com/somecooltech1 [32:43 Adding a bluetooth keyboard] Microsoft PL2 Wedge Mobile Bluetooth Keyboard (U6R-00002) by Microsoft - http://amzn.com/B0099SMFWA [40:35 Email from Ben - A Listener - Running XBMC on a Raspberry PI] Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 DroboCare, Windows to Go, ACES at UMD, Classic Shell, Clifton StrengthsFinder at UMD – HT137 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:05:31

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) and Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) for show 137 of Home Tech. In this episode we talk about a listener email, Windows to Go, Christian's ACES program at University of Maryland, a question from a listener on Classic Shell and even some StrengthsFinder talk from Jim and Christian.  Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: Click on a Time Stamp to jump to that spot in the video Tech Scholarship fund is sponsored by you when you use http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon [8:55 Listener Email on Drobo] www.drobo.com / http://www.drobo.com/support/drobocare/ [15:25 Update on Windows to Go] http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/products-and-technologies/devices/windowstogo.aspx John's Drive: 32GB DataTraveler Workspace [DTWS/32GB] - by Kingston  http://amzn.com/B00C9KBDJ6 [27:32 Christian gives an update from University of Maryland] http://christian-johnson.net/2013/10/05/aces-launch-event/ http://www.aces.umd.edu/ http://www.aces.umd.edu/content/umd-launches-aces-nations-first-cybersecurity-honors-program [38:39 Google+ Q & A Question about Classic Shell] http://www.classicshell.net/ [46:05 Christian Covers the redesign of the Johnson Server Farm] [57:37 ACES uses the Gallup StrengthsFinder] http://gallupstrengthsfinder.com See Jim on Called to Coach: http://coaching.gallup.com [1:01:17 Gaming covered on the Home Tech Podcast? Other future topics] http://theAverageGuy.tv/music for the Home Tech Preshow The NEST review with Mike Howard is now on YouTube and now is open to 3rd party developers - http://www.wegotserved.com/2013/09/26/nest-opens-learning-thermostat-third-party-developers/ Synology 712+ is now at the Collison House - Synology DiskStation 2-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS712+ (Black) by Synology http://amzn.com/B005W17OXS Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 Home Server Show / Average Guy/ Surface Geeks #Meetup2013 Wrap Party – What we learned – HT136 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:22:15

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com, Rich O’Neil (@dvn7) and Home Server Show and Surface Geeks host David McCabe (@homeservershow)  for show 136 of Home Tech. In this episode we talk about all things #meetup2013 with the host of the conference and couple guys who were there. Great deals on Laptops and Netbooks at the Microsoft Store! Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: All the Meetup Links: Post at the Home Server Show: http://homeservershow.com/meetup-2013-wrap.html A deck of all the photos from Mike Howard: http://homeservershow.com/meetup2013.html From the discussion around Recrded TV HD: http://www.recordedtvhd.com/ A post from Paul Braren: http://www.tinkertry.com/meetup2013/ A deck of all photos throughout the day: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=938bfca792d16220&id=938BFCA792D16220%215427&authkey=!ABqr07gaIqk6gMA     Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 Overview of the Nokia Lumia 520, NEST Video Review, IFA 2013, Women in IT and STEM, Leap Motion Review, HP Microserver G8 – HT135 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:09:53

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM), Andrew Morris(@unrealshots), Kevin Schoonover (@schoondoggy1979) and Greg Welch (@welchwerks) for show 135 of Home Tech.  With a large cast of hosts and Kevin coming in from Denver, we have a lengthy conversation around the idea of being "too plugged in" with all our digital devices and are we doing enough to promote STEM here in the United States.  We spend a few minutes covering the New Nokia Lumia 520, the video review from Mike Howard from http://jpeg2raw.com of the NEST Thermostat, an update of IFA 2013, a review of the Leap Motion device and an update on the HP Proliant Microserver G8. Great deals on Laptops and Netbooks at the Microsoft Store! Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: The new experiment with Grooveshark.com for the preshow - http://theAverageGuy.tv/music [7:46 Overview of the Nokia Lumia 520] Nokia Lumia 520 GoPhone (AT&T) by Nokia  http://amzn.com/B00E45043A [12:54 NEST Thermostat Review / Tronsmart MK908 ] http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/09/08/home-tech-special-live-review-of-a-nest-thermostat/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/09/11/desktop-replacements-the-android-mini-pc-option-with-a-tronsmart-mk908/ [15:38 IFA Update] [18:50 Is the Internet Causing Us All to be Anti-Social?] [42:37 Leap Motion Review] https://www.leapmotion.com/ Leap Motion Controller, Gesture Motion Control for PC or MAC by Leap Motion http://amzn.com/B00E3CP9UM [51:30 MicroServer G8 update] HP ProLiant 712318-001 Ultra Micro Tower Server - 1 x Intel Pentium G2020T 2.50 GHz by HP http://amzn.com/B00DDXS936 [1:00:54 Kevin's Deals] SOLD OUT ON NEWEGG - Amazon: Crucial m4 128GB 2.5-Inch (9.5mm) SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive CT128M4SSD2 by Crucial  Link: http://amzn.com/B004W2JKZI [Final Updates 1:04:56] Still time to join us for the meetup in Indy on Sep 21 – http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5296-hss-meetup-2013-sept-21st-indy/ Tech Scholarship Fund - http://theAverageGuy.tv/Amazon We are now on iHeartRadio - http://www.iheart.com/talk/show/Home-Tech/ Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

 Grooveshark Explored, Christian Makes it to University of Maryland, Subsonic FTW, Cloudflare, pfSense, Nokia Lumia 520 – HT134 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:25:13

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) and Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com.  Christian is back in school at the University of Maryland and we had a chance to catch up with him.  We covered our new pre-show music channel using Grooveshark, some issues that Christians has been having with his host provider and theaverageguy.tv, his use of Cloudflare for the issues and Mike and Jim discuss the use of phSense to protect our home networks.  Jim wraps it up with some discussion around the new Nokia Lumia 520 that he purchased on Amazon (http://amzn.com/B00E45043A) for $99 off contract on AT&T. Great deals on Laptops and Netbooks at the Microsoft Store! Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: Check out Home Tech Radio on @iHeartRadio Click on a Time Stamp to jump to that spot in the video [3:57 Grooveshark Explored] The new location for preshow music for Home Tech: http://theAverageGuy.tv/music (hosted by Grooveshark) [9:00 Christian's Corner] http://www.umd.edu/ [14:55 Subsonic and Home Media] http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp [35:52 Cloudflare] https://www.cloudflare.com/ [56:55 Honey Pots for the Average Guy] [1:00:00 phSense] http://www.pfsense.org/ [1:10:33 Backing Up Remotely - Again] [1:14:12 Christian's Bios Mod] http://www.bios-mods.com/ [1:18:13 Updates] Jim's new Nokia Lumia 520 from Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00E45043A WD Red 2 TB NAS Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD20EFRX by Western Digital: http://amzn.com/B008JJLZ7G http://heartlanddc.com/live Still time to join us for the meetup in Indy on Sep 21 - http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5296-hss-meetup-2013-sept-21st-indy/ Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.

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