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Rich Hay joins us this week in his regular semi-annual rotation and is back from both the Microsoft Surface Event and Microsoft Ignite! Rich catches us up on the Windows 1909 Update and we get a trick to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 ahead of the January 14th end of support event. We look at some new Surface hardware and the new Surface Laptop that Rich picked up at the event. We also talk a little Xbox and see a nifty new phone holder for the Xbox controller that will sure to be a hit!  I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg423 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #423 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Rich Hay, Windows 10, Microsoft, Surface, Surface Pro, Surface Laptop, 1903, 1909, 20H1, 20H2, Windows Update, Xbox, Cumulative Update, Games, Gaming, Windows 7, Windows 10   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh Always stay up with Rich Hay on Windows Observer – https://www.windowsobserver.com/ What’s new for IT pros in Windows 10, version 1909 Stay up on the latest of all things Microsoft Tech at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/   Show Transcript Jim Collison  0:00  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 422 recorded on November 14 2019. Jim Collison  0:22  Here on Home Gadget Geeks 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. I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV Studios here in Mike it was fall for like three days and then winter and now fall is back so I think we’re in that weird phase. Rich is in Florida he doesn’t it’s summer all year long. Rich Hay  0:43  It got down to 38 degrees the other day Mike Wieger  0:45  That’s actually low Jim Collison  0:46  Did you cover the orange trees? Rich Hay  0:48  I don’t have orange tree Jim Collison  0:50  I always just know that it’s a big deal right in Florida Rich Hay  0:53  Down there they spray them with water and set the flames they burn the burners to keep the ...

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim recap the latest major development in quantum research with Google’s “Quantum Supremacy” milestone. We review the headline narratives and compare today’s quantum progress with where we and others expected it to be. We delve into the tangentially related topic of cryptography, quickly leading to a walk through time of where secure computing has been and where it could be heading looking forward. Scattered throughout we bring in what it all means for the average guy, and even get some time to relate it all back to… ham radios?  Cyber Frontiers is

By surprise, when I was interviewing Christian for Cyber Frontiers 58, he mentioned a site for Ham Radio Operators. Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) is an amateur radio-based system for real time digital communications of information of immediate value in the local area. Data can include object Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, weather station telemetry, text messages, announcements, queries, and other telemetry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_System). We also talked about our Black Friday shopping lists, some thoughts from Jim on Plex and Mike covers the new AirPod Pro. I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg422 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #422 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Ham, APRS, Automatic Packet Reporting System, Plex, Nvidia Shield, Peloton, Apple, Ham Radio, AirPods   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh Jim Collison  0:00  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 422 recorded on November 7, 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks 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. I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV Studios it I think we get a little snow the other day. Mike Wieger  0:37  Yes we did. Yeah, a little bit snow kidding. Two separate days events now. Jim Collison  0:42  Well, fall came and went. It was chilly today. 17 degrees when I woke up this morning and it was like oh, okay, winter is here. It’s great. I love it. That’s my favorite jackets and those kinds of things. Of course. We we post the show Yeah, like it with world class show notes each week out at the average guy.tv. Don’t forget and we want to remind you if you haven’t downloaded the app yet, you might want to get that done an iOS or Android free Home Gadget Geeks. com best way to listen on the road many of you have it gets really good numbers actually. So head out to Home Gadget geeks.com you can download that for free we would thank our Patreon subscribers who helped me pay for that every single year. By the way, thank you to everybody who who gives through Patreon. Appreciate that. It’s the beginning of the month and and we just got those donations to come through.

In the 10+ years of podcasting, this might make the Top 5 list of favorites. Mike Howard, a long-time friend of Home Gadget Geeks and Jim joins us to give an update on his fight with cancer and general well being. Mike has some important things to say about his health, battling cancer and how he feels about it. Thanks for letting us take a week off from Gadget Tech.  I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg421 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #421 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Mike Howard, Cancer, Unraid, Mediasonic, Jpeg2RAW, Melanoma   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 421 recorded October 31 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks 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. I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV Studios here in a least a brisk Bellevue Nebraska we’ve avoided the kids tonight Mike. Did you have many kids come by for Halloween their Mike Howard  [0:39]  Not a ton, maybe a dozen two dozen at the most. Jim Collison  [0:42]  Okay Halloween night Mike Wieger is out with his children “trick or treating” tonight and always a fun tradition. I would sometimes do that with my kids. They’re long gone Mike years are too so we kind of just get to sit back but so you know Mike, out with his younger kids. Of course we post the show and not a lot of show notes tonight. But I don’t know if you’re maybe a new listener. We’ve been doing 100% transcripts now. So if you want to go ahead and take a look at those in the show notes, the average guy.tv slash and then HGG, four to one for this as well. Don’t forget, you can join us on our mobile app, some of you are out. It’s really the easiest way to stream it on the road. It’s just a single app and Android, iPhone. It’ll stream it from just about anywhere as long as you have some kind of connection. You can get that Home Gadget Geeks, com Android iPhone, the big buttons right there you can just download it it’s absolutely free. We thank our Patreon subscribers for that as well. Jim Collison  [1:40]  If you want to join in the conversation you can join our discord group theAverageGuy.tv/discord and our Facebook group, theaverageguy.tv/Facebook super easy to get in those groups as well. We want to thank Jos last week who came on from next cloud and did a bang up job we’ll have him bac...

We had Jos Poortvliet this week from Nextcloud on the Podcast this week as we talked about why taking control of your data is important, how Mike uses Nextcloud in his setup and why you might want to consider it too. At the end of the show we talk a little Storj and Jim does a review of the Alxum 2 Bay Hard Drive Docking Station.  I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg420 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #420 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Nextcloud, Cloud Storage, docker, storage, files, easy, home storage, community, Raspberry Pi, drives, hard drives, Alxum, Docking Station, Drive bay, Storj, Crypto, Blockchain   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh https://nextcloud.com/ Jos Poortvliet Head of Marketing   Review USB3.0 Aluminum Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone Function: 1. Offline Clone Progress indicator with LED: 25% – 50% – 75% – 100%; 2. Capacity of hard drive when Offline Clone: A＞B; 3. Sleep mode without operation in 30 minutes; 4. Support 2x 12TB hard drive, 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch SATA; The link for Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W7LHVY5 The link for website: https://www.alxum.com/products/usb-3-0-hard-drive-docking-station-offline-clone   Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 420 recorded on October 24 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks 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. I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV Studios here in a beautiful Bellevue, Nebraska Mike, get a little chilly. Is it kind of nice to a little frost on the ground? I enjoy it Mike Wieger  [0:38]  We’re going to the Husker game this weekend. And I kind of like that perfect no where coat. You can get a little cold. That’s my perfect Husker. Game Day. Jim Collison  [0:46]  I enjoy it. It’s kind of nice. Not like maybe fall in Germany. Jos joining us from Nextcloud. Jos. What do you think if I lived in Germany, it gets a little chilly. You like fall i n Germany? Is it pretty beautiful? Jos Poortvliet  [0:59]  Well, I think does look good like we have nice few from our apartment looking out over well lots of trees a...

Ed Sullivan from The Cigar Authority and Ash Holes, and a long-time listener to Home Gadget Geeks is on this week to talk about Cigars. From  the production line to the sales line, Ed gives us an update on the industry. Still a handmade product, cigars are resurging again as very popular products especially here in the United States. We cover humidors, humidification and temperature, bags and lighters and just about everything else that goes in making and smoking a good cigar.   I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg419 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #419 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, cigars, smoke, cutter, humidor, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, tobacco, Ed Sullivan, The Cigar Authority, Ash Holes,   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh Justin Simmons – Big thanks for the Bundaberg – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHmw0u2G9kw Ed Sullivan – Producer/Podcast Engineer at Sonic Cupcake Podcast Production – The Cigar Authority – https://thecigarauthority.com/ Ash Holes Podcast – https://theashholes.net/   Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 419, recorded on October 17 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks 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. I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV Studios super beautiful Bellevue Nebraska Of course, we post the show, with worldclass show notes this week. So we post those to the average guy.tv. And and for this one, you don’t want to do the archive.tv slash HGG 419. You can also join us live on the mobile app Tony was going to be out on the road and the best way to join us on the road is to the mobile app, go to Home Gadget Geeks calm Android iPhone either way free you can download them best way to Listen live and on the road is streamed through our Spreaker app and we’d love to have you do that again free Home Gadget Geeks. com join the conversation in our discord group the average guy.tv slash discord or in our Facebook group the average guy.tv slash Facebook both seem to be moving along or humming along nicely so if you want to join us there as well you could do that a quick shout out to Justin Justin Simmons sent me some I know I have been pract...

With all the recruiting travel that Jim has been doing lately, we take a look at what is working and what is not around travel tech. We talk some about all the new hardware that was announced recently from Microsoft and take a look at what Waze is doing around carpooling. We wrap the show with some conversation about Acronis 2020, Mike’s favorite iOS 13 features, Amazon Echo Auto and Jim has an update coming on a new Hard drive dock.  I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg418 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #418 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Travel Tech, Microsoft, Surface, Reset Forums, Waze, Carpool, Acronis, Amazon Auto, iOS 13, iPhone, Android, eSim, Battery   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh Conversation Jim * Bose Quiet Comfort 35 * I carry 2 batteries now, both very small and recharge fast * I have stopped taking two laptops – one is so much easier * Make sure I have cords for everything * iPhone 8+ still main driver * Thinking about carrying a Bluetooth speaker for loud hotel rooms Mike’s Additions * If you had an iPhone 11 or XS I would say the GigSky app which lets you activate the esim in the phone and get data plans for the country you are traveling to * TripIt App for organizing your itinerary   From The Reset Forums https://homeservershow.com/forums/topic/17409-how-many-surface-categories-can-we-have-links-to-all-the-new-devices/   News https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/10/20906281/waze-carpool-anniversary-stats-update-fee-navigation-drivers   Reviews Acronis 2020 is out! – https://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/whats-new/   Product Updates Currently looking at an Alxum Aluminum 2 Bay hard drive dock. Who is currently using docs? Amazon Echo Auto – Installed in Mike’s Jeep Mike’s Four Favorite iOS 13 Features * Sidecar * Dark Mode * Share Photo in iMessage * Swipe to type   Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is the Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 418 recorded on October 10 2019.

We were joined by Jay Mattison from https://tekeverything.com/. Jay is a Youtuber who passionate about small form factor PC and all things tech. We spend some time getting to know Jay and find out that he is also a gadget guy. Lots of product conversation and updates. I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg417 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #417 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Jay Mattison, tech, PC, laptop, apple, plex, power supplies, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, youtube, TV, Video   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh About Jay Mattison On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TekEverything Website: https://tekeverything.com/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-S891KrwZOQUQHjgkJNyqw   Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 417 recorded on September 26 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks we cover all your favorite tech gadgets that find their way into your home, news, review and product updates, for the average tech guy. I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV Studios and here Mike fall is finally we’ve been talking about this for a while fall is finally your Jay we’re sending some cooler weather your way by the way now. All the Nebraka right, Mike? Mike Wieger  [0:45]  Yes, it has and just in time for Husker game day those Husker Saturday’s are perfect for sitting outside and watching the game sitting around and you can even start a fire at night last week hand of fire to fire to the fireplace outside for the first time and sat around the fire. It was just it’s perfect Jim Collison  [1:01]  Fall in Nebraska is pretty great. It sounds much better. It’s pretty great leaves come down. I mean, it makes it’s one of those seasons that makes it worth living here if you put up with a summer or winter or spring is nice. But of course we post the show with world class show notes each week and at the average guy.tv in this case HGG 417 and they will be there will have a lot of links that show you might want to follow Don’t forget you can follow us on our mobile app if you want to download that absolutely free Android iPhone works great. I just reinstalled it the other day and I was like oh this is pretty cool.

Ryan Kerschner from ThinkComputers.org and a long time listener to Home Gadget Geeks (and the Home Server Show before that) joins us to talk reviews on PC Cases and a Fanless Mini Desktop PC. We look at the SilverStone LD03 Case (links in the show notes), Azulle’s Byte 3 Fanless Mini Desktop PC and the InWin 905 Case together. We also find out that Ryan is quite the collector of 80s and 90s collectables! I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg416 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #416 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Ryan Kerschner, ThinkComputers, Reviews, SilverStone, Azulle, InWin, Fanless, Mini PC, Case, Cables, Build, Terabytes, Remote, Tempered Glass, PC Build   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh ThinkComputers Info ThinkComputers – www.thinkcomputers.org Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/user/thinkcomputers1 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ThinkComputers/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/thinkcomputers/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thinkcomps ThinkComputers Weekly Tech Podcast – https://thinkcomputers.org/category/podcast/ Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/thinkcomputers   Ryan’s Info Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/techinthe21st/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/ryankerschner E-Mail – ryan@thinkcomputers.org   Recent Reviews SilverStone LD03 Case Review – https://thinkcomputers.org/silverstone-ld03-case-review/ SilverStone LD03 Product Link – https://silverstonetek.com/product.php?

Mike has taken on a second job with building Corn Hole Boards out of his garage this fall and working Hannah as the head painter. We spend some time talking about Kreg Pocket Hole Jigs and how Mike is using them.  We also looked at $5000 fridge that will make clear ice balls for you as well a window to see into the unit. We finish up with some chat about some new Battery Powered Generators on Kickstarter. I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg415 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #415 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, plwx, battery, fridge, jig, solar power, corn hole, generators, Scooters, Kreg   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh Conversation Corn hole boards?   Jim is back on Plex https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20838378/plex-streaming-service-warner-bros-apple-netflix-disney-amazon-piracy Perfect Ice balls – https://twitter.com/AwsmSpaceMonkey/status/1169270017961136129   News A new line of Battery-powered Generators https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ecoflow/delta-the-new-standard-of-battery-powered-generator https://ecoflow.com/   Scooters https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20839910/lime-jump-bird-scooter-hurricane-removal-florida-miami-orlando-tampa   Reviews Kreg Pocket Hole Jig – https://www.kregtool.com/store/c13/kreg-jigsreg/   Updates The battery on the Kangaroo Update TAG.tv got a speed lift – thanks Christian   Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 415, recorded on September 5 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks we cover all the favorite tech gadgets that find their way into your home.

Ross Brand from Livestream Universe and LivestreamUniverse.com joined us to talk about the state of live streaming. We talk about where the industry has been and where it might be going. We spend the majority of the show talking about YouTube and what it has become, how to take advantage of titles, thumbnail images, tagging and promotion as well as the community it brings.   I think you will enjoy the show.  Full show notes and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg414 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #414 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 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, YouTube, Ross Brand, Audio, Livestream, Streaming, Video, Twitch, Mixer, Periscope, Blab, LinkedIn Live, WebRTC, StreamYard, Facebook Live, Amazon Flash Briefing, Zoom, Restream.io, Otter.ai   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh About Ross StreamYard Connect: 2pm ET, Wednesdays on LinkedIn Live. Follow Ross on LinkedIn for notifications: LinkedIn.com/in/RossBrand StreamYard.com/Ross Facebook: Facebook.com/LivestreamUniverse YouTube: YouTube.com/LivestreamUniverse Twitter: Twitter.com/iRossBrand Instagram: Instagram.com/RossBrand1 Website/Business: LivestreamUniverse.com Website/Podcast: LivestreamDeals.com Website/Podcast: BrandOnBroadcasting.com   Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found on gadget geeks show number 414, recorded on August 29 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks 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. I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV studios here in a pretty warm today but Mike, we’ve got a string of weather coming. We do have to say listen, for the folks that are in the south, the especially Florida, but hunker down, it’s going to get it’s going to get crazy for you guys there we are thinking about you. Positive thoughts, prayers, all those things going forward to you guys down there in Florida.

Cody Wheat, the voice behind Shots of History joins us this week for an interesting conversation centered around the beer, wine and spirits industry as well has how LibDib is trying to change the way spirits are distributed in the United States.  We also talk about making better ice and then Jim and Mike have some updates at the end.   I think you will enjoy the show.  Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #413 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/hgg413 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, cocktail, spirits, beer, craft beer, wine, bar, tequila, ice, brand, bottle, distributor, alcohol, shots of history, cody wheat   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh You can follow Cody on Shots of History at http://shotsofhistory.com/podcast The Art of getting clear ice – https://www.alcademics.com/index-of-ice-experiments-on-alcademics.html More info on LibDib – https://libdib.com/   Full Transcription Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks show number 413 lucky number 13 recorded on August 22, 2019. Here on Home Gadget Geeks we cover all the favorite tech gadgets that find their way into your home news reviews, product updates and conversation, food reviews. Series beer stuff tonight. All for the average guy I’m your host Jim Collison broadcasting live from the average guy TV studios. Here in a beautiful Bellevue Nebraska, Mike, fall we’ve been talking about this for a while. Fall is hinting we’ve had some little some heavy rains over the last couple days but pretty nice to kind of think we may see some leaves turning and a little cooler weather than the crazy hot we’ve been having. Mike Wieger  [0:52]  Not without one last day of summer though we had that day two days ago and it was 90 degrees and 95% humidity As you walked outside is like you took a hot shower and put clothes on right away it was just it was awful but thunderstorms rolled through and yeah now we’re having that beautiful fall mid 70s mid 80s right around there and lower humidity. Jim Collison  [1:12]  Pretty nice here in Nebraska Of course we post the show with world class show notes each week and they’ll be some couple good ones out there tonight. All the average guy dot TV. Don’t forget you can join us live on the mobile app if you are on the road.

Erin Lawrence is back with us this week as we talk about her new van! She took a 2006 Sprinter Van and built it out as a camper van. Complete with power, USB outlets, ventilation, lights, water, refrigeration and some sweet living space, you will hear what she learned during the process. We also open the show with an update on Jim’s Govee Hygrometer and how it is working out in the new Humidor. We come back to that discussion at the end of the program.  I think you will enjoy the show.  Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #412 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/hgg412 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, van, #vanlife, camping, solar power, power inverters, antenna   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh New post on Astrophotography https://theaverageguy.tv/2019/08/08/9-tips-to-improve-your-astrophotography-images/   Erin’s Van update on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVH8h_4t5es Site Post with all the details and links – https://techgadgetscanada.com/vanlife-update-tech-filled-camper-van-build-is-nearly-complete/   Mike’s Call Sign  – KE0WKP   Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network and you found on gadget geeks show number 412. recorded on August 8 2019. Home Gadget Geeks we cover all the favorite news reviews, product updates and conversation after the average tech guy. I’m your host, Jim Collison broadcasting live from the TV studios in a beautiful Mike. We keep saying this, but if summer’s over I’m okay. Like it’s beautiful, right? And I looked at the weather it’s not showing any signs of letting up so pretty nice right? Mike Wieger  [0:44]  It’s been it’s that constant temperature that we don’t get often in Nebraska usually we’re up and then we’re down you get you in can’t really plan for but you’re right. It’s just constant, mid 80s maybe a little higher than that and just clear skies. It’s been absolutely perfect. Some rain just to cool things down a little bit. It’s been perfect. Jim Collison  [1:00]  Unbelievable. Aaron, you’re a little farther north weather okay for you guys. We It was really hot for a while but okay for you guys. Erin Lawrence  [1:08] 

Jim opens the show with a quick hands-on review of his new Govee Bluetooth Thermometer and Hygrometer that he picked up to try to get better control over the wooden humidor he has for his cigars. Mike spent the rest of the time going over a basic Ham radio set up. I think you will enjoy the show.  Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #411 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/hgg411 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Antenna, Repeaters, Ham Radio, Radio, Humidity, Frequency, Transmit, International Space Station, ISS, Talk, Amateur Radio, Range, Bands   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh   Conversation Couple new blog posts on the site: https://theaverageguy.tv/2019/07/28/how-to-manage-kids-screen-time/ https://theaverageguy.tv/2019/07/20/the-five-best-home-automation-gadgets-under-100/ If you would like to contribute, email me jim@theAverageGuy.tv   News Hangouts OnAir are officially disabled as of today   Reviews Govee Bluetooth Thermometer&Hygrometer, Mini Accurate Humidity and Temperature Sensor with Data Storage Export for iOS/Android – https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R586J37   Product Updates Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) A range of frequencies that licensed amateur radio people can use. Why is this still a thing? Ham radio does not require a network and can cover long distances. During a disaster, it is one of the only modes of communication. What do you need to get started * DC power supply * Transceiver * Antenna Mike’s Gear Handheld Units – Baofeng UV-5R – Dual Band 2 meter and 70 centimeter – 5 watt $30 on Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-1800mAh-Battery-TIDRADIO-Antenna/dp/B0772FYKK8 ExpertPower XP-669C Antenna – $12.25 on Amazon N9TAX Slim Jim Antenna for home use $30 on N9TAX website.  Car Rig – QYT KT-8900D Dual Band 25 watt dual band radio – $79 on Amazon Bingfu Vehicle NMO lip mount – $30 on Amazon Tram 1180 dual band antenna – $32 on Amazon How do I talk to people? Simplex or Repeater use

We are joined by Edward Weniger from AlphaBTC for our annual update on the Blockchain, Bitcoin and Facebook Libra. We always enjoy having Edward with us and he did not disappoint.  I think you will enjoy the show.  Join Jim Collison / @jcollison and Mike Wieger / @WiegerTech for show #410 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/hgg410 Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Facebook, cryptocurrency, wallet, pay, bank, coin, crypto, fees   Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh Jim Collison  [0:00]  This is The Average Guy Network. And you have found on gadget geeks show number 410. recorded on July 25 2019. Here at Home Gadget Geeks we cover all the favorite tech gadgets that find a way to your home news reviews, product updates and conversation all to the average tech guy. I’m your host, Jim Collison broadcasting live from the TV studios here in a beautiful Bellevue Nebraska. I have both Edward and Mike Edward is sitting outside. Edwards gotta be great. Pretty great night right? Edward Weniger  [0:42]  outside. Yeah. Jim Collison  [0:44]  Yeah. Mike, have you gotten a chance? I know, you’ve been super busy. But I mean, the last we had the heat way, right? I think all of them are the United States had this monster heat wave. Then all of a sudden, it’s like forgiveness. It’s like sorry, right? Mike Wieger  [0:56]  It was it was like a 20 degree difference to because we were in you know, right on 100. And then I think yesterday we are in the like, right at at most of the day, it was one of the first mornings that I woke up and my my AC hadn’t even kicked on because my temperature in the house stayed below my setting, which is always a always a blessing. When that you you just see dollar signs may be coming back into your wallet, not AC just sucking it all out. Because during that heat wave that AC just ran constantly. Jim Collison  [1:22]  Yeah, it was on a lot. I’m sure nest thermostats were all trying to figure out like, well, and Mike Wieger  [1:28]  that was a big savings for me was I had the ecobee out of town a lot during it and just being able to control and set and see what it was doing was actually a real benefit. And that’s where the Eco be having those sensors and all the different rooms and doing the smarter way it was. I’m sure I did save a lot, it would be really fun to see the savings calculator if there was a way to do that.