Summary: We’re Back! A meat n potatoes show. Home Automation, USB over IP, poke your surface? Crashplan, Cromebook, Windows 8 All In Ones. Prepare yourself for The BYOB Podcast Episode 105. ISY944 - Home Automation At its Best Mike reviews his new Home Automation appliance (http://thedocsworld.net/isy-994i-home-automation-at-its-best/) USB over IP – An Update We Revisit Mike’s USB over IP for VM issues (http://thedocsworld.net/update-to-the-usb4000ip-now-it-works/) Touch Interface For Germ-A-Phobes Michael has been trying a stylus on his Surface RT, and it surprisingly useful and accurate enough to be recommended. Besides the investment is $.01 (http://www.amazon.com/piece-Metal-Stylus-Apple-iPhone/dp/B001ELG5WQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355728444&sr=1-1&keywords=ipad+stylus)! Project: CrashBox–Repurposing old hardware for a simple offsite BDR solution Michael talks about his "0 Cost” Backup Disaster Recovery box. (http://www.racecarmike.com/?p=1476) ChromeBook – Nothing To Write Home About We just don’t get the point Sony VAIO Tap 20 – Sony’s Big AIO Tablet If you can deal with the heft this is a pretty cool idea the specs leave a bit to be desired. Sony (http://store.sony.com/p/Sony-Desktop%2C-20-inch%2C-Tap-20%2C-VAIO-Touch%2C-VAIO-Desktop%2C-Core-i5%2C-Windows-8%2C-3rd-gen-Intel%2C-touch-display%2C-all-in-one%2C-touchscreen/en/p/SVJ20217CXW) Best Buy (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+20%26%2334%3B+Touch-Screen+All-In-One+Computer+-+4GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive/6851237.p?id=1218809267392&skuId=6851237#tab=specifications) Lenovo A720 – The new Desktop Lenovo’s new A720 doesn’t hit the ball out of the park, but it does make it to the wall. An Impressive AIO that begs to be used like a real desktop. Lenovo (http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/desktop/ideacentre/a-series/a720/) Best buy (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Lenovo+-+27%22+Touch-Screen+All-In-One+Computer+-+6GB+Memory+-+1TB+Hard+Drive/6851097.p?id=1218809255255&skuId=6851097#tab=specifications) Windows 8 - Microsoft Isn’t the Problem Michael’s Windows 8 Rant (http://www.racecarmike.com/?p=1459) Remember to post your comments on: www.homeservershow.com/forums or send us an email at byob@homeservershow.com. You can also follow us at twitter at www.twitter.com/byobpodcast Follow BYOB on Twitter! (http://twitter.com/byobpodcast) Discuss this Podcast in our Forums (http://homeservershow.com/forums) E-Mail - byob@homeservershow.com Mike Faucher’s Blog (http://thedocsworld.net) Michael Martis’ Blog (http://racecarmike.com) [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes(MP3). (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=y6YTCKf0cY8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fpodcast%252Fthe-byob-podcast%252Fid377669385%253Fuo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30) [Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast in the Zune Marketplace. (http://social.zune.net/podcast/The-BYOB-Podcast/a13c285b-28b0-4228-b18b-ec898a44f9d0) [RSS] Add the Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/byobpodcast) [Blog RSS] Add the Blog feed to your RSS aggregator. (http://feeds2.feedburner.com/HSSPodcastBlog)
