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  • Western Digital Live Hub hotel install

    This is the first post of connecting tech gadgets while traveling to make yourself truly mobile. This is how to be connected and mobile; the two most favorite things of the monkey.

    Lets begin,
    The Seagate Live Hub can be the centerpiece of your media center. Is small on the outside but it’s 1 TB hard drive can be packed with most of your digital media files.

    In another post we will cover loading content onto the drive.

    Lets install it in a hotel room, unpack the basics:
    Seagate main unit
    Power supply
    HDMI cable
    (Make sure you open the package first because the HDMI packing requires a knife)

    The display must have an HDMI input (the Western Digital also supports component and composite, but HDMI is the easiest and best quality. Plug in the power, change the input of your TV to the HDMI and grab your remote, your files should be ready to play.

  • How to extend your wireless network

    Most of us have a wireless router that connects to the internet and also acts as our main Wi-Fi connection.
    But due to location or size of your home it may not reach everywhere you want wireless coverage.
    Here is an inexpensive way to expand your coverage without going bananas.
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  • Seagate Wireless Plus is fantastic

    One of the quickest ways your mobile devices can be filled up is with video. Since the average file can be 1GB or more, I was looking for some way to carry all those files without bloating my iPad. I found the best product, the Seagate Wireless Plus.
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  • Reset your Internet connection, modem and router the easy way

    Every so often your internet connection will stop or seem to be stuck. Before you call tech support and remain on hold, try this.

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  • Open web pages in Chrome from Safari

    Chrome is Google’s fantastic browser that’s been around on the Mac and PC for a while now and is finally available for iOS. The only trouble is most programs default to Safari to open links. Here is a very quick way to open them in Chrome and best of all you don’t have to jailbreak or add anymore software.

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