Synopsis:     This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Dirk Morris the founder and CTO of Untagle to talk about their unified gateway appliance. Links: Untangle.com Tightwad Tech listeners get 10% off any purchase when they use the code GET10OFF at checkout. TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: Dirvish- Open source, hard drive based, backup system   Teacher Tip of the Week: IfItWereMyHome.com -  Compare life in various countries around the world.

Synopsis:     This week Mark and Shawn are joined once again by two previous guest, Rusty Meyners and Jeremy Fluhmann to discuss the current state of hardware server virtualization. Links: ProxMoxVE VMWare Server VMWare ESX & VMWare ESXi KVM Xen Remus TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: Synergy - Share one keyboard & mouse across multiple PCs.   Teacher Tip of the Week: LiveBinders- "Your 3-Ring binder for the Web"

Synopsis:     This week Mark and Shawn broadcast live from the the Texas Computer Educators Association annual convention during their 90-minute session entitled "Podcasting Live." Links: SlideRocket Presentation- The slide show we used for our TCEA presentation A Podcast on Podcasting - A previous show in which Mark and Shawn run down a list of equipment need to start your own podcast TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: Autoruns- Comprehensive listing of what's running on startup on your Windows machine   Teacher Tip of the Week: Story Bird- Online storytelling.  Start with images from professional artists and create your own story.

Synopsis:     This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Paul Wood and Christine Voigt of Bishop Dunn High School in Dallas, Texas to talk about their practice of requiring students to bring their own personal computing devices to school. TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: SUPER-  Near universal file format conversion tool for Windows   Teacher Tip of the Week: Online-Convert.com- Great Web site for converting documents and media of all type

Synopsis:     This week Mark and Shawn are joined by listener Michael Wahlstrom, a.k.a. MonkeyMartin for the third installment of our Listener Spotlight. Links: H2 Zoom Handy Recorder Flip Video Camera SimpleNote iShowU Notational Velocity TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: iFree Skype Recorder   Teacher Tip of the Week: World Clock

Synopsis:     In this episode Mark and Shawn are joined by Superintendent Mike Gilbert and middle school principal Kevin Weaver to discuss some of the challenges and techniques involved in being an educational leader. TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: FillAnyPDF- a simple way to edit PDFs online  Teacher Tip of the Week: pwnYoutube- an online repository of sites for downloading and transcoding Youtube videos

Synopsis:     In this episode Mark and Shawn take a look at one-to-one computing and discuss some of the options available today, as well as some of the specifics regarding the setup of their school's one-to-one initiative. Links: Jaycut.com - Online video editor Blender.org - Open Source digital animation suite TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: CrashPlan - Free do-it-yourself backup utility   Teacher Tip of the Week: DigitalCitizenshipEd.com - Great site with downloadable curriculum revolving around digital citizenship

Synopsis:     In this episode Mark and Shawn discuss the current state of desktop video editing Tightwad style (i.e. a focus on free software options). Links:Cinelerra KDEnlivePiTiViLiVESOpenShot TIPS:   Tech Tip of the Week: ScreenStream-  Simple screen broadcasting software for Windows   Teacher Tip of the Week: ACD/ChemSketch Freeware- Free software sketch utility to draw chemical models

Mark and Shawn recap the 2010- the inaugural year of the Tightwad Tech and discuss some of the highlights of past shows.

Synopsis:     This week Mark and Shawn are joined listener Bjorn Behrendt for our second Listener Spotlight episode.  Links:AskBJ.net - Bjorn's personal Web site Mount St. Joseph Academy - Bjorn's school tech site TIPS: ScreenCastle.com - Web-based screen recorder OpenMesh - Low-cost, centrally-managed, WiFi access points Open1to1.org - Linux-based software utilities for schools RCLogon - Windows XP remote logon/shutdown utility with the ability to disable Internet access cK-12.org - Digital text books