- S12E43
- July 31, 2019
Creating Stunning YouTube Thumbnail with Free Software
You can use the FREE GNU Image Manipulation Program to create great looking YouTube Thumbnails. Even if you're not a creator, you'll learn some cool tricks through this tutorial: How to trace borders around the people in your photo, blur the background to create depth, and even replace the background entirely with a color gradient. We'll also pop on some in-your-face text to market our video.
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- S12E42
- July 24, 2019
Lizard Bortus Discovers The Pee Corner
The Orville Interactive Fan Experience is available now, and we'll take an early tour of our favorite ship in the Union fleet. This fan-made game is absolutely free, and just goes to show how amazing The Orville fandom is. The talent that came together to create this game is mindblowing. Enjoy the tour!
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- S12E42
- July 24, 2019
Cheap LED Puck Lights - Quick Look
These LED puck lights are handy for quick accents. Since they're waterproof, they can be submerged in the pool or bath tub. A perfect safe replacement to candles in your Jack-O-Lantern. Robbie used his to turn a i9 9900k dodecahedron into a geeky accent lamp, with no wiring required.
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- S12E42
- July 24, 2019
PINE64 SOPINE Clusterboard Has Us Excited
The PINE64 SOPINE Clusterboard is a single mATX board that supports up to 7 SOPINE modules, and more to come. Think of it as a single micro computer that actually has 7 physical computers built-in. They can be clustered to maximize power and redundancy, or used as standalone network servers. We'll also take a peek at what Robbie is planning to do for the case, using an old m0n0wall router case and power supply.
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- S12E42
- July 24, 2019
Entertainment Discussion: Star Trek Picard is a TNG Reunion, The Orville Moving to Hulu
The guys chat about some of the news that dropped in July 2019. Star Trek: Picard will have a lot of familiar (yet older) faces, and The Orville is moving to Hulu. This discussion was recorded July 24, 2019.
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- S12E41
- July 17, 2019
$30 Dash Cam Better than a $200 Dash Cam?!
The Pathinglek (Tek?) 1080P dash cam only costs $30 USD, so our expectations were low. But the quality of the video and the powerful premium features make this dash cam an excellent find for the frugal shopper. We'll unbox it, install it, and test it all in this one review.
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- S12E41
- July 17, 2019
Robbie Turned 40 TODAY!
July 17, 1979, a baby was born. While his hair is still roughly the same as that day, loads of other stuff has changed. Along comes the personal computer, and practically every recognizable piece of technology. The single board computer is more powerful than expensive super computers years ago, and AI is now a thing, kicking Robbie's butt at the Rubik's Cube. 12 years into Category5 TV and he's going strong!
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- S12E41
- July 17, 2019
Robbie Reveals How To Know if Alexa is Listening - Jeff Caved: Alexa Is En Route
Afraid Alexa will think it hears its keyword and starts listening? Robbie reveals how he has made it so his smart home lets him know when it thinks it hears the activation word. Jeff and his wife were so impressed with the shopping list features of Amazon Echo that they caved and ordered one.
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- S12E35
- June 5, 2019
Playing Tetris in the Linux Terminal
While waiting for your rsync to complete, why not game like it's 1984? That's right: you can play Tetris (well, a Tetris clone) in your Linux terminal, which means straight out of the box it'll work on any single board computer or other low-powered device with Linux installed.
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- S12E35
- June 5, 2019
Pinebook Unboxing - A Brutally Honest First Look at the $99 PINE64 Linux Laptop
Robbie finally got his hands on the $99 Pinebook from PINE64, and he and Sasha will crack into the box. Will it impress or disappoint? Or a little of both? We'll open it, boot it and give it a quick test. At first glance, we'll see what's good and what's bad about this ground-breaking SBC-powered notebook computer that brings Linux computing to the lowest price possible. The Pinebook may not be for everyone, but those who get it, get it.
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