Category5 Technology TV - Freeplay Human Powered Devices

Freeplay Human Powered Devices

S05E18
January 24, 2012

Robbie and Eric take a look at a handful of the awesome flashlights in the Freeplay product catalogue. Never change a light bulb or battery again!

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This episode is sponsored in part by: Liquid Image, Garden Gate Farms, Planet Calypso & Pogoplug.

Topics Covered:

Robbie Ferguson and Eric Kidd present live from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
Eric had to see a doctor about his Twitter addiction.
Robbie and Eric tweet live on the air. Eric is one of the few people still using a BlackBerry.
Robbie (offended at Eric's disbelief in androids) provides live proof that androids exist (hence the PG rating of this episode).
Eric and Rachel are upset that Christa gets doughnuts and pizza.
Viewer Testimonials
Canada has bigger coffee now.
Viewer Postcard from Davetech.
Viewer Comment: I've submitted Category5 TV to TheTVDB. Check out the profile at http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=122811&lid=7
Viewer Comment: I use GoodSync software. Check out http://www.goodsync.com/how-it-works/beta
Viewer Question: I have the Microsoft Lifecam Cinema and while Cheese sees it in Linux, it doesn't seem to work in Stopmotion. Any suggestions?
Determining your webcam's device location using Cheese.
Viewer Comment: I found a great way to make Gnome 3 look more like Gnome 2! Check out GNOME Shell Flippery at http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/extensions/index.html
Viewer Question: In laymans terms, what's the easiest way to record both microphone and line input simultaneously on a computer?
Viewer Comment: Jot shares his thoughts about last week's episode and requests help moving things around.
Viewer Poll: Jot or Yot? 55.56% voted for "Jot" in the pronunciation poll.
Top stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
Instagram replaces the need for old-school cameras by allowing you to post pictures that look like they're taken with an old Lomo camera.
Category5 TV tries to be as environmentally friendly as possible, and outline our initiatives on the Green Initiatives page.
{play 44:10}Feature: The Freeplay line of human and solar-powered flashlights, radios, lanterns and mobile power.
Where a Freeplay flashlight simply makes sense.
The Freeplay Companion has an alternator and solar panel to charge the battery for radio or flashlight use, and even includes the ability to charge your cellphone via the alternator.
Christy Burton joins the chat room.
Viewer Question: Is there a firewall activated by default in Ubuntu Server?
Viewer Question: Could you show us how to install a mail server on our local system so we can run PHP's mail() function from our local machine?
Installing and setting up the most basic Apache (with PHP5) and postfix setup to allow local system mail to go out over the Internet.
Christa gets cold pizza and room-temperature doughnuts.
Eric got a 100% raise on his $0 salary, which strangely impresses him.