Topics Covered:

• Robbie Ferguson and Eric Kidd present from the model home at Silver Beach Developments in Haliburton, Ontario.
• Eric's BlackBerry device granted Robbie's iPod wifi access from the cottage.
• Something unique from cottage country: maple syrup based wine from Moon Shadows Estate Winery.
• Category5 Technology TV featured in the Haliburton County Echo newspaper.
• {play 7:40}Viewer Questions.
• Viewer Comment: What a beautiful web site Category5 team! I find the anti-idiot method of proving you're a human on the "Ask a Question" page.
• Greetings to viewers from all around the world.
• Viewer Comment: I haven't been able to find the viewer points on the new Category5.TV web site. Are they gone forever?
• Viewer Question: What is the Linux equivelent of Windows' hosts file?
• Viewer Comment: You mentioned something about barbecues, and I thought I'd share this picture with you and the viewers. It's the front of an old car of mine that I converted into a barbecue.
• Viewer Question: In regards to your segment about what people do to backup their data in Episode 253, can you make a recommendation of how to backup my VHS tapes to my computer?
• Viewer Question: I'm running VirtualBox on Ubuntu 12.04 and I can't seem to get the most up-to-date version. It continually asks to install the new version, even though Synaptic says I have the latest version.
• What VirtualBox offers its users, for free.
• Viewer Comment: Robbie got my name correct; swissandi. Thank you for your help on installing the WhatPulse Linux script. Big thanks for your great show.
• Viewer Comment: I'd like to plug a new show on TWiT.TV called Know How with Leo Laporte which airs every Thursday at 3pm Pacific.
• {play 26:34}Silver Beach Developments - a closer look at Haliburton's lakeside urban-style community.
• {play 30:40}The brand new Pivos Xios DS Mediaplay set-top device: the next generation HTPC powered by Android.
• The Xios DS Mediaplay supports XDMC with the free firmware update!
• The Xios DS Mediaplay supports Netflix out of the box.
• In-Studio Viewer Question: I have a wifi Internet service which sometimes has poor bandwidth. How does Netflix handle this type of issue?
• {play 43:18}Prizes, prizes and prizes.
• {play 46:44}Eric performs a couple songs as prizes are drawn for the in-studio audience.

Links to Relevant Web Sites:

• Category5 Mobile Site: m.cat5.tv
• Category5 on Tech Podcast Network: cat5.tv/tpn
• Category5 on IAIB: cat5.tv/iaib
• Category5 on Twitter: @category5tv
• Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieFerguson
• Eric on Twitter: @kidderic