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- Episode 209
- September 20, 2011
Enhance your video directly on YouTube
Robbie Ferguson and Christa Wells demonstrate how to use YouTube's new video editing feature to enhance the quality of your videos, practically instantly. Rachel Xu joins the Category5.TV Team and presents news from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
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- Episode 208
- September 13, 2011
Making LibreOffice Load Instantly
Robbie Ferguson and Eric Kidd demonstrate an easy way to make LibreOffice (and OpenOffice) load instantly on your computer, effectively improving the perceived speed of your computer.
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- Episode 207
- September 6, 2011
Creating Stop-Motion Video on Linux with Free Software
Robbie and Hillary demonstrate how you can create a stop-motion movie using free software and a webcam in Linux.
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- Episode 206
- August 30, 2011
Space Fish gets a name, and Windows programs work on Linux
Robbie and Christa introduce a fun way to test if the lag issue is a [ahem] thing of the past by giving 25 viewer points to every user. Space Fish gets his name, and is happy to finally have an identity and purpose in life. Robbie demonstrates how the free "wine" utility can be used on Linux to run popular "Windows Only" applications directly and natively on Linux.
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- Episode 205
- August 23, 2011
A Year of Batteries, Pogoplugs and Live Lag
Robbie and Christa announce your chance to win a year supply of Eco Alkalines batteries, and offer a couple Pogoplug devices to give away. Many viewer questions are addressed. Lag on the streaming server unfortunately placed an unexpected delay on features, so viewer interaction was restricted, but a make-good episode will take place next week.
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- Episode 204
- August 16, 2011
Naming Space Fish and Creating Magazine Covers
Robbie Ferguson and Hillary Rumball demonstrate how to create a magazine cover using the free GNU Image Manipulation Program. The new Category5 Space Fish needs a name and you could win up to 300 viewer points.
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- Episode 203
- August 9, 2011
Viewer Question Extravaganza and an iPad
Robbie Ferguson sits down for a little one-on-one with the viewers, answering a wide assortment and large number of viewer questions. He also demonstrates the upcoming new version of the Category5 TV mobile site using an iPad.
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- Episode 202
- August 2, 2011
Technology Makes Its Way to Cottage Country
Robbie Ferguson visits with Silver Beach Developments' Gerry Kowalski to discuss their involvement in getting technologies such as high-speed Internet and zoned heating/cooling systems into Haliburton, Ontario. Hillary Rumball reviews the incredible Liquid Image MX video camera mask, and gets muddy doing it.
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- Episode 201
- July 26, 2011
CyberPower GreenPower UPS
Robbie and Christa take a look at the CyberPower GreenPower UPS, an economical battery backup with higher-end features such as a full LCD display, better-than-average surge protection, a $500,000 Connected Equipment Guarantee, and cost saving, environmentally friendly features. A large assortment of viewer questions this week as well.
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- Episode 200
- July 19, 2011
Celebrating 12,000 Minutes of Category5 TV
Robbie Ferguson is joined in studio by Christa Wells, Eric Kidd, Carrie Webb and Jodi Krangle to look back at 200 episodes of Category5 TV.
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- Episode 199
- July 12, 2011
Linux Distros - Part 3: CrunchBang Linux
Robbie introduces CrunchBang Linux, a hacker-esque distro based on Debian and featuring the ultra-fast OpenBox window manager.
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- Episode 198
- July 5, 2011
Linux Distros - Part 2: Zorin OS 5 Free
Robbie and Christa take a look at Zorin OS 5 Free, an exceptional Linux distribution, especially for users wanting to migrate from Windows or Mac to Linux.
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- Episode 197
- June 28, 2011
Linux Distros - Part 1: PCLinuxOS 2011.6
Robbie and Christa begin our new series taking a look at an assortment of Linux distributions, starting with PCLinuxOS 2011.6 with KDE.
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- Episode 196
- June 21, 2011
Creating Screencast Tutorials on Linux
Robbie and Christa answer a ton of viewer questions and have a great time doing so, and then show you how to record and produce your own screencast tutorials on Linux using an assortment of free tools.
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- Episode 195
- June 14, 2011
Ubuntu Unity Replacements
Robbie and Christa take a look at scaling video to fill the frame in OpenShot Video Editor, and offer a couple viable alternatives to Ubuntu's default Unity desktop.
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- Episode 194
- June 7, 2011
Free Video Editing in Linux
Robbie demonstrates the free OpenShot video editing software, which brings non-linear editing, 3D titles and effects to Linux.
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- Episode 193
- May 31, 2011
Viewer Question Extravaganza
Robbie and Christa go through a handful of viewer questions, and say hello to viewers from all over the world.
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- Episode 192
- May 24, 2011
Web Development - Part 12
Robbie finishes off the web development series with Search Engine Optimization, and offers a free online tool for Search Engine Submission.
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- Episode 191
- May 17, 2011
Web Development - Part 11
Robbie fixes the footer of the web site and slices the HTML file out into PHP includes. A handful of viewer questions are answered and new chances to obtain Viewer Points are introduced.
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- Episode 190
- May 10, 2011
Web Development - Part 10
Robbie adds Lorem Ipsum placeholder text and some padding to the site layout. Several viewer questions are answered this episode, and two more viewers win 100 points for wearing a cardigan.
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- Episode 189
- May 3, 2011
Web Development - Part 9
Robbie fixes the z-index issue from last week, and finishes off the main layout of the site as he and Christa continue the Web Development series.
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- Episode 188
- April 26, 2011
Web Development - Part 8
Robbie and Christa continue coding their new web site by placing the Polaroid photograph and beginning the placement of the submenu below the woodgrain. Learn about absolute positioning in CSS and how to use margins to position an element within a container.
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- Episode 187
- April 19, 2011
Web Development - Part 7
Robbie interviews Loudon Owen, the chairman at i4i and discusses the US Supreme Court lawsuit against Microsoft and what it means for patent holders. Robbie and Christa continue their series on web site development, and we learn how to center text using CSS, and place image elements by both HTML and CSS.
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- Episode 186
- April 12, 2011
Web Development - Part 6
Robbie and Christa battle a failing broadcast server, but entertain you none the less as they integrate the Google Font API into the web site.
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- Episode 185
- April 5, 2011
Web Site Development - Part 5
The menu is ready to go and Robbie and Christa get moving into the actual site layout and begin implementing the woodgrain area.
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- Episode 184
- March 29, 2011
Web Site Development - Part 4
Robbie and Christa continue coding the web site and teach us how to add specifically-sized top margins to our site and place our logo and menu elements using CSS floats.
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- Episode 183
- March 22, 2011
Web Site Development - Part 3
Robbie teaches us how to reduce the filesize of our polaroid PNG file, and then gets started coding the site itself. We learn the very basics of what our site will need for CSS, and start coding the layout itself.
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- Episode 182
- March 15, 2011
Web Site Development - Part 2
Graphic Designer Christa Wells returns and Robbie puts Photoshop up against the GiMP as they both use their respective software to slice the web site Christa mocked up on last week's show.
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- Episode 181
- March 8, 2011
Web Site Development - Part 1
Robbie is joined by graphic designer Christa Wells to begin the series about Web Site Development. In this first part of the series, Christa demonstrates the creativity required to create the design of a professional looking web site.
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- Episode 180
- March 1, 2011
Restoring from a Bare Metal Backup with Clonezilla
Robbie uses the free Clonezilla tool to restore a full backup of your entire hard drive, bringing your computer back to its previous state, including the drive's data and files.
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- Episode 179
- February 22, 2011
Bare Metal Backups with Clonezilla
Robbie uses the free Clonezilla tool to create a full backup of your entire hard drive.
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- Episode 178
- February 15, 2011
Creating Mosaic Images
Robbie demonstrates how to create a mosaic image: one big image comprised of thousands of tiny images, using free software on Linux.
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- Episode 177
- February 8, 2011
Surge Protection
Robbie explains what some of the on-the-box features mean when comparison shopping for good surge protection, and then compares eight different devices from a variety of price points to help us understand how to choose the best protection for the price.
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- Episode 176
- February 1, 2011
Becoming a Blogger
Setup your own WordPress blog and get blogging with your own web site URL provided for free from WordPress.
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- Episode 175
- January 25, 2011
Internet Broadcasting 101
An in-depth look at live streaming, along with representatives from Telestream (the makers of Wirecast 4), Filippa Hasselstrom and Christine Porter. Robbie and Hillary host an informative, practical discussion about how live video streaming on the Internet is revolutionizing media and video content delivery.
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- Episode 173
- January 11, 2011
Drum Beats on Linux
Hillary joined Robbie and Eric in studio, and we learn to create professional sounding drum beats on Linux using the free Hydrogen step sequencer. A lot of viewer questions were asked and answered, giving us a plethora of topics for Episode 173.
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- Episode 172
- January 4, 2011
Miro Internet TV
Robbie demonstrates Miro Internet TV - a great tool for Mac, Windows or Linux that lets you obtain and watch the top quality Internet TV shows. Also, a tour of the new Category5.TV web site is provided, along with a cool web-based tool that sorts your text lists for you.
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- Episode 171
- December 28, 2010
VirtualBox 4.0 and Time Tracking on Gnome
Robbie demonstrates how to install VirtualBox 4.0 on Linux, and also shows a cool Gnome Applet called Hamster, which allows you to track your time on Linux.
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- Episode 170
- December 21, 2010
Zimbra Desktop
Installing Zimbra Desktop on Ubuntu Linux and using it as an Email Client with Calendar and Social Media.
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- Episode 169
- December 14, 2010
Turnkey Linux LAMP Stack
Deploying a Turnkey Linux server in a fraction of the time of a traditional server installation.
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- Episode 168
- December 7, 2010
Basic Photo Manipulation - Part 9
Robbie demonstrates a simple technique to creating glossy web buttons from any photo using the free GNU Image Manipulation Program.
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- Episode 167
- November 30, 2010
Planet Calypso Society of Viewers
Robbie's wife had the baby, and Robbie has been working hard to take care of his family. In a surprise that the show was even able to go live, Robbie, Eric and Hillary pull a show together just for fun. In the course of the show, Robbie demonstrates how new Planet Calypso players can join the Category5 TV Viewers Society in the game to participate in events together.
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- Episode 166
- November 23, 2010
The DD-WRT Router Firmware
Robbie covered a lot of interesting Pogoplug-related questions, such as how to mount the Pogoplug as a drive in Linux and Windows, and what cool ways you could use Pogoplug to protect and share your data. Our main feature is all about DD-WRT--from selecting which router to buy based on the type of DD-WRT firmware you wish to use, to actually installing and running the firmware.
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- Episode 165
- November 16, 2010
Basic Photo Manipulation - Part 8
During this episode, we look at how to crop images in The GNU Image Manipulation Program. In particular, we focus on Hugin-generated panoramas, but the method transcends the demonstration. We also talk about setting up shared folders on the Pogoplug, and how to mount CD/DVD ISO images using a handy GUI application on Linux.
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- Episode 164
- November 9, 2010
Running Planet Calypso on Old Hardware
Robbie demonstrates how to get Planet Calypso working on old hardware. Hillary Rumball returns to the show in the role of News Correspondent, directly from school. We take more qualifiers for the upcoming draw for the Brother MFC-J615W all-in-one printer.
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- Episode 163
- November 2, 2010
Basic Photo Manipulation - Part 7
Learn a simple technique that will enhance any color photograph using the free graphic editing software, The GiMP. We're also pushing our Canadian viewers to get their ballots in for a brand new Brother MFC-J615W all-in-one printer, answer a lot of viewer questions, and welcome back rdstreets following his open heart surgery.
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- Episode 162
- October 26, 2010
Free Multi-Track Audio Studio Software
The Halloween Special: Lieutenant Commander Robbie Ferguson joins Left Wing player Eric Kidd to talk about the free multi-track audio studio software, Jokosher. A brief talk about the disposable mentality of our society and how retailers are trying to force it on us. Answering a slew of viewer questions.
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- Episode 161
- October 19, 2010
Home Office Organization with Brother Canada
Marc Ruel joins us from Brother Canada to help us understand how we can keep ourselves organized in our home or small business office. Qualifying users to win a Brother MFC-J615W printer. Scanning and printing directly to the iPad / iPod Touch / iPhone or Android device. Seagate hard drives and firmware updates. Reloading the menu items on your Gnome Linux application menu without having to reboot. Profanity delay on the cheap for radio. Will Linux users be excited, or upset about BBC Radio's new HD audio? Online tracking companies and advertisers are using Facebook apps to mine user data for their purposes. Oracle confirms their plans to continue development of the free OpenOffice.org Suite. Ubuntu Linux provides touch-screen features similar to the iPad.
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- Episode 160
- October 12, 2010
Ubuntu 10.10 in VirtualBox
Installing Ubuntu 10.10 in a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox. Software to rip DVDs. Google invents a car that drives itself. 200 hackers took out Spain's Copyright Protection web site in a pro-BitTorrent campaign. Apple has been ordered to pay $200 million. Pogoplug Pro is now available.
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- Episode 159
- October 5, 2010
Twitter and You
Setting up your very own Twitter account. RAID0 vs. RAID1. BlackBerry backups. Software suggestions when imaging your hard drive to a new device. Jot wins some Nanodots. Attendees at the Virus Bulletin 2010 conference have voted to abolish Adobe's PDF standard. The FAA plans to offer grants for Spaceports. Google is resorting to old-school tactics to make the Internet faster: image compression. Planet Calypso is stepping things up for online gamers with new hovercrafts, motorboats, and a secure in-game voice chat system.
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- Episode 158
- September 28, 2010
Data Security
Data security and keeping your private information safe when disposing of or selling your computer. Increasing the size of a VirtualBox harddrive. nVIDIA GeForce vs. Quadro. Shares in Research in Motion dropped today following yesterday's announcement of their iPad alternative, the PlayBook. Browser Sync Service Xmarks to Shut Down. Dr. Mark Wright is using his position as city councilor to fight the good fight on behalf for Open Source software in Bristol City, UK. Twitter's latest exploit redirected users to offensive web sites. Gallium has introduced its DirectX 10/11 implementation for Linux.
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