Robbie and Christa go through the mail bag and offer answers to a wide variety of viewer questions; from how we use Skype for interviews to obtaining a web design template.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary talk to John Cabrera, creator of H+ The Digital Series about the show, and the direction media is going with online-only programming.
Watch NowIntroducing Sasha Dirmeitis and controlling the computer using head movement and a cheap webcam.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric answer viewer questions and launch Knoppix as a hobbyist Linux installation running KDE, but not so much with Gnome 3.
Watch NowRobbie and Christa demonstrate Backupify, an online service to backup your Google services such as Gmail and Calendar, plus Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and more.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric install Debian in a virtual machine and demonstrate it as an easy-to-build web server. And then they tear down the studio.
Watch NowRobbie and Christa take a look into the Web Developers' Toolkit to see how to compress an image to save bandwidth and improve your site's response time.
Watch NowSilver Beach hosts Category5 for the Cottage Country Special, with a live performance by Eric Kidd and in-studio audience.
Watch NowA new app for iDevices lets you transmit and receive photos, web links, text and more via digital "bird songs" which sound a little like R2D2. We'll see how it works.
Watch NowProtect your data with a different strong password for each service and easily retrieve those passwords using the encrypted KeePassX software.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric demonstrate the iRetroPhone attachment for iPhone/Android/BlackBerry devices to give your smartphone a real retro feel.
Watch NowBlock unwanted website traffic from bad bots and open proxies using the powerful BlockScript program on your web server.
Watch NowWhether you've accidentally deleted photos from your camera or have a corrupted filesystem on a camera card, learn to recover your precious photos with free software.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary go a little over-time with a realtime installation of the Thermaltake Water 2.0 liquid cooling system in place of a stock CPU fan.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary take on your viewer questions and unbox the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Liquid Cooling System.
Watch NowUsing web-based software, hardware and even your SmartMeter to reduce your power consumption and save money.
Watch NowRobbie opens up his online web development toolkit and shows you what's inside, and how to use some of the tools.
Watch NowLooking at the AIOS HD Media Center, which provides full HD video, music, BitTorrent client and more in a device that is commonly available for under $100.
Watch NowHave you ever been skeptical of the magicJack? Robbie is. So he set out to do a little myth-busting and gets to the bottom of whether we can really save $1000 on our phone bill. Per year.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric show you how to install GIMP 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04, and introduce you to an assortment of the new features.
Watch NowRobbie and Erika take a look at Ubuntu 12.04, the latest long term support release of the Ubuntu Linux operating system.
Watch NowRobbie and Rachel show you how to download all your Instagram pictures so you can close your account, or just to back them up.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary look at the iFrogz BOOST Near-Field Audio speaker and answer a slew of viewer questions.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric attack a full inbox with the first ever "Overdrive" edition of Viewer Question Extravaganza, answering a non-stop array of your questions.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric work through a slew of viewer questions, give away a copy of Telestream Wirecast and announce our Earth Day giveaway contest. Eric also plays a live set of original songs.
Watch NowRobbie and Erika take you for the first-ever on-air tour of the Category5 TV studio, and introduce you to the powerful broadcast software Telestream Wirecast.
Watch NowWe're learning to program web applications on Category5 TV, and this week Robbie and Hillary take you through a while() statement in PHP to count up from zero.
Watch NowRobbie and Rachel teach you how to create a PHP array and use foreach() to loop through the array and output images to the browser window.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric demonstrate DJL, a Linux alternative to Valve's "Steam" software to make video game installation a breeze on Linux.
Watch NowRobbie and Christa demonstrate the GNU Image Manipulation Program and LibreOffice as viable alternatives to their expensive counterparts, available for Windows, Linux or Mac computers.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary demonstrate how to setup service monitoring using the free Uptime Robot service, allowing you to see when your web site, server or service is up or down.
Watch NowRobbie and Rachel demonstrate how to create a headless virtualization platform using free software, and test the Microsoft Lifecam Studio 1080p webcam in Telestream Wirecast.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric show you how to control your computer with an iDevice and freely available VNC software.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary demonstrate an amazing piece of technology for ergonomic or accessible use which allows you to control your computer's mouse by simply moving your head.
Watch NowRobbie 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!
Watch NowRobbie and Rachel demonstrate how to create a simple desktop wallpaper for your Linux machine.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary show you how to use the free GNU Image Manipulation Program to remove and replace the background in a photograph to make a Christmas photo usable throughout the year.
Watch NowRobbie and Christa show you how to setup Qimo as a session so when your young children login to your computer they are presented with a "made for kids" desktop experience.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric demonstrate how to use Compiz to spice up the default Debian installation, allowing for a very fast and customizable Linux desktop.
Watch NowRobbie and Christa introduce you to a Python script which lets you tile the windows on your Linux desktop, helping you organize your running applications and improve ergonomics.
Watch NowRobbie and Rachel demonstrate how to make your Internet service faster by using different DNS servers than those supplied by your Internet Service Provider. And best of all, it's a free upgrade, and you can change it at any time if you're not satisfied.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric show you the difference between four different grades of consumer video camera, and explain what each is capable of.
Watch NowSharron-Ann Reynolds from iamaSMARTkid.org joins Robbie and Hillary to discuss how technology has changed the bully and created the cyber bully. Important information for parents, and young people alike.
Watch NowLinux Mint 12 RC gives us a glimpse into the upcoming "Lisa" release of Linux Mint. Robbie and Christa also give away prizes to our draw winner as well as on Click Race.
Watch NowRobbie and Rachel talk to Marc Ruel about technology to help the home office.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric chat with Eran Farajun from Asigra Inc. about Cloud backups and how "the cloud" relates to businesses and end users.
Watch NowRobbie and Hillary show you how to make Ubuntu 11.10 look more like the old-style Ubuntu with a Gnome 3 running with a Gnome 2.x-looking layout and theme.
Watch NowRobbie and Christa (Spock and Paper Bag Princess) answer a slew of viewer questions in this special Viewer Question Extravaganza.
Watch NowRobbie and Rachel compare notes between Photoshop and the GNU Image Manipulation Program in a battle of epic proportions.
Watch NowRobbie and Eric show you how to obtain, install and use Glipper, an excellent clipboard enhancement for Gnome.
Watch NowTo kick off Season 5, Robbie and Hillary show how to install Ubuntu 11.10 Linux on your computer.
Watch NowRobbie Ferguson and Christy Burton (Van Noort) demonstrate a web-based Photoshop alternative that lets you edit images directly in your browser window with a professional image editor. Lionel Lalonde from Eco Alkalines joins the on-air team to award a year supply of eco-friendly batteries to a lucky viewer. Also, looking at a GUI front-end for lshw, a Linux tool that shows you detailed information about your computer hardware.
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