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• Newsroom
• From Episode 639
• January 15, 2020
• 3,477 Views and counting

Apple Mac Pro Rack-Mountable Cheese Grater Now Available

Apple has begun selling the rack-mountable variant of its Mac Pro desktop computer.

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• The Show Show
• Episode 4
• August 15, 2021
• 224,077 Views and counting

Perfect Green Screen: Flawless Chroma Key in DaVinci Resolve

DaVinci Resolve chroma key 3D qualifier easily fixes green screen shadows, wrinkles and other problems that normally result in a bad key.

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• Features
• From Episode 651
• May 20, 2020
• 68,003 Views and counting

(3) NAT Router Rules (Port Forwarding) in MikroTik RouterOS

The next step in our MikroTik series will see us routing NAT firewall rules to allow outside (Internet) users to access ports 80 and 443 on our internal web server. We'll create the required NAT (Network Address Translation) rules, and configure a Firewall Rule for each port to direct traffic through our Internet connection to the in-house server.

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• Features
• From Episode 590
• January 9, 2019
• 5,230 Views and counting

Editing 4K to 720p Multi Cam Video in PowerDirector

Working with a 4K camera can be challenging in the editing room. Robbie will demonstrate how to create several HD shots from a single 4K camera, and then how to use those shots in your editor to give the appearance of a multi-camera production. The process also means being able to edit your 4K footage in realtime--even on old hardware!

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• Crypto Corner
• From Episode 659
• July 22, 2020
• 2,260 Views and counting

The best way to lose money in Crypto

This year so far 52 Coins/Tokens had a price increase of over 250% .That is why this week Robert Koenig talks about the biggest mistakes he made in the past and shows how he lost money: 1) Pump and Dump (i.e. Dogecoin) 2) Scams (i.e. Giveaways, Plus Token) 3) “Experts” 4) Trading 5) Loans Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and this is not financial advice.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 389
• March 3, 2015
• 443,162 Views and counting

3D Printed Limbs

We're joined by Mitch Wilkie from CBM Canada to discuss their 3D PrintAbility project which is using 3D printers to provide prosthetic limbs to children in the developing world for a small fraction of the usual cost.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 531
• November 22, 2017
• 4,304 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of November 22, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Fake News is now being used by criminals for financial and commercial gain. We'll tell you how they're doing it. - Tesla has launched an electric transport truck that it guarantees won't break down for a million miles. - Drone Maker DJI made a big security mistake, and in trying to cover it up, they are going after the guy who reported it, through their bug bounty program. - A severely dangerous exploit on Intel CPUs has users scrambling to update their firmwares. We'll tell you what you need to do, and why it's so serious for both Windows and Linux users.

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• Features
• From Episode 550
• April 4, 2018
• 14,246 Views and counting

Pi vs Pi - Is the Pi 3 B+ Really Worth it? Raspberry Pi 3, 3 B+ and 2 Head To Head

With the new release of the Raspberry Pi 3 B+, is it it really worth upgrading? Let's put the Pi 3 against the Pi 3 Model B+, and even include a Pi 2 just to show how far they've come. What kind of performance gains can we expect from the brand new Raspberry Pi we've all waited two years for? The results are going to surprise you.

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• Features
• From Episode 558
• May 30, 2018
• 39,272 Views and counting

Automatically Restart Your Modem and Router if Internet Goes Down with ResetPlug

Have you ever had Internet go down, but all it took to fix it was unplugging your modem for a few seconds and plugging it back in? That's an easy fix, but we're not always able to access our modem: perhaps we're not home and want to be able to remote in, but Internet is down. We'll show you a cool smart home device that checks your Internet connection periodically, and if it goes down for a set length of time, it automatically power cycles your modem and router.

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• Features
• From Episode 637
• December 18, 2019
• 4,730 Views and counting

Linux Partitions and Mount Points: Preparing a DIY NAS

As we begin preparing to build our own NAS server out of a single board computer and USB 3.1 R2 DAS enclosure, Robbie will take us through some fundamentals to help us understand how mount points work, how to partition and format our drives, and even answer questions about the project.

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• Features
• From Episode 664
• October 14, 2020
• 4,397 Views and counting

I Paid People on Fiverr to Remix my Theme Song Like a Retro 8-Bit Video Game

To freshen things up for the start of Season 14, Robbie jumped on Fiverr and hired four musicians to remix the Category5 Technology TV theme song as an 8-bit chiptune.

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• New Every Day
• Episode 21
• September 4, 2015
• 342,890 Views and counting

The Authority of The Word of God

Being an effective witness for Christ starts with one truth: the Bible is the infallible Word of Almighty God. Join Carrie Webb, along with her father and guest, Rob Webb, as we explore the divine nature of the Word of God.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 658
• July 8, 2020
• 41,853 Views and counting

Category5 Crew Conversations # 1

Jeff Weston returns to us this week! In our first-ever "Crew Conversations" special, Jeff and Robbie are put head-to-head to share two topics each that interest them. Jeff speaks about Chromebooks and Minecraft on Raspberry Pi, where Robbie talks about his dream of 3D printing technology and a homemade pan/tilt Raspberry Pi HQ Camera. We've also got Bekah on the news desk with the latest tech stories, plus Robert in the Crypto Corner.

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• Shorts
• From Episode 686
• June 3, 2021
• 2,276 Views and counting

HDD Plotting Chia is STUPID

Ignore what you've heard: Plotting Chia on a HDD is just throwing Chia away! Use an NVMe or risk missing out.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 472
• October 5, 2016
• 2,326 Views and counting

Top Stories for the week of October 5, 2016

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - We may finally find out just what's legal and illegal to watch on Kodi boxes as a man charged with selling them is taking it to the top court. - An artificial pancreas has been approved by the FDA. - A Commodore 64 is still in operation in an auto shop, and has been working solid for the last 25 years. - Nvidia is in on the autonomous vehicle game, but they're taking a different approach: rather than programming the car how to drive, they're using AI to teach it how to drive... more like how people learn. - Johnson & Johnson is warning that one of their insulin pumps can be hacked to administer lethal doses of insulin. If you or someone you love are diabetic, stick around for the info. - Google is officially in the hardware game.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 649
• May 6, 2020
• 2,246 Views and counting

LibreOffice 6.3.6 is the final update to 6.3, which is going EOL

The Document Foundation has announced the release of LibreOffice 6.3.6 as the sixth and final update of the 6.3 series, which will reach end of life at the end of this month.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 619
• July 31, 2019
• 18,980 Views and counting

7-Inch Pi Screen, YouTube Thumbnails in GIMP, and Chainsaws

Robbie, Jeff and Henry look at the KKSB 7-Inch case stand for Raspberry Pi, and look at the Grow Selection tool in GIMP, demonstrating how it can be used to create borders of dynamic objects such as people or text. We'll also hear about Robbie's chainsaw on a stick and how Jeff and his family are taking to the Amazon Echo Dot.

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• Community Coffee Break
• Episode 17
• April 6, 2020
• 2,690 Views and counting

Coffee Break - April 6, 2020

Robbie hopes to bring back his home-brew 360 VR camera and bp9 has a working Kaypro 2X, complete with a floppy disk emulator that uses an SD card filled with floppy images! This starts us on a discussion about speech-to-text, and how far it has come from those early days, to Robbie's 'Dr. Sbaitso', to Peter's computer-generated speech synthesizer and even the Amazon Echo 'Alexa' character. Robbie Ferguson is joined today by Solbu, Doug Townsend, Ron Morrissette, bp9 and Peter Lewis.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 355
• July 8, 2014
• 335,794 Views and counting

DIY Instant Messenger Service

Using Turnkey Linux to deploy an instant messenger service that you control, powered exclusively by Linux and other free software.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 667
• November 11, 2020
• 2,026 Views and counting

Hyperloop Passengers Go 172km/h: "Exhilarating" Successful Trial

Virgin Hyperloop has trialled its first ever journey with passengers, in the desert of Nevada. In the trial, two passengers - both company staff - travelled the length of a 500m test track in 15 seconds, reaching 172km/h. Sara Luchian, director of customer experience, was one of the two on board and described the experience as "exhilarating both psychologically and physically." She added that neither her nor her colleague, Josh Giegel, felt sick following the trial.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 648
• April 29, 2020
• 3,013 Views and counting

Pentagon: UFO's Are Real

The Pentagon says the videos of UFOs that were leaked in 2017 are real.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 555
• May 9, 2018
• 4,528 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of May 9, 2018

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Twitter's 330 million users are being urged to change their passwords after some were exposed on its internal network in plain text. - Ford is developing a new smart car window to enable blind passengers to experience the passing landscape. - Imagine the frustration of playing a game where the difficulty level constantly changes. That's what an experiment in AI technology is doing to some retro classics. - Equifax has published yet more details on the personal records and sensitive information stolen by miscreants after they hacked its databases last year.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 493
• March 1, 2017
• 3,610 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of March 1, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Air-gapped computers can have data stolen by a nearby drone. - Cloudflare had a bad data leak. - We might as well get used to it; yet another web-connected children's toy has leaked a ton of data. - The NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is our next big exploit. Time to upgrade!

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• The Pixel Shadow
• Episode 18
• November 13, 2016
• 2,668 Views and counting

MangleFox70 Plays Slither.io (The Revenge of JuJu)

After a long summer hiatus, MangleFox70 is back! But this time, she's a worm. Or a snake. Or a possible YouTuber (but unsure). This is Slither.io - a free-to-play game.

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• Features
• From Episode 654
• June 10, 2020
• 5,699 Views and counting

Getting Started with GitHub Project Management

GitHub is an online space for Git repositories. It provides a browser-based interface to supplement the productivity Git brings to projects. You can think of Git as a time machine for your code, a way to collaborate with other developers, or just a handy-dandy way to ensure your code is synced to all your devices. And what's best? It's free. Robbie will show us the very basics: How to create a repository, how to clone it to your local machine and make changes, and how to push those changes back to the server.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 575
• September 26, 2018
• 4,694 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of September 26, 2018

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Remember when Apple's FaceTime stopped working years ago? Turns out it was a deliberate part of Apple's planned obsolescence tactics. - Well, it just got easier to run Ubuntu on Windows 10 as a virtual machine—and SURPRISE: it’s all thanks to Microsoft. - Twitter has told an undisclosed number of users their private messages may have been leaked to third-parties for more than a year. - Health officials, who are looking at how to apply blockchain technology to public health issues, consulted with Walmart on improving food supply traceability—and they plan to use the technology in the produce department.

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• New Every Day
• Episode 141
• March 23, 2018
• 3,741 Views and counting

Prison Break - Part 3

As we get closer to the moment when Peter is miraculously broken out of prison, let's learn what it is to prepare ourselves for what God has planned.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 240
• April 24, 2012
• 294,244 Views and counting

Instagram: Love It or Leave It

Robbie and Rachel show you how to download all your Instagram pictures so you can close your account, or just to back them up.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 658
• July 8, 2020
• 2,366 Views and counting

Arm plans to spin off its IoT businesses as it focuses on core chip design business

Arm has announced plans to spin off its two IoT businesses, a move that would effectively transfer the divisions under the broader umbrella of the SoftBank Group, which purchased the chip designer back in 2016. The move comes as Arm seeks to focus its efforts exclusively on the semiconductor business that has made the company a ubiquitous presence in the mobile world.

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• The Pixel Shadow
• Episode 17
• April 24, 2016
• 102,416 Views and counting

Crafting Food in Minetest Survival

With the pending launch of our new Xtreme PVP Survival server, it's important that each player knows how to craft their own foods, and which foods heal the most hunger points. We'll look at NathanS21's automated bread mill, as well as several of the foods you can craft yourself by the resources you find in Minetest.

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• Features
• From Episode 638
• January 8, 2020
• 3,084 Views and counting

Jeff Receives a Belated Christmas Gift

There's one thing that seems to have been on Jeff's mind lately, and Robbie found the perfect Christmas gift.

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• The Show Show
• Episode 5
• August 27, 2021
• 26,400 Views and counting

Full-Res Screenshots in DaVinci Resolve

Save a full-resolution screenshot of the perfect frame from your video in DaVinci Resolve. It's easy! ... but a little obscure.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 525
• October 11, 2017
• 4,671 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of October 11, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - It's official. If you had a Yahoo account in 2013, it was compromised. - Apple is investigating a series of reports about battery problems with some of its new iPhone 8 Plus phones. - Nvidia's CEO says Moore's Law is dead, claiming GPUs will soon replace CPUs. - In the near future, you may be able to eat a robot that will heal you or provide nutrients. - Don't mess with Amazon! A couple is facing up to 20 years in jail for stealing over $1.2m in merch from the online shopping site.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 491
• February 15, 2017
• 3,633 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of February 15, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - A tiny drone built to pollinate flowers has been built in Japan. - A College Network has been attacked with its own insecure IoT devices - A New Implant Method Could Give Amputees Direct Nerve Control of Artificial Limbs - Have a Visio TV? It's spying on you. - A passenger-carrying drone is ready to fly in Dubai

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 371
• October 28, 2014
• 375,129 Views and counting

Beginner-to-Intermediate PHP Part 3: Building a Contact Form

[A very old] Robbie takes you through how to build a contact form using PHP on our 2014 Halloween special.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 651
• May 20, 2020
• 3,131 Views and counting

Is this real life? Microsoft is now the biggest single contributor to open source.

The pigs are flying! Microsoft has certainly changed since the days of branding Linux a cancer. The software giant is now the single largest contributor to open-source projects in the world, beating Facebook, Docker, Google, Apache, and many others.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 645
• March 4, 2020
• 5,901 Views and counting

Goodbye, Studio D

In a surprise turn of events, our landlord is re-claiming our rental space and has demanded we vacate effective at the end of the month. We never saw this coming, and it has caught us unprepared. We need your help.

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• Features
• From Episode 528
• November 1, 2017
• 8,420 Views and counting

Jabees Lifestyles Q9 LED Lamp with Qi Wireless Charging

The Jabees Q9 Desk Lamp packs some bonus tech features that we don't see in a lot of desk lamps of this sleek form factor. From user-selectable light frequency to auto power-off and even Qi Wireless Charging, this is an exceptional lamp for your desk or even home studio.

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• The Pixel Shadow
• Episode 14
• March 27, 2016
• 112,770 Views and counting

Simple Mechanics in Minetest

Learn to build simple mechanical systems such as a lighting system in Minetest using the Mesecons mod--basically like Redstone in Minetest. Mortimer hosts the show this week and also takes us on a tour of some of his builds, including a parkour course he is constructing using a lot of interesting mechanisms.

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• Features
• From Episode 603
• April 10, 2019
• 5,691 Views and counting

Can This CHEAP Star Trek TNG Tricorder Be Any Good?

Curiosity forced Robbie to grab this cheap tricorder replica off Amazon. But can it truly be any good? Find out if you should be adding this to your cosplay uniform.

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• New Every Day
• Episode 112
• August 18, 2017
• 4,260 Views and counting

I Didn't See That Coming - Part 5

When Saul encountered Jesus, he went through an amazing transformation. These kinds of transformations still happen 2000 years later. This week we welcome Josh Holden to the show, who having encountered Jesus has gone from using and selling drugs to serving the Lord. Join us as he shares where he has come from.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 661
• August 26, 2020
• 2,204 Views and counting

A hyperloop may be coming to Alberta, Canada

Albertans could be among the first Canadians to travel by high-speed pods between cities, after the government of Alberta signed an agreement with Canadian transportation tech company TransPod to develop and test a high-speed hyperloop between Edmonton and Calgary.

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• Features
• From Episode 515
• August 2, 2017
• 6,045 Views and counting

Convert PowerPoint Slides to Images for Slideshow Playback Using LibreOffice

Setting up PowerPoint for lobby use can be expensive, time consuming, and require a lot of unnecessary gear. The Cat5 team sets out to instead convert PowerPoint slides to images using free software to allow them to be displayed using an affordable media player that loads all the images like a slideshow, reducing the footprint and cost to run.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 192
• May 24, 2011
• 284,667 Views and counting

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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• Features
• From Episode 537
• January 3, 2018
• 4,821 Views and counting

$5 Poor Man's "Wireless" Video Camera Microphone

Whether you're shooting interviews or a homebrew feature film, sometimes it's challenging and expensive to mic your subjects. In this short video we'll show you a "life hack" worthy solution to the dilemma with a sub-$5 mic solution that uses your existing smartphone to record great audio.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 668
• November 18, 2020
• 23,045 Views and counting

New Raspberry Pi in a Keyboard Running Ubuntu, and AI to Figure Out Song Titles

As an old school Vic 20 fanboi, Robbie's given to liking the new Raspberry Pi 400. After all, it's a full computer inside a keyboard, just like the old days of Commodore and Amiga. But this time, it's got 4 GB RAM and a 1.8 GHz clock speed. Let's get a look at the device, and stick the new Ubuntu 20.10 on there to see how it plays video. We'll also look at a new Google Assistant feature that makes it easy to search for a song, with no app to install. Bekah's here with the news, and Robert's watching Bitcoin as it travels to the moon.

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• Immersive Nature Sounds
• Episode 1
• January 6, 2015
• 501,612 Views and counting

Late Night Rainfall in the City

The ebb and flow of a heavy rain falls over the Ontario city of Barrie as it sleeps. The late night sky offers its nurturing waters to the ground below, and the leaves overhead perform their haphazard dance.

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• Features
• From Episode 617
• July 17, 2019
• 3,155 Views and counting

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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• Immersive Nature Sounds
• Episode 7
• June 21, 2015
• 513,166 Views and counting

Rain on the Lake in Cottage Country

Rising at 5am to the sounds of a heavy rainfall and awakening birds, the Haliburton forest is filled with life.

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