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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 507
• June 7, 2017
• 4,438 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of June 7, 2017

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Microsoft will pay you to do your web searching through Bing - Toyota's latest infotainment system is powered by Linux - Apple is bringing AR and VR to their devices. - Scientific researchers have confirmed a part of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity that Einstein himself said would never be observed.

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• From Episode 525
• October 13, 2017
• 42,002 Views and counting

ODROID CloudShell 2 Unboxing and Assembly for ODROID XU4

The CloudShell 2 for ODROID XU4/XU4Q SBC is an attractive case with 2x SATA and a 2.8" color display. This video features an accelerated view of the full unboxing and assembly process with great detail.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 210
• September 27, 2011
• 293,719 Views and counting

A Year of Batteries and a Browser-Based Photoshop Alternative

Robbie 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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• Features
• From Episode 486
• January 11, 2017
• 7,534 Views and counting

Change Faces With Your Friends With Face Swap Live

Using this freely-available app (commercial version adds more features) you can swap faces with your friends, family and even pets in realtime. No having to Photoshop the images! You'll see it happen right before your eyes and get to take snapshots or even video of your warped reality.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 333
• February 4, 2014
• 368,859 Views and counting

Creating Space Scenes with the GIMP

Learn to create photo-realistic style space scenes using the free GIMP image editing software for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

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• Data Drive Podcast
• Episode 12
• November 26, 2025
• 3,859 Views and counting

18 Years of Category5 Technology TV! Sasha's Return: Retro Tech & the Gadgets That Got Away

Eighteen years of Category5 Technology TV... can you believe it? Robbie Ferguson is joined by long-time co-host and fan favorite Sasha Rickman, visiting all the way from Newfoundland, for a nostalgic deep dive into the tech, gadgets, and moments that shaped nearly two decades of Category5. From life on the East Coast (bees, cod fisheries, crab vending machines, goats and more) to the challenges of staying connected with rural Internet, Sasha shares what it's really been like living on the east coast of Canada. Then we take a fun “road trip” through the tech history of the show: boogie boards, gimbals, retro gaming handhelds, Kingston drives, spinners vs SSDs, and the legendary gadgets that stood the test of time... plus a few that sadly got away. Whether you grew up with Category5 Technology TV, love retro tech, or just enjoy hearing the behind-the-scenes stories that made the show what it is, this special anniversary episode has something for every tech fan. Thanks for joining us on the Drive! Let’s celebrate 18 years of Cat5 together.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 217
• November 15, 2011
• 302,044 Views and counting

Home Office Tech with Brother Canada

Robbie and Rachel talk to Marc Ruel about technology to help the home office.

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• Catching Nuance
• Episode 4
• May 31, 2020
• 8,294 Views and counting

The Fort Saskatchewan Wendigo of Alberta

He awoke in the murk of dawn to a hissing sort of breathing–like a man whose lung has been punctured by an arrow. The sound came from a tall form standing in the gaps between trees, snow falling heavily all around.

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• New Every Day
• Episode 135
• January 26, 2018
• 4,318 Views and counting

#SayNoToThroatPunching

Let's continue to explore some key life hacks from the book of Proverbs. This week we'll learn to cultivate a slow temper, holding back our impulse to throw a quick "throat punch" when we're caught off guard.

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• Features
• From Episode 602
• April 3, 2019
• 10,365 Views and counting

2019 Unboxing Both Tinker Board Models - What's The Difference?

Let's get into the box of a Tinker Board 2GB and Tinker Board S, and learn what differs between these virtually identical looking single board computers. We'll also fire up TinkerOS just to have a quick look at what is included.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 459
• July 5, 2016
• 349,349 Views and counting

Plex Media Server on a Raspberry Pi 3

Stream all your movies, home videos, television shows and music to all your devices with Plex Media Server. We'll show you how to install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 micro computer, giving you a powerful little Plex Media Server for a fraction of the price of a similarly-spec'd dedicated system.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 564
• July 11, 2018
• 31,875 Views and counting

A Long Term-Supply SBC and an Improved Photoshop Alternative

This week Robbie and Sasha unbox the Pine A64-LTS single-board computer and get an early look at the brand new version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.10.4 - a free alternative to Photoshop. And Sasha bought a car!

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• Community Coffee Break
• Episode 93
• February 28, 2021
• 2,002 Views and counting

Coffee Break - February 28, 2021

bp9 hopes to restart development efforts on his pinetime with new pogo pins and talks about the role of ofono on his pinephone. Solbu is the packager for the Mageia distro which releases version 8 soon. Solbu posts a brain teaser and leaves us all stumped. Doug continues to have issues with his RasPi entertainment system and his cat supervises from the chair. It's SSH keys this time. Peter's GPS clock works much better when he puts the GPS antenna outside where it can see the sky. bp9 is joined by Solbu, Doug and Peter.

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• The Category5.TV Newsroom
• From Episode 563
• July 4, 2018
• 5,182 Views and counting

Top Stories for the Week of July 4, 2018

Here are the stories we're covering this week: - Amazon has purchased PillPack, an online pharmacy, for nearly $1B. - Adidas warned late on Thursday that hackers may have taken customer data from its US website. - An experimental robot with an animated cartoon face has been sent to the International Space Station on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. - Facebook is giving up on its plan to create drones that beam down internet connectivity.

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• Features
• From Episode 685
• May 27, 2021
• 9,180 Views and counting

Content Creator Tip: 8 SD Card Video Editing Kingston Workflow Station

I used to have to import my video files one card at a time before I could load them up into my video editor. Now, with Kingston's Workflow Station, I'm able to edit my 4K video directly in DaVinci resolve (or any other editor) from up to 8 SD cards at once, without having to copy any video to my hard drive. No more wasted hours transferring source videos. No more wasted disk space. And I'm able to jump right into my NLE the moment we stop recording.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 668
• November 18, 2020
• 3,580 Views and counting

Alphabet plans to beam Internet wirelessly using light

An Alphabet-backed wireless network in Kenya plans to use light beams to provide Internet service up to 20km away. The technology will deliver wireless Internet over light beams.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 597
• February 27, 2019
• 21,394 Views and counting

Debian Linux BitTorrent Server with the ODROID HC1

The ODROID HC1 is a 2.5-inch SSD enclosure that features a built-in 8-core SBC with 2 GB RAM and gigabit Ethernet. Since it runs Debian Linux (among others), there is really no limit to what you can create. For our first project out of the box, we'll setup the SSD to auto-mount on boot, and turn the unit into a self-contained BitTorrent seed server with a browser-based interface.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 563
• July 4, 2018
• 27,489 Views and counting

Marie Kondo Method for Computers

Shizu Yamagucci joins us once again to discuss how the organizational and de-cluttering methods made famous by Marie Kondo can apply to our digital lives. From closet space to our computer desktop, learning to be more organized and only keep those things that make you feel good can be life altering.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 527
• October 25, 2017
• 56,773 Views and counting

Touring The Enterprise

Thanks to a dedicated team of Star Trek: The Next Generation fans, Robbie's childhood fantasy of touring the Enterprise is now a reality. Join us for our Halloween special as we take Sasha's new gaming rig for a spin and run Stage 9 in EPIC mode.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 37
• June 3, 2008
• 321,314 Views and counting

Elisa Media Center

Taking a look at Elisa Media Center: an incredible and powerful free program for Windows and Linux (Mac version is coming too). Making Windows XP look and feel more beautiful.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 3
• October 9, 2007
• 297,562 Views and counting

Introducing Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

See Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon in full effect for the first time: how games run on this cutting edge operating system and how well it detects new hardware.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 2
• October 2, 2007
• 305,528 Views and counting

Running Windows XP within Linux

Run Windows XP and PCLinuxOS simultaneously, placing each on a 3D cube face for a quick and beautiful transition between operating systems.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 1
• September 25, 2007
• 305,773 Views and counting

Installing PCLinuxOS and Beryl 3D

Installing PClinuxOS and how to use Flash to stream MP3 files.

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• Category5 Technology TV
• Episode 536
• December 27, 2017
• 40,529 Views and counting

An Introduction to GIMP

The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is a feature-packed image editor that is absolutely free. Let's look at some very basic usage to get you started: rotate, crop, resize and save an image.

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• Newsroom
• From Episode 649
• May 6, 2020
• 3,135 Views and counting

Revolutionary new tech means you can touch things in VR

A new lightweight virtual reality device has been created that would allow users to touch objects at shops and museums without ever having to go there in the flesh.

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• Features
• From Episode 459
• July 5, 2016
• 2,013 Views and counting

Geek Toys - The Clock Fan That Looks Positively Holographic!

Check out this cheap little USB clock fan that uses LEDs and its own spinning motion to project an animated analogue clock onto the fan's surface while it spins! Get yours here: http://shop.category5.tv/?product=usb-clock-fan

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• The Drone Zone
• Episode 7
• August 28, 2016
• 12,344 Views and counting

CX-STARS Flight Demo - The Drone That Fits in a Controller

Cheerson CX-Stars are a fun beginner drone or handy little carry-along for those times you want to fly but can't take your larger drones.

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