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Category5 Technology TV - Episodes (MP4 Portable)

Category5 Technology TV - Episodes (MP4 Portable)

Category5 Technology TV - Episodes (MP4 Portable)

Category5 Technology TV with technologist, Robbie Ferguson. A weekly live TV-style show. Ask your questions and get live answers. This service is free of charge.

Episode 112 - Virtualizing with VirtualBox

Taking the first step to virtualizing: obtaining and installing the full version of Sun's free VirtualBox software. Internet radio, and how Robbie likes to access it on a Linux machine. Fixing a broken Grub bootloader without reinstalling your operating ...
2 days ago

Episode 111 - Geolocation Services

Interview with Ed Lin, the business development manager at MaxMind, about GeoIP IP Geolocation Technology. Taking a look at Ubuntu 9.10 and a glimpse at Ubuntu One cloud software on Karmic Koala. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer ...
1 week ago

Episode 110 - Handsfree: It's The Law

Robbie's "cousin" Billy-Bob hosts this special Halloween episode of Category5.TV. Discussing the new handsfree law for Ontario drivers, and why the Aliph Jawbone is perhaps the best option. Saying a final farewell to Geocities. This is a one-hour live ...
2 weeks ago

Episode 109 - Twitter Wine

Guest co-host Bekah Ferguson joins us as we take a look at Twitter's new fundraiser: selling Pinot Noir for literacy. We also answer a handful of viewer questions that arrived by email, and take care of those who posted questions in the chat room. This ...
3 weeks ago

Episode 108 - Viewer Question Extravaganza

Setting a Windows application to open your files on Linux. Home web servers. Zoom features of compiz-fusion, and how to get something similar on Windows. OpenDNS and non-english porn sites. Perfectbuntu on Karmic. Restoring Firefox settings in Linux. ...
1 month ago

Episode 107 - Blocking Porn on Your Network

How to use the free OpenDNS service to block pornographic web sites on your entire network. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer questions, so a lot of topics are covered within the show. See the page for all topics covered.
1 month ago

Episode 106 - Undertanding Parity in 60 Seconds

Learn how Parity is able to protect a hard drive array even when the parity drive is smaller than the capacity of the array. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer questions, so a lot of topics are covered within the show. See the page for ...
1 month ago

Episode 105 - Happy 2nd Birthday

Celebrate two years of Category5 Technology TV - your family-friendly tech broadcast from Canada. On this special anniversary show, we welcome back former co-host, Carrie Webb, and present special appearances by many of the volunteers who make the show ...
2 months ago

Episode 104 - A Week with unRAID

Following a week with unRAID, we review the system and Robbie's experience with a working unRAID server. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer questions, so a lot of topics are covered within the show. See the page for all topics covered.
2 months ago

Episode 103 - unRAID Server

The homemade Drobo--with up to 21 hard drives; Building an unRAID Server from scratch. 10 easy steps to give you the ultimate network attached storage solution with redundant data and the ability to grow the array easily with un-matching drives. This is ...
2 months ago

Episode 102 - Your Own Handwriting as a Font

Preparing yourself for a Gmail outage. Creating a redundant data storage device at a very low cost. Creating a Windows/Mac/Linux TTF TrueType font from your own handwriting--for free. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer questions, so a ...
3 months ago

Episode 101 - Entropia Universe VU 10

Introducing Entropia Universe 10. We look at the last few moments of Entropia Universe 9.4, and welcome in the new era with VU 10 - Planet Calypso. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer questions, so a lot of topics are covered within the ...
3 months ago

Episode 100 - Skype Video Special

For our 100th episode, viewers were invited to 'call in' via Skype Video. More than 15 viewers from around the world showed their support and said hello.
3 months ago

Episode 99 - Installing Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu

Firefox 3.5 is still missing from Ubuntu repositories, so Robbie will show you how to install it painlessly using an easy-to-use installation script, perfectbuntu. Announcing Entropia Universe 10. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer ...
3 months ago

Episode 98 - Seesmic Desktop and Twitter

Robbie's wife, Bekah joins the show to discuss Seesmic Desktop, and how it helps streamline the Twitter and Facebook experience. You'll learn to install it and set it up. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer questions, so a lot of topics ...
08/04/09

Episode 97 - Redundant Data Storage 2

Robbie and Christy continue the discussion about redundant data storage, as we work towards finding the ultimate affordable solution. Discussion introduces Solaris and NASlite, and expands our coverage on RAID, FreeNAS, OpenFiler, Drobo, unRAID, and ...
07/28/09

Episode 96 - Redundant Data Storage 1

Christy Burton joins in the fun, and Robbie begins the discussion about redundant data storage, as we work towards finding the ultimate affordable solution. Discussion covers RAID, FreeNAS, OpenFiler, Drobo, unRAID, and more. This is a one-hour live show ...
07/21/09

Episode 95 - Viewer Questions

The new lights have arrived, and Robbie is pale as a ghost. A good slew of viewer questions, and introducing the upcoming viewer call-in video show. This is a one-hour live show that also answers viewer questions, so a lot of topics are covered within ...
07/14/09

Episode 94 - Prepping Your Hard Drive for Data Recovery

Robbie explains data recovery, and why it can be necessary after a hard drive or other media crash. We'll learn to remove a hard drive from your PC and prepare it for safe shipping to a data recovery lab, and even get free shipping and a free quote ...
07/07/09