Category5 Technology TV (HD Video)

Category5 TV Network

Weekly live digital TV show with Robbie Ferguson focused on topics of interest to tech minds. Ask your questions and get live answers. Recipient of 2014 and 2017 Top 100 Tech Podcasters award. The broadcast-length format aired from 2007-2021 before switch

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522 episodes
Updated Jan 14, 2021

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May 20, 2020 · 55 min
Living Out of Boxes - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 651
Robbie's digging through boxes before the show to ensure we can broadcast from our new studio. We'll chat about how things are progressing with our new space. We'll also get a look at setting up port forwarding rules in MikroTik routers, and Bekah re...
May 13, 2020 · 47 min
Getting Started with MikroTik Routers - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 650
Robbie gets things rolling in our MikroTik router series by starting at the beginning: Bridging our modem and setting up MikroTik as a new gateway for our network. Bekah is on the newsdesk, Robert has a great list of recommended cryptocurrency podcas...
May 6, 2020 · 49 min
Making My Computer Stuff Quieter - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 649
Robbie's been doing a lot of work in the production room, and the servers are really noisy! So we'll set out to reduce the noise by replacing a fan in our backup drive. After that, listening to music is much more enjoyable, so we'll look at a fun way...
Apr 29, 2020 · 53 min
Live From The Bridge - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 648
As Robbie continues to work hard to establish a functioning studio space during a pandemic, he'll broadcast from The Bridge--our production studio--this week. We'll discuss MikroTik routers as he introduces our upcoming series on configuring these po...
Apr 22, 2020 · 55 min
Making It Work During A Global Pandemic - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 647
Category5 is back and broadcasting from its new studio, but who could have predicted a global pandemic occurring during our downtime as we prepared to move? Robbie is joined by Tom Costantino (Co-Producer, The Orville), Brandon Fayette (VFX Superviso...
Mar 18, 2020 · 25 min
Kickstarter Zoom Group Chat # 1 (Take 2) - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 646
Having held our first Kickstarter Zoom group chat earlier that night, this is the followup conversation as the first one didn't record (supremely exclusive)! We're getting everything packed up, and it's coming along. We'll show you the difference in ...
Mar 5, 2020 · 1 hr 35 min
Goodbye, Studio D - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 645
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.
Feb 27, 2020 · 1 hr 12 min
An Interview with TheCanadianHacker - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 644
We often hear the question: Why do hackers hack? A lot of times, the answer is simple... it's for the money. But in the case of TheCanadianHacker, he wants to warn people about the exploits that exist on their network before some other hacker uses it...
Feb 20, 2020 · 1 hr 13 min
Canless Air and Linux as a Windows 10 Alternative - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 643
We may not think twice about buying a can of compressed air to clean our computers, electronics and camera lenses, but John W. Scherer has a better solution; environmentally, safety-wise, and even quality-wise. We'll also chat about what the on-air t...
Feb 13, 2020 · 1 hr 19 min
Web Sites as Apps and a Single Charger for All Our Devices - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 642
Jeff shares a USB charger that lets us charge up to 6 phones at a time, Robbie's got a cool Linux application that runs web sites as if they're apps, and Sasha's got the week's tech news.
Feb 6, 2020 · 1 hr 12 min
The $200 Pinebook Pro ANSI Linux Laptop Has Arrived - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 641
The first batch of Pinebook Pro ANSI (US Keyboard Layout) Linux laptops has shipped. At just $200 and coming with Debian Linux pre-installed, we really want to get a close look at this groundbreaking daily driver of a laptop from Pine64.
Jan 23, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min
Understanding Modern Cyber Threats - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 640
Robbie visited Raf Bivar at ESET Canada's head office in Toronto to discuss the current threat landscape, and what businesses need to know to protect their data in 2020. We'll also check in on Robbie's weight loss progress as he uses tech to guide hi...
Jan 16, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Image Vector Tracing and DIY Presence Monitoring - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 639
Robbie's solo again this week, and it's a great opportunity to geek out in the Linux terminal! So let's learn to trace vector paths on raster images and create a doorbell system that performs any action as soon as your staff approach the building. We...
Jan 9, 2020 · 1 hr 19 min
Tech to Help New Year's Resolutions - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 638
Happy new year 2020! Robbie has come up with a novel goal for the new year: To educate himself about his health. The hope is to use this information to achieve weight loss and better long-term health, without ever having to really focus on the mundan...
Dec 19, 2019 · 58 min
Robbie's Solo and Starting The Custom NAS Build - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 637
In light of the winter storm, the team has the week off - but Robbie was already at the studio when it was called, so he's got this! Time to get started on our custom NAS solution, and Robbie will get into the Linux terminal, how to work with externa...
Dec 12, 2019 · 1 hr 24 min
The External Backup Decision and an Android Fire 7 Tablet - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 636
We polled the community and it's been decided: USB 3.1 Rev 2 for our external storage. We'll share a bit more about the decision and what's to come. We also have an Amazon Fire 7 Tablet and determine if you can get standard apps like YouTube or Chrom...
Dec 5, 2019 · 1 hr 11 min
PHP In Linux CLI, External Storage Dilemma and VLANs - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 635
PHP isn't limited to web services: Robbie will show you how to run your PHP scripts as command line apps on Linux. We'll also discuss the difficult decision between connectivity and future speed when looking at external storage, and how a VLAN could ...
Nov 28, 2019 · 59 min
Amazon Echo Flex Initial Setup and Unreal Tournament Turns 20 - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 634
It's hard to believe, but Unreal Tournament GOTY is 20 years old. It holds a special place for Category5 since it was UT LAN parties where Robbie and Jeff got to know one another all those years ago. We'll also look at the Amazon Echo Flex - a brand ...
Nov 21, 2019 · 1 hr 13 min
2019 Broadcast System Build (i9 9900k) - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 633
Our viewer community came together to contribute toward a needed broadcast system replacement. With the added help of Kingston Technology, Gigabyte and NVIDIA, we're ready to build our shiny new i9 9900k PC to use for live broadcasting and editing th...
Nov 14, 2019 · 1 hr 45 min
Industry Efficiency Through Solid Logistics - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 632
Dan Khasis, CEO of one of the world's biggest logistics software companies, Route4Me, joins us to discuss the technology that drives an industry that we don't always think about since it tends to happen behind the scenes: supply chain and fulfillment...