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Originally aired on April 19th, 2011.

Starring: Robbie Ferguson.



Notes:
This episode is sponsored in part by: Planet Calypso & Pogoplug.

Topics Covered:

  • Robbie Ferguson and Christa Wells present in studio.
  • Robbie explains a little about what happened last week with the crashing server, and how you can help.
  • Robbie opens up the files to prepare for editing the web site.
  • Interview: Loudon Owen, Chairman of i4i in Toronto.
  • Understanding what i4i software is, and how they got involved in a sizeable lawsuit with Microsoft.
  • The size of i4i, as a growing company.
  • The process i4i had to go through to get to the point where the courts awarded them roughly $290 million in 2009 in their lawsuit against Microsoft.
  • How Microsoft infringed on i4i's patent.
  • Understanding the implications of what would happen to patents in the event that Microsoft wins their US Supreme Court lawsuit with i4i.
  • What viewers and the general public can do to stand up against companies such as Microsoft to uphold legitimate patents.
  • Top stories from the Category5 TV Newsroom.
  • Feature: Web Development Part 7. Padding our header text and positioning our Polaroid image.
  • How to add comments to CSS.
  • Adding a border on your div using CSS, so you can see the dimensions and position of the div.
  • Sizing the width of our header text div to match our mockup.
  • Centering text within an element using CSS.
  • Using copy-and-paste in GiMP / Photoshop to measure how many pixels an element is.
  • Placing our Polaroid image within our web site header.
  • Using CSS to float our elements in the header.
  • Using CSS to create virtual layers of images and content.
  • Creating a div wrapper with a background image.
  • Viewer Comment: There is one week left for the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle.
  • Robbie's push to obtain content from customers has resulted in a very busy schedule, when it all comes together at once.
  • Christa is more important than most people.
  • Christa plans to post a bio on the Category5 web site.
  • How Category5 TV tries to make a difference for Earth Day (and every day).

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Please note: this is a very old episode.
Some of the technologies highlighted may be obsolete or unavailable.