June 24, 2008 Feature:  Why you should never buy (or sell) an "el-cheapo" power supply for your PC.  Featuring Thermaltake's Purepower 430W, TR2 550W and Toughpower 850W power supply units.

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• Viewer Question:  I'd like to add a link to a static content item in Joomla! from an image button, but I don't want the static item to appear on any of the site's menus.  How do I get the URL of the file so that I can make a link on an image? 
• Note about Mdemi's issue last week (Resolved) and Linux permissions.
• Viewer Question:  Can I use my ATI GPU with my integrated SLI graphics adapter?
• Describing what nVidia SLI is.
• Viewer Comment:  I'm running dual Voodoo2 cards in my PC.
• Featured Lesson:  Why you should not buy or sell 'el cheapo' power supplies.  Featuring real tests of five different power supplies: two generic PSUs and three Thermaltake units--the Purepower 430W, TR2-550W and the Toughpower Cable Management 850W power supply units.
• Talking about the Thermaltake five-year warranty on all their power supplies.
• Viewer Comment:  There is a lot of competition out there.
• Notes about why modular cable power supplies / cable management are so much nicer than standard power supplies.
• Viewer Question:  I love your power supply tester!  What is it?
• Viewer Question:  How can I add a photo gallery to Joomla!?
• Viewer Question:  Have you ever heard of "Tor"?
• Obtaining and installing Expose 4 for Joomla!.
• Viewer Question:  Can you do a show in which you teach us how to install Joomla!?
• Using the default password ("manager") to load Expose 4 for the first time.
• You should always change your default password on any program or device.  Here's why.
• Adding the Expose 4 gallery component to your Joomla! menu system.
• Viewer Comment:  You are brilliant.
• Viewer Comment:  You're going too fast!
• Viewer Question:  Do you have a 1-800 number?
• Viewer Question:  Could you do Category5 as a two-hour show?
• Robbie talks about how much work goes into Category5 episodes.
• Viewer Question:  Couldn't you have your wife do the show notes during the live broadcast?
• Robbie's appeal for a co-host.
• Viewer Comment:  I can hear resume's being typed.
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• How to add the Category5 / ustream IRC chat to Pidgin.
• Viewer Question:  Does anyone run Kubuntu?
• Viewer Question:  How do I get my wireless card to work in Ubuntu?
• Viewer Comment:  I made the mistake of installing KDE using apt-get.
• Viewer Question:  Is there an ndiswrapper for printers or scanners in Linux?
• Using the GIMP to access your scanner.
• Using the Category5 forum to help many people at once.
  

Links:

• Simcoe County Arts and Crafts Association:  scaca.ca
  
• Thermaltake:  thermaltakeusa.com
• FrozenCPU Ultimate LCD Power Tester:  frozencpu.com
• Expose 4 Flash Photo / Video Gallery for Joomla!:  gotgtek.net 
• Kubuntu:  kubuntu.org
  

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Clifford, Registered

Wish I had seen this show before I bought a replacement pwr supply for my Compaq.

 Posted 2009-01-10 22:47:35

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