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Category5 Technology TV
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.
Wyze Cams and an ODROID C2
- Episode 591
- January 16, 2019
- 3,388
This week, Robbie and Sasha take a look at how the Wyze Cams work. They're the world's most affordable smart surveillance camera, and we'll give them a try. Then, let's open up an ODROID C2 single board computer. It's been around for a while, but it's still an awesome board in high demand. We also have what could be the best ODROID C2 case ever.
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Smart Home Surveillance and 4K Video Editing Magic
- Jan 9, 2019
- 4,291
Let 'er Rip
- Jan 2, 2019
- 2,922
Category5 Christmas Musical
- Dec 26, 2018
- 853
Don't Reset The Modem
- Dec 19, 2018
- 7,335
Battle of the Home Automation Assistants
- Dec 12, 2018
- 1,455
Raspberry Pi as a Development Web Server - Part 2
- Episode 433
- January 5, 2016
- 753,374
We continue setting up our Pi web server with PHP and a strong Linux firewall (CSF/LFD). We also get things going on deploying MariaDB, but haven't quite got there yet. On GIMP Tips, we look at creating gradients and how to make the edges super-smooth.
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Making Windows 8/8.1 Look and Feel Like Windows 7
- Nov 12, 2013
- 752,260
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 737,895
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 729,145
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 703,706
The Category5.TV Newsroom
A weekly tech-centric news broadcast with a Linux bias (Part of Category5 Technology TV).
Top Stories for the Week of January 16, 2019
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- A recently discovered ransomware group has netted almost $4 million since August by adopting a “big game hunting” strategy
- Qualcomm's patent lawsuit against Apple has been dismissed as groundless by a court in Mannheim, Germany.
- YouTube clips that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing “pranks” have been banned from the platform.
- Nike has launched self-lacing trainers, which fit themselves to the shape of the foot and are controlled via a smartphone.
Top Stories for the Week of January 9, 2019
- 1,119
- Apple has been ordered to remove some iPhone models from its stores in Germany over a patent dispute with chip giant Qualcomm.
- Windows 10 Home edition will finally let you turn off automatic updates.
- AI could reduce the tech in your smartphone
- A hidden world in the NES ‘Legend of Zelda’ was just uncovered ... 30 years later
Top Stories for the Week of January 2, 2019
- 1,021
- Several US newspapers suffered major printing and delivery disruptions on Saturday following a cyber-attack.
- India will ban ecommerce companies such as Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart from selling products from companies in which they have an equity interest.
- The first autonomous freight train network is fully operational.
- Elon Musk claims to be "on track" for a 2026 Mars colony mission – and reveals who will be on board the first trips.
Top Stories for the Week of December 19, 2018
- 174
- Samsung has Patented a Phone Display That Projects Star Wars-Like Holograms
- Fitbit has rolled out OS 3.0 for Versa and Ionic with new apps, more stats, and a bright future
- Yay - More Facebook security woes: the latest bug exposed the private photos of 6.8 million users
- Capture, an iPhone 3D scanner app, hints at the future of augmented reality
Top Stories for the Week of December 12, 2018
- 228
- Google's parent company, Alphabet, will test its drone delivery service in Finland next year.
- Microsoft Edge is Dead. Seriously. Microsoft is building its own Chromium browser to replace the default on Windows 10.
- Google is Expediting the Closure of Google+ After Another Security Bug
- For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars.
Top Stories for the Week of December 5, 2018
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- NASA is going back to the moon with plans for a space station to be built within 10 years, and they're tapping into private businesses to make it happen.
- Microsoft has announced that it is enabling users to log into their Microsoft accounts without usernames and passwords.
- Microsoft's own Surface Book 2 is afflicted by Blue Screen Of Death errors following the most recent software updates.
- Nintendo has relaxed its rules for video-makers who share their gameplay on websites such as Twitch and YouTube.
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New Every Day
Join Jeff Weston and Pastor Lawrence Crews as they sit down for a practical heart to heart conversation each week exploring everyday life as a Christian in today's society.
Eternity to Eternity: Understanding Hell
- Episode 175
- December 7, 2018
- 138
This week Lawrence welcomes special guest Craig Pitts, author of Eternity to Eternity before a live audience. In our discussion on Hades, we'll come to understand hell, and what it actually means to spend eternity there.
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Talkback #2 - God's Grace, Marijuana, and Being Bored for Eternity
- Nov 30, 2018
- 1,365
Talkback #1 - Church and Unanswered Prayer
- Nov 23, 2018
- 1,351
Happy Thanksgiving
- Nov 16, 2018
- 1,365
Acronyms and the Christian Walk
- Nov 9, 2018
- 1,367
The Authority of The Word of God
- Episode 21
- September 4, 2015
- 340,691
Being an effective witness for Christ starts with one truth: the Bible is the infallible Word of Almighty God. Join Carrie Webb, along with her father and guest, Rob Webb, as we explore the divine nature of the Word of God.
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Jesus' Claims to Deity
- Sep 11, 2015
- 339,182
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 2
- Aug 28, 2015
- 339,099
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 1
- Aug 21, 2015
- 337,706
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- Sep 18, 2015
- 336,632
The Pixel Shadow
Minetest (The Free Minecraft Alternative) runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, and we'll show you how to play.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - TPS Let's Play Nintendo Switch
- Episode 25
- January 1, 2019
- 280
Let's Play Nintendo Switch! In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Robbie learns he doesn't have what it takes to make the leaderboard, but MangleFox70 shows him how it's done. We'll do a race circuit, followed by battle mode. And what party is complete without balloons?
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Discovering Xanadu
- Apr 23, 2017
- 5,637
The Mysterious Room
- Apr 9, 2017
- 3,482
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 4)
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4,446
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 3)
- Mar 19, 2017
- 8,134
The Basic Survival House in Minetest
- Episode 1
- December 6, 2015
- 149,494
On the first episode of #thepixelshadow we'll get things started with the basics of Minetest with a simple goal: to build a house using nothing but resources which we've chopped down, dug up or crafted in survival mode! Here are the main topics of this episode: - Mining wood and stone. - Crafting wood sticks. - How to make wooden planks. - Crafting a furnace. - Smelting glass from sand. - Granting fast and fly privileges. - Making a pickaxe. - Crafting fancy doors using VanessaE's Home Decor mod. - Crafting a storage chest. - Crafting ladders. - Crafting a survival house. Hope you enjoy the show! Please give us a thumbs up, subscribe and share!
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Building a Mine in Minetest
- Jan 3, 2016
- 149,349
VanessaE's Public "Creative Building" Server in Minetest
- Jan 10, 2016
- 146,417
Protect Your Structures in Minetest
- Jan 17, 2016
- 142,997
Our First Build Battle
- Jan 24, 2016
- 138,582
Immersive Nature Sounds
Relax, study or work with peaceful natural sounds recorded in 360 VR.
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