Systm
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Systm was a weekly video podcast
Video podcast
Video podcast is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures...

 produced by Revision3, geared toward “the common geek”, a “This Old House
This Old House
This Old House is an American home improvement magazine and television series aired on the American television station Public Broadcasting Service which follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks.-Overview:...

” for geeks, hosted by Patrick Norton
Patrick Norton
Patrick Norton is most commonly known as the former co-host and managing editor of The Screen Savers, an interactive television program on TechTV geared toward the technology enthusiast...

 and David Calkins, and focused on do it yourself projects.

History

Systm initially debuted on May 23, 2005 and was the second videocast show under the newly founded Revision3. The first hosts for Systm were Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk...

 and Dan Huard
Dan Huard
Dan Huard is a computer enthusiast and American television personality who resides in San Francisco, California. Huard is best known for his work on the TechTV television program The Screen Savers, an hour-long technology-related variety show.-Early life:Huard attended California State...

. From May 23, 2005, to May 17, 2006, Rose and Huard hosted six episodes of Systm. The show went on a temporary hiatus
Hiatus (television)
In television scheduling, a hiatus refers to a break of at least several weeks in the normal schedule of a broadcast programming. It can occur during a season of a television program, or can be between television seasons .- Planned hiatus :Many times television stations will implement a hiatus...

 until it was resurrected on May 11, 2007, with Norton and David Randolph (who first appeared in episode 3) as the new hosts. The show ran bi-weekly until September 11, 2007, when it began to air weekly.

On April 21, 2008, the departure of David Randolph as a regular host was announced (episode 47) and was shortly replaced by David Calkins.

The show used to be filmed in David Randolph's home but has since moved to the Revision3 studio facility, first as a physical set and more recently as a virtual (green screen) set in the style of the previous physical set - the reason for this move according to Norton is to free up the area for third party companies who use the studio who often need green screens.

On June 15, 2009, Revision3 announced that Systm would no longer be its own show, but would instead become a feature segment of Tekzilla
Tekzilla
Tekzilla is a biweekly video podcast on the Revision3 network. It is currently hosted by Patrick Norton, Veronica Belmont and Robert Heron with Garnett Lee and Roger Chang as frequent guest hosts...

.

Format

Each 10-40 minute episode focuses on a single topic. They cover topics such as: building a portable “war-spying box” to intercept and view signals from unencrypted wireless X10
X10 Wireless Technology
X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. is an American subsidiary of a Hong Kong-Bermuda company best known for marketing wireless video cameras using controversial pop-under advertisements. It was founded in 1999 in Kent, Washington.- History :...

 cameras, building a TiVo
TiVo
TiVo is a digital video recorder developed and marketed by TiVo, Inc. and introduced in 1999. TiVo provides an on-screen guide of scheduled broadcast programming television programs, whose features include "Season Pass" schedules which record every new episode of a series, and "WishList"...

-like device using the open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 program MythTV
MythTV
MythTV is a free and open source home entertainment application with a simplified "10-foot user interface" design for the living-room TV, and turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a network streaming digital video recorder, a digital multimedia home entertainment system, or home theater...

, home-made audio/video cables that are comparable to Monster Cables, and working with the open-source PBX, Asterisk
Asterisk PBX
Asterisk is a software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange ; it was created in 1999 by Mark Spencer of Digium. Like any PBX, it allows attached telephones to make calls to one another, and to connect to other telephone services including the public switched telephone network and...

. The show has also had special Ecosystm episodes that featured biofuel and thoughts on conserving electricity.

Distribution

Systm is distributed over BitTorrent and direct download in a variety of formats, including XviD
XviD
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, Windows Media Video
Windows Media Video
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, and Quicktime
QuickTime
QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The classic version of QuickTime is available for Windows XP and later, as well as Mac OS X Leopard and...

. It is also available as a videocast on the iTunes Music Store, and is included in the weekly rotation on RantTV.

Subsystm

Subsystm is a project of the Systm crew, designed as a sidecar to the main show. When particular events happen, covered on Systm, that pique the interests of the shows staff they may examine it further in a Subsystm episode. Subsystm is a shorter, much more technical exploration. The first episode featured an iPod nano
IPod nano
iPod Nano is a digital media player designed and marketed by Apple Inc.. The first generation of iPod Nano was introduced on September 7, 2005 as a replacement for iPod Mini. It uses flash memory for storage. iPod Nano has gone through six models, or generations, since its introduction...

 being opened up and the hardware examined. The second episode featured instructions on installing Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 on the Apple TV. These are the only episodes that have currently been created.

Merging with Tekzilla

As of episode 109 We're Making Some Changes... of Systm, Systm will be doing shorter hands on activities inside of Revison3's series Tekzilla. Regular episodes of Systm will be coming but not on a regular schedule.

Episode list

Weblink Date Title
Episode 1 May 23, 2005 Building a War Spying Box
Episode 2 June 2, 2005 MythTV
Episode 3 July 30, 2005 Making High Quality A/V Cables
Episode 4 September 20, 2005 Podcasting
Episode 5 December 21, 2005 Asterisk
Episode 6 May 17, 2006 Maker Faire
Episode 7 May 11, 2007 AppleTV
Episode 8 May 18, 2007 Crane Game
Episode 9 June 1, 2007 Maker Faire 2007
Episode 10 June 15, 2007 Digg the Digg Button
Episode 11 June 30, 2007 Cracking the iPhone
Episode 12 July 13, 2007 AVR101
Episode 13 July 27, 2007 Workbench
Episode 14 August 10, 2007 Geek Tools 101
Episode 15 August 24, 2007 PCB Etching
Episode 16 September 11, 2007 Long Hop Wireless
Episode 17 September 17, 2007 Saving Energy
Episode 18 September 24, 2007 Obey the Laws (of Power)
Episode 19 October 1, 2007 Amps and Violence
Episode 20 October 8, 2007 Batteries: The Organic iPod/LiO Fire Battery Failures
Episode 21 October 15, 2007 EcoSystm: Biodiesel!
Episode 22 October 22, 2007 Under the Sea with an R.O.V.
Episode 23 October 29, 2007 Motion Activated Silly String Shooter
Episode 24 November 5, 2007 The Month of MAME: The Cabinet
Episode 25 November 12, 2007 MAME Case II
Episode 26 November 19, 2007 MAME Part 3: Mounting the TV, Buttons, Trackball, Coin Door and Speakers!
Episode 27 November 26, 2007 MAME Part 4: OS, Emulators, Wiring Those Buttons!
Episode 28 December 4, 2007 MAME Part 5: It's Over...
Episode 29 December 10, 2007 Viewer Questions, Comments and the great Lemon Battery Part Deux.
Episode 30 December 17, 2007 Voltage Regulators: Breadboarding a DIY USB Power Supply
Episode 31 December 31, 2007 Wired Magazine/Living Homes Exhibit in LA
Episode 32 January 7, 2008 DIY Hydrogen for More MPG: Part 1
Episode 33 January 14, 2008 DIY Live Broadcasting Online
Episode 34 January 21, 2008 Painting Your Project, Notebook or PC: Rattlecan 101
Episode 35 January 28, 2008 Share Internet Access at Highway Speeds: EVDO + WiFi
Episode 36 February 4, 2008 Avoid a Fire - Wire your Car Safely
Episode 37 February 11, 2008 A Badass Firewall From A Junk PC
Episode 38 February 18, 2008 Waterproof Your Thumbdrive
Episode 39 February 25, 2008 Automate Guitar Hero
Episode 40 March 3, 2008 DIY Combat Robot
Episode 41 March 10, 2008 Systm Builds a Cannon
Episode 42 March 17, 2008 We Need A Bigger Cannon... and a VersaLaser!
Episode 43 March 24, 2008 Pimp Your Laptop with Paint, Lasers and Fur
Episode 44 March 31, 2008 Create light with Mentos, save gas and generate free power!
Episode 45 April 7, 2008 Practically Free DIY WiFi Antennas
Episode 46 April 14, 2008 Versalaser
Episode 47 April 21, 2008 Overclock your PC
Episode 48 April 28, 2008 Watercooling is Fun!
Episode 49 May 5, 2008 Gas Prices killing you? We can help you max out your MPG!
Episode 50 May 12, 2008 Add Night Vision To Your Car: Avoid Suicidal Deer
Episode 51 May 19, 2008 DIY Liquor: Distill Your Own Alcohol
Episode 52 May 27, 2008 Build a Must-Have iPod Accessory
Episode 53 June 2, 2008 The diyMod: Ultimate Audio or a Dead iPod
Episode 54 June 9, 2008 Super Cooling Your PC
Episode 55 June 16, 2008 Dead Motherboard Delays Systm 55
Episode 56 June 19, 2008 Drop Your CPU Temp 10 Degrees For Only $213!
Episode 57 June 23, 2008 DIY Portable Power Pack Keeps Your Toys Running
Episode 58 June 30, 2008 The Best Way To Run Windows On Your Mac: VMWare vs. Parallels
Episode 59 July 7, 2008 Install Blu-Ray Playback into your HTPC
Episode 60 July 14, 2008 Build Your Own NAS
Episode 61 July 21, 2008 Build an Android
Episode 62 July 28, 2008 Bluetooth Speakerphone Mod
Episode 63 August 4, 2008 3 Secrets To Awesome Surround Sound
Episode 64 August 18, 2008 MythTV: Free Media Center From a Junk PC!
Episode 65 August 25, 2008 Build The Perfect Windows Media Center PC
Episode 66 September 1, 2008 Photo Archaeology
Episode 67 September 8, 2008 Build Yourself A 'Segway'
Episode 68 September 10, 2008 Build a 1080p HD Projector
Episode 69 September 15, 2008 Insane Origami! aka How to Fold a Satellite
Episode 70 September 22, 2008 DIY Electroluminescence: Great Light Without The Shocks
Episode 71 September 29, 2008 Free $500 Router Upgrade (For your junk $50 Router!)
Episode 72 October 6, 2008 Make Electricity Sing: Build a Theremin
Episode 73 October 13, 2008 Build a 3D Scanner From A $25 Laser Level
Episode 74 October 22, 2008 Stop Scammers: Nuke, Grind or Melt Your Hard Drive
Episode 75 October 27, 2008 DIY Halloween Projects
Episode 76 November 3, 2008 DIY RFID Beer Safe
Episode 77 November 10, 2008 Wardriving in 60 Seconds, AK-47 vs. HD, EL Noise
Episode 78 November 17, 2008 Dead Space: We Built Gravity Boots
Episode 79 November 24, 2008 Build a Sumo Robot From Hell
Episode 80 December 1, 2008 DIY Portable Nintendo 64
Episode 81 December 8, 2008 Soldering Your Own Headphone Amp
Episode 82 December 15, 2008 4 Fun Fruit Cake Hacks
Episode 83 December 22, 2008 Unlock Secret Features On Your Digital Camera
Episode 84 December 29, 2008 How To Rip and Encode DVDs
Episode 85 January 5, 2009 Cheap and Easy Hard Drive Upgrade
Episode 86 January 12, 2009 Three Portable USB Battery Packs You Can Build
Episode 87 January 19, 2009 Stream Your Video and Music Anywhere!
Episode 88 January 26, 2009 Video Jukebox Part 2: Build Your Movie Server
Episode 89 February 2, 2009 Easy Flash Drive Boot: Run Windows Or Ubuntu On Any PC!
Episode 90 February 9, 2009 Dynamic DNS: Access Your Home Computer Remotely
Episode 91 February 16, 2009 Want The Best HDTV Picture? Got $20? You Can Calibrate Your HDTV Like A Pro!
Episode 92 February 23, 2009 Lightsaber Build: Exact Star Wars Replicas, Totally Custom, And A Duel!
Episode 93 March 2, 2009 UPS + Car Battery = More Computing (Or a 48 Hour Disco Ball?!?)
Episode 94 March 9, 2009 How to Build an Oil-Cooled Aquarium PC
Episode 95 March 16, 2009 How Badass is Your PC? Benchmark It!
Episode 96 March 23, 2009 Better Bass Cheap and Easy: Build a Cardboard Subwoofer!
Episode 97 March 30, 2009 Giant Hamster Wheel Powers Your PC
Episode 98 April 6, 2009 Build A Custom Windows Recovery Disk!
Episode 99 April 13, 2009 Add Multiple Power Outlets to Your Car
Episode 100 April 20, 2009 DIY Flame Thrower for 100 Episodes
Episode 101 April 27, 2009 Liquid Nitrogen Makes Delicious Ice Cream in Under a Minute!
Episode 102 May 4, 2009 Raise A Flag Everytime you Get Gmail: Microcontrollers 101
Episode 103 May 11, 2009 DIY - Beer Robot
Episode 104 May 18, 2009 Build a Remote Controlled Beer Keg
Episode 105 May 25, 2009 Video Jukebox Part 3: Build a MediaTomb
Episode 106 June 1, 2009 Control Your PC From Anywhere!
Episode 107 June 8, 2009 Lego Mindstorms: Robot Building Made Easy
Episode 108 June 15, 2009 The Free NAS That Recovers Data If A Drive Fails!
Episode 109 June 22, 2009 We're Making Some Changes...

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