Podcast: Play in new window | Download

It’s time to play the music
It’s time to light the lights

The Students are back, Podcamp Philly is in a month, and everything is going at lightspeed. Good thing I had plenty of coffee in the house. But supplies are running low, the work is piling up and I may have to start foraging soon. Good things are that the Podcamp Philly T shirt designs have been finalized! Overall the computer setup in work was without issue, except for the one issue which I’m working on. A bunch of boring news you will hear reiterated 40 thousand times happened this past week. I consider it my solemn duty to find the off the beaten path type of stuff, so hopefully you get your fill of fun.

About Tonight’s show,I sifted through the tattered remains of my week to find bits of awesome content. Hopefully you enjoy steampunk, science fiction movies, coffee, t shirts and geekery as much as I do. But then again you ARE listening to the only place that has all of the above with any type of regularity! Enjoy the show.

Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free

Geek Cruft

• Boring News, Apple announces stuff, XBL price goes up DS price goes down
• CaffiNation Sci Fi Love, 100 years in the making
• 5 Sci Fi Movies that got bits of Science right before the fiction
• Speaking of Jules, and Verne. hows about a steampunk Optimus Prime? Sure why not
• Wookie the Chew, and other classics! I love his art but this is crazy awesome
• Death Metal, or Jazz or anything. Cremation Records
• Autocad, coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac… not sure what to think
• Hmmm playdoh that can carry electricity. Yeah this looks like a bomb
• They’re BAAACK, Commodore PC’s to start sell new tech in vintage shells
• iPhone App replacing Stethoscopes? not sure how I feel about this
• Liquid Nitrogen, Some Dude’s HAND equals Awesome Picture

Food and Caffeinated Bits

• Frosting Pen, Say it with Tasty!
• Awesome idea for a cup coozy
• Under the seat bottle opener
• How to represent coffee and not be naked
• Antioxidants not as plentiful in bottled tea when compared to homebrew
• Tune your beer to the right notes
• Awesome Back to school coffee guide. Mine is taking too long

Many Thanks for listening, Stay Caffeinated!

The CaffiNation is available on the TechPodcast Channel on Boxee, and the Roku!

Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page
Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune

One Hundred years ago, today, Science Fiction film was born with the debut of Le Voyage dans la lune, or “A Trip to the Moon” by Georges Méliès. The special effects are mighty innovative for their time and the story is a loose amalgam of two popular books From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne and The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells.

This stunning black and white movie has several different versions available. Originally running at around 14 minutes when displayed at 16 frames per second, which was industry standard at the time. This version running a bit quicker to smooth the action.

As with most things from that era there is a seedy story behind the finished product. It would seem that Georges Méliès had every intention of showing the movie around the United States but Thomas Edison’s film technicians made an illegal copy and distributed it all over the country. And this was well before bit torrent, or napster, so who could the studio’s blame? As a result, and despite the wide aclaim of the movie itself Méliès eventually went bankrupt.

Want to watch the movie? Check after the break and it shall be yours complete with classical music score.

Read the rest of this entry »

I am an absolute sucker for T shirts. I love buying them. I love wearing them. They help me not be naked. Which I have found in polite society, is probably a good thing. I was contacted by the fine folks from Coy Clothes about their coffee related T shirts. Well this was a win no matter how you slice it.

Lisa sent me a wonderful T shirt, a very very comfortable T shirt. With a coffee related patch on it, as seen to the left. These are not simple silk screened T shirts but rather canvas sown onto the shirt to highlight the design. Spiffy! They have a ton of neat designs over there, and as you can see they do make a stylish statement.

So if you want to not be naked, and represent Coffee, or bacon head on over and check them out!

*The Fine Folks at Coy Clothes Sent me a T Shirt for the purpose of  review, and wearing

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

We’re all here because we’re not all there tonight!

By the By that line above is from an Aerosmith song, It just fits me right about now so I’m sticking with it. Things are moving along as they tend to do around the Caffination Lair, nothing too huge planned. However other areas are ramping up, The Students are back, Podcamp Philly is in a month, and so many other little things are piling on. And I have no clue why my dog has decided to be extra skittish of late either. Is there a full moon coming or something?

About Tonight’s show, I found some truly awesome things from inventions which could literally change the world as we know it. To Flamethrower trombones… I reviewed a pretty awesome book, we run down the news of the day and I go off on a bit of a rant about the state of coffee blogging. Somehow the website is inching back towards productivity and I’m feeling better about the shows we are doing, I hope you are enjoying them too!

PODCAST MADNESS Ends Sept 1!

Check Back and Forward, New codes but the old still work!

Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free

Geek Cruft

• CaffiNation Book Review: Hello, Android
• Plastic back into oil?  Why are there not more of these machines?
• Call me from Gmail… WOW
• Bird safe windows
• Flamethrower Trombone… two words I never thought I would write together
• First the Tauntaun, then the bear, now a shark… sleep is getting dangerous
• Sleep is also getting more compact, can you tell i’d like a nap too?
• Buy fine crafted steampunk guns
• Or use your creativity and build a model yourself
• Yet another USB wall circuit, and why it isn’t a good idea yet
• Star Wars as a silent Movie, awesome but lacks James Earl Jones… which is sad
• I loved me some excite bike, now you can have it all over again

Food and Caffeinated Bits

• Coffee Articles that should not be
• Cupping via an app? Hows about some droid love, Via DSOC
• Bats OD on Coffee something Fierce Via DSOC
• Drink from your faucet
• Peel potatoes like a MAN
• But Grill like a GOD

Many Thanks for listening, Stay Caffeinated!

The CaffiNation is available on the TechPodcast Channel on Boxee, and the Roku!

Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page
Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune

We all love a good story. I’m a Tech / Coffee blogger and it’s my job to wade through the tons of fun little articles to bring only the best and brightest to you. Its been going on 5 years now that I’ve done this show, written this blog and read these articles. There has been a common thread lacing through each and every one of my weeks of research. There are three articles / article types that if removed would drastically drop my workload down.

Lets make it happen. These topics should be off limits to coffee bloggers from here on out. They have been done, over and over again.  I’m good at ranting, but I never wanted to be “that guy”. Like a movie critic who complained about acting in a comedy we need content but its time for some standards. It’s time to clear the filters of the blogosphere and let the crema rise to the top. Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

We’re all here because we’re not all there tonight!

Finding the time is not getting easier per say, but rather working with less time and less planned time is getting a bit smoother. I’m guessing i was just out of practice at working on no sleep. Beyond that things are pretty normal around here. And everything is moving along in work, There is something very satisfying about tackling problems with time to work on them.

About Tonight’s show, we have a mish mash of lighthearted news overall. I steered clear of the doom and gloom. Looking for a way to un-acoustify your guitar? Perhaps you wanted to know Look for secrets from your armchair and a Google earth install? Or mayhaps you wanted to cheer on your favorite nerd themed sports teams? Well all of those fun little bits as well as a goodly helping of caffeinated bits are yours for the taking.

PODCAST MADNESS The End is NIGH!

Check Back and Forward, New codes but the old still work!

Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free

Geek Cruft

• Secrets and information from Google earth
• Vote for Pacman!
• Guitar Hole Amp
• Petal drop rain collection system
• Lego… Steampunk… Sooo Awesome it hurts
• File this under things you would have a hard time shipping
• Android battery life helper, Plus my experiences with 2.2
• We’re all read through a plastic submarine
• D and D sports teams?
• Lady Java, double entendre theater, Slightly nsfw song
• Office Telephone, More than Slightly nsfw song: Apparently Geeks Loves Lady Gaga
• Nuetra Face, Because Fonts Need Love too. More Gaga, this one is older
• Standing Desk? I like the idea, don’t know if I could swing it

Food and Caffeinated Bits

• { Lolly } Pop Art
• Coffee Hero unplugged… a long strange road ahead
• You Roast too dark, Try what the wonderful world outside of dark roasted can bring
• Coffee Articles to come, got tangled up this week

Many Thanks for listening, Stay Caffeinated!

The CaffiNation is available on the TechPodcast Channel on Boxee, and the Roku!

Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page
Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

While I may have found the track, I’m not sure i’f I’m on it yet

Fun times are hear again, it is Wednesday, the day with the secret N. Its also time for yet another installment of the CaffiNation Podcast. While I may have found a bit of energy in some dark mystic corner of the coffee pot, there is no garuntee that I’ll be able to keep the party going for long. So with that in mind i cut out the junk and found only some fo the most interesting and offbeat content to share for the night.

Tonight’s show has a bit of things you may hear elsewhere, Like Net Neutrality and Facebook Places A bit you may find intriguing like Coffee toothpicks and bits that just had to be shared because of their sheer awesomeness, like a set of filing cabinets… Wait…. Doesn’t sound too awesome? Well you need to listen in to find out why they ARE!

PODCAST MADNESS The End is NIGH!

Check Back and Forward, New codes but the old still work!

Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free

Geek Cruft

• Facebook desperately trying to remain relevant takes on Geolocation, thanks Mom
• Google and Verizon throw some bits at a wall but will they stick?
• Immortal Trees loosing their potency, why not just cut off their head?
• Dislike at you own risk, beware of scams
• How to make office work fun! Add Mario
• If you deliver soda, your work is your pallet
• wii tablet? Fingerpainting sans mess just isn’t as fun
• iPad to finally get some competition
• First Chrome OS device to roll out soon!
• Homer, iPhone… iPhone… Homer DOH!
• Yes… this is the droid I’m looking for
• Snuggie for nerds
• Gadget Shaped Silly Bands… I never understood this trend

Food and Caffeinated Bits

• Coffee toothpicks for those hard to reach latte kinda days
• Portable, Recyclable French press. Pirillo?
• Zagat recognizes people like charcoal. Starbucks wins best coffee, again
• Bubble Tea I hardly Knew ye

Many Thanks for listening, Stay Caffeinated!

The CaffiNation is available on the TechPodcast Channel on Boxee, and the Roku!

Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page
Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Short of time large on fun, Baby steps to getting the show back on track

I sit here at a desk I should have been at long before, with a contrite and exhausted heart. I’ve missed more time than I intended but thats not going to slow me down, the problem is that I haven’t been forthritght with my notices. You deserve a post at the vvery least if and when things come up.

So we have a shortened show tonight, brimming with great bits of fun, and a fussy little helper. Did the whole show with my daughter on my arm because she’s having a bit of a rough go of it right now. Hopefully the sultry sounds of my voice lull her to sleep without dulling the awesome content we have for you

PODCAST MADNESS The End is NIGH!

Check Back and Forward, New codes but the old still work!

Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

Geek Cruft

• Venn Diagrams are awesome
• Sam’s Club now has wifi, is it free if you need to be a member?
• Dark Jedi have laundry problems
• Chill Pill… take one
• How lazy do you need to be to have a machine slink your slinky
  • [This is a clean show folks get your minds out of the gutter]
• Flash drive luggage Tag. Not too sure about this one
• Sharpie comes out with Liquid Pencil
• Weeble Wobble Markers?
• True Bona Fide Dustless chalk
• Ape on a DS

Food and Caffeinated Bits

• Horrid Espresso, dirty shame
• Revive Energy Mints Review
• The four M’s of Espresso
• Modified Mug for Cookie allowances?
• State of Coffee News, 3 good and three bad stories. Trend the good people

Many Thanks for listening, Stay Caffeinated!

The CaffiNation is available on the TechPodcast Channel on Boxee, and the Roku!

Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page
Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune

Hello formerly loyal listeners of the CaffiNation Podcast, I hope you’re still out there. So By now you may have noticed we missed two shows in a row… this is bad… very very bad. And something i can’t remember having done in a very long time.

I apologize. I can only offer the bags under my eyes and the nighttime crying, mostly from the baby, up as a panacea for your tech and caffeine deprived ears. I am committed to continuing to bring you awesome content. Hopefully the baby will calm down a bit. With most of the monumental functions for a little while out of the way I can focus on sleeping and enjoying coffee, and recording great shows.

I can’t do a show with lackluster effort, nor content. So If I wouldn’t listen to me I can’t in good conscience record something. I may end up moving to slightly shorter shows for a while in a concerted effort to get the best content and show out as possible. So stay tuned another episode isn’t too far behind.

“Life is not one big joke, life is a bunch of little ones all lined up right in a row… there they are”

~ Richard Pryor : Moving