I love Thinkgeek… There I’ve said it, again. Not only do they once again provide an outlet for the awesome geek cruft from all over the internet. But now they’re enabling the printer happy set to print their own valentines cards, for free. Or if you’d like to save a tree, sign the pdf and send it along. They have 4 different cards available to go along with their tons of other awesome stuff.
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Usually on the night of the Superbowl There is no CaffiNation. Unfortunatly this year not because of a party en mi casa,but rather a lack of the ability for coherent thought. My Brain is fried from a rough weekend without much sleep. So I’m turning in early tonight to give you my best tomorrow.
First off their OS becomes much slimmer since it doesn’t have to support older machines. However Apple’s are also usually built well. I have a 10 year old machine that still runs, and it was an everyday machine for 3 years. I have a 6 year old machine that is in mostly working order, only 1 usb port isn’t working, and this machine was very roughly used. The problem ends up being that the machines are built well enough to last but shuffled off to the also ran pile due to upgrades. What to do with the old machines then? One example is the timepiece to the side, but i think a $1,500 time piece is a bit outlandish don’t you? What would you rather have? A passable Machine that lasts a bit, but has a long tail for OS 3rd party app compatibility? OR An extremely well made machine which will soon be forced to backup status by frequent os / New 3rd party software compatibility issues? Tags: apple, obsolete, old machines, planned osolescence, recycled, recycled art
Imagine a world where the primary building material were mushrooms. Well it might not be too far off. When mushrooms grow the tiny fibrous root system that supports the fungi is called Mycelium. Apparently when dried this stuff is tougher than any proverbial nails. Non toxic, water resistant (something most bricks really aren’t) and mold resistant to boot. So in reality it could be used as support beams and insulation i the same home. Smurfy! A company called Ecovative is trying to bring this unusual building material to the public. Podcast: Play in new window | Download You know… I’m disappointed in the geeks Believe it or not today was my monday and it felt like it. The whole fam, save for me, went down for the count starting last friday. So we’ve been doing shots of lysol, and rubbing alcohol around these parts. Great Conversation leads to fantastic stories and information. A wonderfully full episode. Brimming over with awesome and topped with humor and rampaging cats. I’m focusing on putting more content on the blog as a whole, updates daily and one off fun news and design stories all week long. Its like a to go portion of my special brand of crazy. However for the random bits of detris and the slightly off color remarks caffination.tumblr.com will still hold sway. CaffiNation Live on Wednesday Nights at 11pm Eastern Sponsor: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Geek Cruft:
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What you may have missed this week Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People! Stay in Touch: Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune Tags: android, Coffee, coffee geeks, Google, gramophone, gutenberg, Lego, Nexus One, robot, shaving, simon, torrent
Wind energy is a lot more efficient, the only problem being that its much harder to find a sustainable wind source than a sunny day. Portable wind generators, provided they don’t need a ton of sustained wind would be a huge boon to emerging societies, relief work in remote locations or just being awesome all by your lonesome and blogging on a mountaintop. While just a concept piece the Eolic looks like it might have a horse in that race. Carbon Fibre and a small footprint could make this an interesting design to watch, and it looks just plain awesome, lets admit it. Tags: awesome, design concept, notreal, portable power, portable wind generator, wind generator
I love fair trade coffee, i’ve just never had the opportunity to enjoy fair trade Chocolate. For some reason the Coffee has gained more traction around here while people are content with buying Chocolate from the same old companies. Coffee it seems has started to transcend the role of a common commodity, which is awesome for me. The more places that have different coffee’s for me the better. While specialty products are available for almost anything, even special milk, eggs ect. Chocolate is only in its infancy in terms of widely available alternate product sources. I can’t wait to see where this goes. Either way be sure to check out The Good Human’s Valentines day contest! Tags: Contest, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Chocolate, fair trade coffee, The Good Human
A simple enough hack but ingenious. Take one part Wifi Detecting shirt from Thinkgeek, subtract fabric with scissors. Add in your car and shake and bake till it looks awesome. I’m not sure announcing your intent to go wardriving is the best practice considering the overall attitude towards borrowing another person’s poorly secured internet connection. But don’t tell that to MACGEEK. All thats left is to have a ipod doc on the license plate, and the need to replace the car every year to something with less buttons. All snark aside; I’m a sucker for crazy license plates so this hit a couple buttons here. Tags: geeky, Mac, security, shirt, WifiPodcast: Play in new window | Download Its an HTTP Error Silly With last week being off the charts crazy We’rte hoping for a much more sedate and productive week this time around. In that spirit we’ve been sending nothing but positive waves man. Google waves, non withstanding. By the by if you want an invite to google wave drop me a line and I’ll send one your direction. Tonights show was a fun process, I’m always working on the details of creating a CaffiNation Episode, so from time to time the hiccups in production create a happy accident. This was one of those times, i messed up the machine i use for recording only to find it better set up the new way. Hopefully the quality comes through in the end. I’m focusing on putting more content on the blog as a whole, updates daily and one off fun news and design stories all week long. Its like a to go portion of my special brand of crazy. However for the random bits of detris and the slightly off color remarks caffination.tumblr.com will still hold sway. CaffiNation Live on Wednesday Nights at 11pm Eastern Sponsor: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Geek Cruft:
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Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People! Stay in Touch: Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune Tags: Atari, Coffee, ethiopian coffee ceremony, gadgets, monopoly, Retro, roast, scanner, Snuggie, Tea, Video Games, worms |
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