CaffiNation 519: Fit to be Tied

Tonight's show we rock out the minutia, and hit the nonsense hard, and of course talk about geekery and coffee along the way. More than the past couple of weeks tonight's show is a real shoestring production. We have things from all walks of the internet jam packed into one awesome show just for you.

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Coffee Dreams

There is nothing more enjoyable then heading out to a cafe on your way home from work. Or stopping by for a sweet sweet cup on your way to a job. But what would happen if you worked at a coffee shop? I can imagine the task of picking through equipment to outfit a cafe would be [...]

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Tasty Tea

For years the CaffiNation has been only about coffee, at least perceptually. The logo is a coffee bean the old tagline was “Tunes and Tech, Coffee and all things Caffeine”, or “Fear the Bean”. But it hasn’t been true I love tea,, good tea, and I drink it almost as often as I drink coffee. [...]

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CaffiNation 518: PT

Tonight's show was just as off the wall as it usually ends up being, with everything from Shots to Hermit Crabs, from 3d Printing to Zombies, Mini cakes to Comic books and anything in between.

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Zombie Family Car Stickers

File this under things my wife won’t approve of. But i still think are awesome. I need to get these ZOMBIE FAMILY CAR STICKERS.

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Fizzgig!

The Dark Crystal, one of my favorite movies of all time, and partly the reason I still own a VCR, my kid is going to see the same version I did, no more of this buying the same movie every 8 years nonsense. Ranking right up there with the Black Cauldron as spooky and awesome [...]

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Set your Day to Awesome!

  It’s been a while since we debuted a new poster here. So this is the latest design to work its way out of my head. Thinking of the coffee mug like a knob on a dryer or an Awesome Machine. You know where i would set that bad boy! Right to 11. Anywhoo Enjoy Set your [...]

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CaffiNation 517: Theft

We move from ranting about serious subjects, to discussing zombie kill plans, We hit on Accents, and make fun of everyone, even ourselves. From Geek to Groan, this episode has some great puns, some good information and some hearty laughs.

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The CaffiNation visits NeedCaffeine.com

  Certain things in life need to be enjoyed to their fullest. Close your eyes, sip by gentle sip taking the world’s cares and pushing them to the side for one mug at a time. Do this enough and your problems might melt away. I was recently sent a wonderful care package by NeedCaffeine.com a fine purveyor [...]

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ACTA the next problem

So far we have fought for net nuetrality, and may or may not have won. We hit SOPA where it hurts, and PIPA is reeling. It’s alphabet soup. The latest head to pop up with this hydra is ACTA. It isn’t a US law, or a UK law. this is an international treaty, designed to [...]

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PIPA and SOPA votes postponed

As a general FYI and news of the Day bump, The votes for both PIPA and SOPA have been put on hold, it doesn’t mean they are dead, and with wonderful rhetoric like This Gem from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), “But the day will come when the Senators who forced this move will look back and realize [...]

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Abuse of Power

Yesterday wasn’t fun for me. I lost money, and lost a lot of fun. I lost ad revenue from people coming to my tiny little corner of the internet and clicking on an ad or two. Reading a funny post or learning a thing or two. Perhaps listening to the podcast that was supposed to record live [...]

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SOPA / PIPA DNS filtering “off the table”

You want power? You need to fight. You want to negotiate you have to ask for things you would be willing to cut to get what you really want. The biggest problems with the SOPA and PIPA legislation that everyone saw right off the bat was DNS filtering. You force sites off the internet by [...]

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Back in Black: Stop SOPA / PIPA

We here at the CaffiNation don’t take our freedoms lightly. And we are banding together with Boing Boing, Google and many other websites to show people what the internet means to our society. Bad legislation that gives unchecked power to not only disable sites, but to do so in a hamfisted way, which can very easily [...]

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CaffNation 515: 6 years

It’s been 6 years of doing this show! Thank you for your support Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions : Direct link to this Episode! I’m always looking for something to spice up the show, like a fine curry one show is never quite like the next. But after 6 years its hard to see the differences some [...]

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Live From CES with TPN

The CaffiNation Podcast has been running since January 9th 2006, and Since April of 2006 we have been part of the fine folks at the Techpodcast Network. As it is their custom the fine folks at the TPN are winging their way to Las Vegas for CES, the consumer Electronics show. Basically a week long technology festival [...]

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The dark side now has burgers

The french are know for a great many refined things in the world, dainty cheeses, varied wines, and champagne. Well you can add another culinary masterpiece, with a little geek flair thrown in. Enter, with appropriate music of course, the Darth Vader (apprently Vador in french) Burger! Actually the picture looks even more epic when [...]

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CaffiNation 514: Back Once Again

A Night as Clear as Day! Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions You would think with as much build up the holiday season has I would have been ready for it? Well i wasn’t in fact the last week leading up to the Holiday was a blur. Buildings moved at work, sling came off, arm is no [...]

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Happy Holidays From the CaffiNation!

We here at the CaffiNation Podcast and Puzzle Piece Productions would like to send out our warmest wishes to you and yours this holiday season. There are so many problems in the world it’s quite nice to spend a few moments with family and friends celebrating the things that are going your way. So our [...]

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CaffiNation 513: Noises

Bringing the Noise, the jury is still out on the funk Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions Getting into the Holiday mood was never a problem when you were younger. But what about now? How do you continue to kringle things up when you hit the Post childhood years? Why by finding tons of fun things to eyeball and [...]

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Stop SOPA Now!

If you like this website, hell if you hate this website, but like the ability to choose where you go online please read below. Quite Simply SOPA will allow the US government to turn off websites, on whim of a corporation. This will break the internet, no hyperbole. “Tomorrow, the US government will vote to have [...]

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Beam up the Savings!

You have to love a good old bad local commercial. And even more when they throw in a lovely swath of geek references. The USS Dodd doesn’t disappoint. And i guess even geeks need to sleep sometime… Now Don’t Klingon to those old mattresses… Classic. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rhett and Link had a new client [...]

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Sleep Trek Style

Ever wanted to fall asleep abroad the USS Enterprise, any of them. To fall asleep after leaving your post, to the sultry sounds of the warp cores humming in some far off section of the ship. Well wait no longer. Here is a 24hr loop of the Ambient engine noise from Star Trek TNG… Wow. Sooooo Soothing: [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Third Street Chai Festivus Chai

I recently got to try out Third Street Chai‘s Wonderful Festivus Chai. Little know fact this Coffee lover also happens to really enjoy Chai and Tea in various forms. If they are done well. This all natural Savory blend comes in at just the right time. Heat a little milk, throw in the concentrate and boom [...]

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CaffiNation 512: K

We find ourselves with a ton of news and only so many hours a day to read it all in. The reviews are flowing once more, we have a fresh fire lit under my can and a wonderful outlook for the holiday season. This show has some bad jokes some good laughs and some wonderful discussion. All in a nights work. You really owe it to yourself to make the live show. We do our best to throw down a good time!

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Autobot Transformer Ukulele

There are few things in life more pleasurable than learning how to play an instrument. what would happen if that instrument was also awesome in its own right? Why the sheer force of awesomeness would flow forth from your apartment or garage and George Carlin would show up in a time traveling phone booth…   [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: KeepCup

We all love having our tasty hot beverages on the go, and now with KeepCup the options to do so are growing in a much more earth friendly manner. I’ve been play testing this replacement for a take out cup for about a month now. And I’d like to share my findings with you. What is a [...]

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House of the Rising Sun Old School Computer Remix

Who hasn’t felt the pangs of loss when an old scanner goes to that great digital divide in the sky? Who hasn’t had a moment of heartbreak as a digital denizen passes on? Well imagine if all your old tech could sing. That is what you get when Stepper Motors and other bits and bobs [...]

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The Secret to Good Coffee

I like making coffee almost as much as I like drinking coffee. Which I guess is helpful, but the problem with loving coffee is that you need to be able to repeat the results for company. Now I previously posted 5 tips for making coffee for company. Please consider this an update. Secrets on making coffee people [...]

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CaffiNation 511: Mensmerizing!

Turkey Hangover ain’t no joke Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions A lot of news got snowed under by the mountain of savings that happened this past week. We shuffle through the marketing fluff to find you the best in bad jokes and the worst in horrible puns. We find some fun additions to our favorite software bundles, we [...]

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CaffiNation 510: Woo Hoo

A nice week of recovery, some good news from the doctor and a lot of things getting done. A bit of geekery and a lot of bad humor and you have tonight's episode. We hit everything from Google TV to vertical chess. Talk about some epic thanksgiving feasts to be had and discuss the wonders of lollipops and true fair trade coffee.

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AgroEcology Coffee

Some stories start out as a simple review. get a product, review the product, publish findings. I’m not going to lie, I love getting coffee sent to me to review. AgroEco Nicaraguan coffee did more than teach me how to spell Nicaragua, it opened my eyes a bit. But before we get into the heavy stuff lets clear [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Savor Sweets Espresso Candy

What do you get when you mix real ingredients, with actual sugar and a commitment to being environmentally friends? Well a tasty treat if you do it right. The fine folks at Savor Sweets are home to a whole host of different examples of how to do this right. And they were kind enough to send some samples [...]

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Google Music Grows up

  No longer in Beta, Google has announced an update to their Google Music Service. Here is the breakdown. The service will remain free to host 20,000 of your tracks online, for streaming playback via mobile devices, download and syncing of playlists between devices.  I love being able to set a playlist as available for offline playback [...]

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CaffiNation 509: Special Edition

Shoulder Surgery Went well, but i’m not well enough to pitch a fit… get it? Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions This has been a long layoff, I lost a whole week there recovering from the shoulder surgery. Still not back to being 100 percent, I lot has gone into the news about 99, or the 1 [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews NBA2k12

What do some of these names mean to you?   Kareem Abdul-Jabba, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving,  Patrick Ewing,  Magic Johnson,  Michael Jordan,   Karl Malone,  Hakeem Olajuwon,  Scottie Pippen,  Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, John Stockton, Isiah Thomas, Jerry West? If you are a fan of basketball then they mean years of memories, history that lives on beyond the end of eachseason. This year [...]

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Comfort Coffee

The air has a chill to it. The leaves have almost all fallen. And the days feel right. Coffee means a lot of things to a lot of people, to me it means Comfort. Comfort A smooth deep brew slowly wafting sultry scents your way A promise of comfort, A premiss of decadence Coffee this [...]

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Mrs CaffiNation’s Pumpkin Pie Brownies

On episode 507,  we talked a bit about the Pumpkin Pie Brownies from Foodbeast. Well I also sent Mrs CaffiNation the same story. And since I’m all laid up after shoulder surgery she made a couple chnges and whipped up some sinfully tasty goodies. Thick fudge Pumpkin pie goodness. Rather than use the Brownie mix as a basis for [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Wired Waffles

What would happen if you were able to enjoy your favorite breakfast food and have the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, without the spill hazard? Well the folks at Wired Waffles have the answer. They recently sent us a sample of their wares to run through its paces. We have previously covered these [...]

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Holiday Tea Treats

The following recipes have been shared with me by the fine folks at Lipton, so I pass them along to you as they look mighty tasty. I love when brands share out recipes for any event, and as per usual you can substitute your favorite brand of tea or brew your own into the recipes as you see [...]

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CaffiNation 508: Traction

On tonight's show we have a decent crop of fun articles dealing with the Dia de Los Muertos!, a Halloween Rap up and a few zombie bits thrown in. We have pumpkins galore, Star Wars, and some fun video game news to break. Overall the show was fun, the live show, well attended and the content is awesome. What more could you want?

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Traditional pumpkin carvings

This year we are rocking out the traditional pumpkin shapes. With time being limited I would rather have two clean looking pumpkin ghouls. Not too shabby for 25 minutes per pumpkin. How do you throw down for all hallows eve? I personally love making a tall steaming cup of coffee, chatting with the neighbors and [...]

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AT-AT RC

  I wonder how the battle on Hoth would have turned out if the Empire had been rocking these sweet rides. No pesky flying ships trailing chains to trip up a lumbering machine.Christopher Aleria had a different idea of what a AT AT should be, and he used a Axial Rock Cralwer as the base for this one [...]

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Caffination 507: Spooky Awesome

We Also decide to dive headfirst into the wonderful season that is almost upon us. Since this is our last show before Halloween we have a bevy of spooky and funny stories to share, some last minute costume ideas and of course lots of pumpkins. Tonight we also flip things around a bit on Coffee Up!

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Mike Wazowski Pumpkin Carving

I love carving Pumpkins, and this is the time of year I get to show off my favorite designs. Now Pumpkins don’t always end up what they were intended to be. I started this pumpkin as a Cyclops, but as i started to do the eye ym Son yelled MIKE WAZOWSKI! and I had to [...]

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EpicMegaTime Energon!

My son was asking me what transformers ate the other day. I of course answered Energon… An dthen he asked how you make it. And i didn’t have an answer… Now I do. In true Internet meme style. Back that truck up Playah! We bout to change the transformer game EpicMegaTime byNGSMOOV epic meal time [...]

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Smaug over the Lonely Mountain

Last year I started to carve a dragon, and messed up a bit. Put a hole in the other side of the pumpkin. Only one thing left to do when you mess up. Make it into something amazing. What dragon was bitten by a hole in the side of the mountain? None other than the [...]

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The One Pumpkin

Fantastic carving job A carvered Pumpkin, the black speech. I dare not utter it here. But this is a flava flave style pendent if you were to try and wear it around your neck. What does it make invisible? From the artist… “One pumpkin to scare them all One pumpkin to find them One pumpkin [...]

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CaffiNation 506: Zombie Fun

It has been quite a week, and quite a day around these parts. Lots of things getting done, but not a lot of news on one of our favorite topics. Coffee is like that some days there is a ton of stuff to talk about, others.... not so much. We have a bunch of Halloween themed stories to bring back from the dead, and some fun gadgets and news to discuss join us!

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Rocksmith, Forge your Skills

Are you a Rhythm Gamer? Guitar Hero god? Completed Physcobilly Freakout on iNSANE? nicely done. However real guitar players have long since derided these accomplishments as “button pushing” and other less savory terms. File Rock Band, Guiatr Hero and Dance Dance Revolution into the same catagory. Follow instructions on a screen to get better in a very specific set of tasks. [...]

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Siri – Then and Now

Siri is the new Apple personal assistant, voice recognition app. It can do so many things, and apparently one of them is comedy! Part of the challenge of designing software that reacts to people in real language is dealing with unexpected input. This isn’t a new problem, drop an F bomb in Zork, and you get [...]

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Fall cleaning at Google

  …   Google is officially ending a couple of their programs. Some of them today, others a bit further down the roadmap. Today for instance is the last time you can go into Google Labs! They announced that it would be closing down a while ago, and today… is that day. According to the [...]

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Zombie Candy Corn

Meet Out Out Damned Corn (Patient 0) and Return of Yellow #5 (Patient 1). Candy Monsters… tell your friends. In fact warn your friends.  Artist Andrew Bell has seen the light and in the creation of his project The Creatures in My Head. And he has set out to expose the dangers of zombie candy. We can only [...]

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CaffiNation 505: Not a Dinghy

Tonight's show is a pleasant mix of fun tech and wonderful caffeinated stories. We have Coffee in film, a hilariously SFW view of the adult industry and Sony... well being sony. Netflix, Nintendo and a Baby link also show up

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Blackboards in Porn

Who says the internet can’t teach you things. The Adult industry has long since used the taboo subject of  Student / Teacher flings as fodder for a genre of its films. But this site, in response to those films is hilarious. Blackboards in Porn is an academic studeny on the contents of the blackboards found in [...]

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Barcade Philly!

You know… I was just thinking how much I would love to be able to play retro video games (1980′s Style), and enjoy the fine atmosphere of a night out with my friends all at the same time. I’ve talk about the Barcade in Brooklyn, mostly in hushed reverential  tones. Never in my wildest dreams [...]

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Google TV plus Ubuntu

I have a wonderful little setup at home, a Ubuntu Media Server running Boxee in the basement, makes the experience watching tv a wonderful thing. Views all my movies, TV online and a ton of fun other little features. But one thing was missing. My Google TV was cut off from the Pack, I couldn’t watch my [...]

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Grateful Dead Wine

The band The Grateful Dead is a great many things, musical pioneers, community trailblazers. But up until now they haven’t been wine. And now they are.  joining the Wines that Rock collections along with the likes of the Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd. Available online in 3, 6, and 12 bottle packs. Enough for the whole [...]

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The passing of a giant

Steve Jobs died on October 5th 2011, at the age of 56. The news of which broke not an hour before we started to record our podcast. PodCast… As much as disagree with the association between iPods and podcasts, it’s there. And no amount of Portable on Demand broadcasting can change it. People listen on [...]

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CaffiNation 504: A Giant Falls

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life” ~Steve Jobs Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions The tone of tonights show was different right up until the time we had to record it. Am I going to spend the whole episode rehashing and talking about it? No, but things deserve their due. And a man [...]

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Shark Attack Mug

    You know you have a certain theme song in your head right now! Bah Dum, Bah Dum…. and so on Its a Shark that appears as you drink, and will eat your face, if he ever gets released from carbonite… or Porcelain. ( bucks is not a bad deal. I love the tagline, [...]

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World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)

 What do you get when an old school rapper like Method Man hits up some Sour / Sweet candy treats? Viral Gold… I love me some Sour Patch Kids. And according to the video a new game called World Gone Sour This video has some seriously quotable lines, and a lovely Star wars reference. World Gone Sour (The Lost [...]

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Free Portal 2 DLC is now available

Alright Party people. Portal 2 is a fan favorite around these parts. Both  hosts of this fine show have sunk numerous hours into the full and total enjoyment. But we crave more. Today! Those prayers have been answered. Portal 2′s first DLC pack including a continuation  of the storyline of Atlas and P-Body as well as [...]

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Coffee Up

A phrase I unabashedly derrived fromt he term Cowboy Up, indicating that the person was about to do some hard work. Same thing but for creative endeavors there is less likely to be a physical rammification for a poor performance, but any effort needs to be maxed out. Only one way I know to burn [...]

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History of Coffee Cultivation

    This image is one of my favorite projects from the past couple of years. I loved the original design, but it was a little off. this reworking of the concept, however slight I think shows off the data a bit better. What are you looking at? Well this is an infographic showing the [...]

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Coffee Power Up

Coffee is what fuels us, it is what powers so many things we do. I’ve shown this design before, and even printed out some fun giveaway posters. And of all of the things I’ve done this is one of my absolute favorites. I can think of no better story to throw down on National Coffee [...]

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National Coffee Day

So today, September 29th is National Coffee Day! What does that mean? Well a lot of differernt places are offering free coffee. But I’m taking a different route. I think you owe it to yourself to try and find the best coffee in your area and enjoy it. In fact take a few extra moments to savor [...]

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CaffiNation 503: Crema

Crema is produced when the coffee is extracted under pressure.  Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions We have an odd episode tonight. My brain wasn’t fully plugged in, not for lack of coffee mind you but I guess there is a short somewhere. If you watch the video you can actually see sparks I swear. there [...]

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DJ Kitty

        This is the internet, where would we be if there weren’t ca pictures. How about a cat product? No geek or nerd connection, just a fun pun. And at only 15 pounds who can’t win with this? Who has Cat Scratch Fever? Cat Scratch, A Turntable For Cats.

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Adidas Star Wars Campus Wampa Sneakers

  Sneakers are big business, and so is Star Wars. But do you the chops to actually buy and wear limited edition Wampa Fur Sneakers? Actually for 150 dollars you don’t get the finest in culled fur from long long ago, nor far far away. This is horsehair. With a fun Wampa logo, and a [...]

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This is Spinal Tape

    Look at this wonderful product shot. have a mild chuckle to yourself, now find a new story. I just saved you 8 dollars. That is what this roll of gag tape costs. 82 feet of a printed contiguous spinal cord. Vertebrae after vertebrae and not a single 11. OhGizmo! » Archive » This Product [...]

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Origami Cuptea Teabag

  The experiance of drinking tea is just as important as the taste. there is a ceremony involved in creating good tea, in enjoying it to its fullest. This product, dubbed Cuptea, by designer Lee Seo-jin brings all of that into one delightful package. At this point just a design exercise but the product is [...]

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Create-Your-Own Mug

Not sure when this came out but I love the idea. Starbucks has debuted a larger mug with a special coating on it. This coating, when written on with the included pen and baked in an oven becomes permanently marked with your words of wisdom, inspirational doodle or hilarious missive. And honestly $14.95 for a 16oz mug, [...]

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Snoballimus Prime

Yup that right there is optimus priime… As a Hostess Snowball. Apparently there is also a Chockwave cupcake, for Shockwave, but chocolate. I’m not sure if i have to explain this further than pointing at the picture. Yep… that just happened. Snoballimus Prime.

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Food Sculpture

  A collection of off the wall Sculptures and food based art. My personal favorite is the Pepper Skull above. and the Scallion Mantis below. Have you seen any other awesome food art? I myself have been known to dabble in carving, Apples, Pumpkins ect. Its almost time again.     h/t Mas @ IneedCoffee [...]

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Rubik’s Cube Mug

Its a mug shaped like the toy you could never beat. Let’s be honest ifyou were really good you would have the solved cube sitting there next to a normal mug… I’d like to see a mixed up version for those of us who couldn’t beat the system. $12.99 and it shall be yours h/t to TotallyCoolTech [...]

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Need More Coffee

Yup… Think the more you watch the more coffee I drink… By the by this was created with Social Gif if you have a webcam and 30 seconds you too can become teh internet STAR! you know i’m even starting to freak myself out here

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CaffiNation 502: Boom

A whole lotta latte, and a dash of humor Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions We have a fun show tonight, lots of little things went right this week and the news flow was nice and smooth. Work is still crazy and no one is sleeping but that is what coffee is all about AMIRITE? Let’s [...]

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Angry Bird’s Halloween Costumes

    Now is the time to get your Angry Birds All Hallows Eve Costumes… with the Paper Magic Group Angry Birds Costumes, I don’t know how much i have to say about these costumes, except I am a little sad they are so flat.. they need to be rounder, fuller. But if we are still talking [...]

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Borrow Kindle Books from your Local Library

One of my biggest problems with eBooks was that the act of sharing a book with a friend was lost, Libraries would cease to be a place were you could borrow an adventure or rent a thriller. Amazon’s Kindle is a huge gadget, it does one thing and does it beautifully. It allows you to [...]

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Fall Flavours: Coffee Confections

The fine folks at KRUPS  have passed along a couple of fun fall themed coffee recipies. Now I know not everyone likes flavoured coffee or spiced lattes but there are a large portion of people who do. I for one love fall the season, and do try to enjoy a good coffee confection now and [...]

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Talk Like A Pirate Day

Yarr. Yo ho and all those funny witticisms. So today is the day we act like fools, and remember that you need to have a little fun. So its all the booty without the scurvy… which is nice. Have an Orange and chat with your mates. Check out  The Official site for International Talk Like [...]

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Netflix Rest in Pieces

How to Kill a Giant: Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix is a David to his companies Goliath.Netflix is a successful and thriving business of providing entertainment to millions of satisfied customers. No one should kid themselves here. Netflix is first and formost an entertainment company, my 5 year old kid knows that netflix, either in the mail [...]

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Worship at the altar of Mega Man

 Faction: By Sam Ho, built as a tribute to his childhood. All of the Villains and foes from Mega Man 1, and 2 are collected into this medieval style faux glass rosetta. This piece debuted at The Old School Video Game Show at Gallery 1988 Venice in Santa Monica California. I can’t even begin to say how awesome [...]

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Space Invaders Watch

  Romain Jerome has done some funky stuff, but this is funky fresh. Coming in two flavors the Space Invaders watch comes in full on color or authentic monochrome each to a limited run of 78 pieces each. this was done in homage to 1978 being the year that space invaders came out. This watch is fused [...]

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