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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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 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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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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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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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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Provincetown Gem: best coffee in town.

When I go someplace new I always try all the coffee I can. I want to sample the different atmosphere, the different blends. But most of all I want to find a good espresso. The family and I spent the day walking around Provincetown, Mass. We took a wonderful Whale watching cruise (1 finback whale [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Dr Drip

I got a fever… and the only thing that will cure it is good coffee! Ok that might not be the line from the classic Saturday Night Live Bit, but it’s true every word of it. Coffee cures what ails you, it silences critics and soothes frayed nerves. But while coffee has had various mascots over time, Juan Valdez, [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Balance Bar Cafe : Chocolate Almond Biscotti

Recently I was sent a care package by Balance Bar Cafe. An interesting new product trying to establish itself as a high energy health conscious snack. The cafe title is not meant to be taken as a traditional Energy Bar with caffeine included, but rather the name is a subtle suggestion to eat this when coupled with [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Duke Nukem Forever

Hail to the King Baby! So the game among games has debuted and we are left here standing atop the smoldering rubble of fourteen years, three  ( plus ) game studios, and a crazy development cycle. Now that the game is out, and in consoles everywhere. it almost feels like we should put the delay to bed. [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews Balance Bar Cafe: Cinnamon Bun

Recently I was sent a care package by Balance Bar Cafe. An interesting new product trying to establish itself as a high energy health conscious snack. The cafe title is not meant to be taken as a traditional Energy Bar with caffeine included, but rather the name is a subtle suggestion to eat this when coupled with [...]

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Sammiches and Marshmallows

After all the talk we were doing about “Zombie Apocolypse”, I started thinking about what I would need to survive such an event. The first thing that came to mind was food. Who needs a weapon when you can run…zombies hate fast food. While looking through ThinkGeek.com, I found something that sounded delicious, Tactical Sammich. [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: DeLonghi EC155 Espresso Maker

This is not a normal review. I have used this machine for 3 years, and it is still going strong. The problems that were there in the beginning are still there, but they were never enough to force my hand at upgrading. This review has been a long time coming. I often have people ask me what is the best espresso [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Portal 2 For Science!

Well You wanted it, here it is the Fairly incompletely rather badly illustrated Portal 2 review. Since I am a fan of putting my bias on display I have to tell you upfront I Love the original game, the ambiance, the dialog the… well everything. If you haven’t played the original portal you have done [...]

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Review: Prophecy by Deborah Jaeger

My husband, Paul  asked me a while back if I wanted to review the book “Prophecy.”  I was a little hesitant at first because I am not a big reader.  He forwarded me the synopsis and I thought why not?  I’m a Catholic and this book seemed to play on a story from the Bible.  [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: The Book of Audacity

Ask around my office, or around Podcamp, or a technology centric podcast or recording area. People can’t help but compliment Audacity, the free software program does everything you need to do to produce professional recording and media. The best thing about free software is the price, the worse thing is that there usually aren’t good directions [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Bai5 Congo Pear

Today I had the pleasure of trying out the new offering from Bai Brands the Bai5 Congo Pear. Bai means pure in Chinese, and the Founder of the Company Ben Weiss has worked to craft a set of beverages that leverage the long unused fruit from the Coffea Arabica plant, better know to you as coffee. Bai’s mission [...]

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Stacking with a chance of a Bulletstorm

With all the new video games coming out, I figured I should try out some demos, an let you know how I felt about them. So instead of you finding out it was a waste of time, let me take that pain away from you. This week I tried out two games recently released, Bulletstorm and [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Bai Jamaica Blue Berry

Today I had the pleasure of trying out the new offering from Bai Brands the Jamaican Blue Berry. Bai means pure in Chinese, and the Founder of the Company Ben Weiss has worked to craft a set of beverages that leverage the long unused fruit from the Coffea Arabica plant, better know to you as coffee. Bai’s mission [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Weaver’s Coffee Astral Blend

There is nothing better than getting to sample a new coffee. Well there is one thing, getting to sample a new coffee and share it with others. Today I had the pleasure of trying out the new offering from Weaver’s Coffee., The Astral Blend. This coffee is special for a couple of reasons. first off it [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: The Smart Grinder From Breville

The wrong settings can ruin a cup for french press, destroy an espresso machine or make your autodrip nice and weak. Enter the latest item to cross my desk. The wondrous Breville Smart Grinder, BCG800XL. Breville was nice enough to send me the unit to review. I wanted to put the machine through a real world test, and that meant drinking a lot of coffee. I tried them all from French press to cold brew, espresso to Greek coffee.

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CaffiNation Reviews: Tassimo T20, Brewbot

Quick single serving coffee? How good can it be? Turns out quite good, at least with a Tassimo

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CaffiNation Reviews Urnex Cleancaf

I work alone, so as a coffee addict I lack certain opportunities that other people who work in a communal setting have. no talking around the water cooler, no chatting over coffee… But the real problem is that I make all the coffee and I drink all the coffee. I also have the clean the coffee pot. [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Urnex Grindz

To properly prepare coffee you need to have a quality grinder. The problem with quality grinders is that they are a pain to clean. Disassembling pieces and laying washers, rings, nuts, bolts and grommets aside in the correct order, and then attempting to wash the bits of Coffee Oil off each one can be tedious to [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: NBA2K11

The latest in the NBA2K lineup, NBA2K11 brings a whole lot of content to the table, setting itself apart among the other bland yearly additions to sports games everywhere. Michael Jordan, No name in sports brings any more cache with it then MJ. He did more than define an era of basketball. He broke the [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Wings of Nature Almond Raisin Bar

The Wings of Nature Almond Raisin Bars are a new type of snack bar on the market right now. They are gluten free, with no trans fat, and have no refined sugar added to them. That's all well and good but how do they taste?

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CaffiNation Reviews: Wings of Nature Espresso Coffee Bar

The Wings of Nature Espresso Coffee Bars are a new type of snack bar on the market right now. They are gluten free, with no trans fat, and have no refined sugar added to them. That's all well and good but how do they taste?

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CaffiNation Reviews: Mafia II

The gritty world of Empire city looks wide and deep as you travel around the city. Go too fast and the cops pull you over, Bump into someone trying to make a getaway and the cops are on your tail.

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Coffee Clothing!

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 [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Hello, Android

With Hello, Adndorid Ed Burnette has a very relaxed and conversational tone as he walks you through the different parts of creating an application for your device. It covers all the different versions of Android, from Cupcake to Froyo and even a bit beyond. It gives good advice without being long winded.

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Had to share

The wife and I went out for a wonderful date night together this past Saturday, we had a wonderful dinner at Hibachi in center city Philadelphia, fresh made sushi and new york strip teriyaki… wonderful. However we took a walk after in search of a late night cafe to have dessert. Couldn’t find anything so [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Revive Energy Mints

Energy drinks overall are the bane of my existence. They run completely counter to the way in which I enjoy getting caffeinated. Go big or go home works for many things but for sugary beverages it goes too far. That is why I enjoy coffee and in a pinch a good energy alternative. Enter Revive Energy Mints. I was [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Starbucks Natural Fusions Caramel

If you mention flavored coffee to most coffee lovers, myself included I’m usually not interested. But there was something a bit intriguing about the Starbucks Natural Fusions, their flavors are not chemical in nature, they are actually made by including extracts and spices into the blend as the coffee is ground. I myself have thrown a cinnamon stick or a vanilla bean into [...]

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CaffiNation Review: Starbucks Natural Fusions Cinnamon

I am very familiar with adding cinnamon to various stages of brewing coffee, either as a spice at the end, throwing a stick in the grinder in the beginning or dashing a bit over the top of the grounds before brewing. So i was pretty excited to see how this flavor combination worked out. If you mention [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Starbucks Natural Fusions Vanilla

If you mention flavored coffee to most coffee lovers, myself included I’m usually not interested., But there was something a bit intriguing about the Starbucks Natural Fusions, their flavors are not chemical in nature, they are actually made by including extracts and spices into the blend as the coffee is ground. I myself have thrown a cinnamon stick or a vanilla bean into [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Cafe Trombetta Red

I love coffee, and from time to time even I enter into free coffee competitions on twitter, hey if someone is giving good stuff away I’d love to throw my hat in the ring. There was one such contest being run by the fine folks over at ROASTe, which I won! I was given my choice between [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Starbucks Doubleshot Energy + Coffee Light

I came home a little bit ago to find an unsolicited package from Starbucks with 4 new products nestled neatly in packing peanuts and newspaper. This is a review of the Doubleshot Energy+Coffee Light As per usual all products  submitted are run through the same process, and judged against a jury of their peers . In [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Starbucks Doubleshot Light

I came home a little bit ago to find an unsolicited package from Starbucks with 4 new products nestled neatly in packing peanuts and newspaper. This is a review of the Doubleshot Light As per usual all products  submitted are run through the same process, and judged against a jury of their peers . In this [...]

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Assault with a deadly Espresso

When I ordered an Espresso I was not expecting perfection from a chain restaurant. But i was taken aback by the beauty of a demitasse glass. I let my guard slip for one moment. And I was greeted with horrid espresso. Over extracted, although the complete lack of a discernible crema on the top did tip me off that things were not [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Peet’s Coffee Uzuri African Blend

Coffee with a Conscience, a review and a chance to win Peet's Coffee Uzuri African Blend

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CaffiNation Reviews: Village Tea Company’s Cherry Rooibos

When people see the CaffiNation they assume I only drink Coffee. I love coffee, but I also tend to drink my fair share of tea as well. Not only do I enjoy a good cup of tea i think bad tea is worse by far than bad coffee. I was approached about reviewing the Village [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: RocketfuelCoffee.com

Coffee has been called many things, joe, java, motor-oil, giddy-up juice and a good deal more. So it’s pretty easy to figure out why and where RocketfuelCoffee.com got the idea for their name. I was recently sent a care package by Lisa of Rocketfuel Coffee that included two different samples of Coffee, the first of [...]

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Barista On Duty Coffee, Take 2

To get up to speed on Johnny Milton and his BODY (Barista On Duty) coffee I suggest you read the first review. Consider this an Addendum to that pieces as Johnny sent in some new pieces to try out. The Contestants this time where EthiopianYirgacheffe, and Ethiopian Limu Packaging. Johnny uses canning jars, hand labeled like all of this coffee is [...]

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CafiNation Reviews: Primula Speak n’ Brew

What if you could tell your coffeemaker when to brew your coffee?

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CaffiNation Reviews: Barista on Duty (BODY) Coffee

What has twitter done for you,Or Your Business? Has it ever made you coffee? Try as i might I hadn’t been able to make twitter give me anything good, until recently that is. Twitter has been called everything from a frivolous nonsense website, to a fantastic business tool. And on many different levels both assertions are correct. However now I [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Friis Coffee Savor

The CaffiNation Podcast runs the Friis Coffee Savor through its paces, and finds out if it really does keep coffee fresh longer

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CaffiNation Reviews: Radnor Hotel’s Coffee

From time to time i travel away from the Caffination Lair, and when i do i like to make note of exceptional coffee findings. When I venture to a hotel i don’t have very high hopes for coffee, most of the time i just pray that the little machine in the room is clean and [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Coffeetime Brew System

The CaffiNation Podcast runs the new Ronco Coffeetime brew system through its paces and gives our final verdict on this new product

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CaffiNation Reviews: Avitae Energy Water

A short time ago i was approached about reviewing a caffeinated water product called Avitae, pronounced  ah-vee-tay. I jumped at the chance because their hook is that there are no extra flavors or chemicals in the beverage, just water and caffeine. I was intrigued, and frankly after trying and panning more than a few syrupy [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Kellogs Lego Fruit Snacks

I Love Legos, Nortbert Loves Legos, Jimmy Loves Legos, Bob loves Legos, Jeff loves Legos. I thinks its fairly safe to say a fair amount of people who read this blog and listen in to the podcast have a “Thing” for legos. Is it their utilitarian nature? Is it the nostalgia? Or perhaps their magically [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: Colgate Wisp

Coffee Breath is Horrible, and at the wrong time could be disastrous to you both in a personal and business sense. Not that there is ever a right time for bad breath. Enter a product a recently received to review the Colgate® Wisp™ . The wisp is a portable disposable toothbrush. It advertises that the device [...]

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Caffination Reviews: Foosh Energy Mints

One of the constants in caffeinated products has been bigger and better. Every product comes to the board proclaiming loudly that they are badder, bigger, and more caffeinated then the last three, combined. How often do the product promises actually ring true? Well I was recently graced with a chance to try a product which [...]

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Caffination Reviews: The Manga Guide to Databases

Overall Concept: Its not very often that I get a technical book to come across my desk that makes me smile just from the cover. A Manga Guide to Databases seems absurd, as a concept. Seems overly cute as a book and a cover graphic. But could the concept actually work? Kids these days have [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: The Principals of Successful Freelancing

Overall Concept: You can’t really judge a book by its cover, but you simply have to judge a book by its concept. Does the subject matter make sense to cover and do the methods that the author proposes actually make sense? The subject matter of this book, i.e. The Principles of Successful Freelancing are pretty [...]

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CaffiNation Review: Vincent Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka

I love coffee in all its forms. Be it espresso, coffee, just smelling the beans, and I have a fair amount of experience infusing the flavor of coffee into other drinks as well, such as vodka. That brings me to an inspection of the Vincent Van Gogh Double Espresso Double Caffeine Vodka. We’re going to [...]

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CaffiNation Review: Ubercube Chocolate Caffeine Chews

In the world of Caffeine Supplements and alternate methods of caffeine delivery there are very few options which don’t overload you with sugar, and still provide you with a decent boost of energy. With this in mind I was asked to review the UberCube: Chocolate Caffeine Chews. While I’m still partial to coffee, I understand [...]

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CaffiNation Review: GoodSync

How many people know the worth of their files? You will only truly know after they are gone. I was recently asked to review a piece of backup software. Siber Systems Goodsync Pro. I have to tell you i was excited by the opportunity because this is one of the areas in my computer life [...]

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CaffiNation Reviews: BuzzStrong’s Real Coffee Cookies

A Huge Thank you to Norbert Davis for not only taking the plunge and trying a new product for our amusement, but also sending in such great product shots and a Full review. Be sure to check out his Show the Totally Cool Tech Podcast,and make a special trip over there right quick to sign [...]

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CaffiNation Review: Three Olives Triple Shot Espresso Vodka

I love coffee, and I have a fair amount of experience infusing the flavor of coffee into other drinks as well, such as vodka. I was both pleasantly surprised and very excited when I was recently contacted by Three Olives Vodka to try their newest flavor, labeled Triple Shot  Espresso Vodka. The online literature said [...]

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CaffiNation Review: Golden Star Tea

I sort through a lot of different articles and press releases in order to bring only the freshest and most interesting content to the Site. I’m always on the lookout for great pieces of Caffeine Culture to bring to you. A week ago I was sent information of a product which caught my eye. Golden [...]

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How Hi is your Def?

I am not a stupid man. But I need a little clarification here. I’m currently enjoying the fantastic Stanely Cup Playoffs. I am being told that the game is being broadcast in “Hi Def” Thats just great. I’m a comcast cutomer. I don’t pay the extra money for Hi Def service, because i have a [...]

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CaffiNation Review: Nano Coffee Energy

If you remember way back on CaffiNation Episode 211 we spoke in brief fashion concerning the rise of a new dietary supplement called Nano Coffee. We commented on the review previously done by EnergyFiend.com and expressed our interest in the idea as a concept. Well our interest perked some interest in the people who make [...]

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I am Root

One more in the series of Articles about who I listen to. Its an eclectic bunch to be sure, and believe it or not there are not too many tech related podcasts on my player, this just so happens to be one of them. Ever wonder what the sysadmins do when their door is closed? [...]

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One Shot Review: Splenda Flavor Blend for Coffee

My wife recently gifted me with a box of the new Splenda Flavor packets for coffee. She apparently debated in the aisle between Hazelnut and French Vanilla. She went with Hazelnut. So I figured I’d spend a bit and let you in on my impressions. And yss I know the pic is of French Vanilla. [...]

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