The CaffiNation Podcast

 

 High Energy [34:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Cars, Tests, Games, Apple, Coffee, Cell Phones, AND 2008

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Announcements

• Adopt a Newb in Full Swing.
  • You ask I answer. Social Networks and Marketing you content

Real News Bytes

• Rube Goldberg Contest 2008
• Big Apple v Apple. Logo faceoff
• Chevy Volt, going the extra mile for better batteries
• Computer Science AP AB Test goes away
• Steven King… Is on the side of gamers
• Blogging is stressful

Tech Cruft

• 1st Cell phone call made 35 years ago? And no he wasn’t driving
• Ask and ye shall receive. I knew this was coming Soundtrack shirt to the rescue
• Coat Hanger Art, Reuse, and recycle
• Keyboard Art, Viper style
• The new erector set, Hydrodynamic fun
• Science and drugs, top 5 bits of trivia
• Tattoo paper, for the timid
• Whats is old is new again. Commodore 64 anyone?

Caffeine & Food

• Serve yourself at Starbucks
• Opulent Espresso Machine

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In this collection of news bits we gladly give you the great news items that were either sent in or collected for use in the CaffiNation 218 but we just couldn’t shoehorn any more content in. Witty banter aside these are great fodder for thought. Frequently the things that don’t always make it into the Episodes are the pieces that require more to research or care to be put into the treatment thereof. Still I hope you enjoy today’s offerings.

On today’s Run You’ll see: The Pentagon, The White House, Bill Gates, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Apple
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New to you: Rick Roll’d, IRL, Toast, Apple, and Mixers

There was extra news in spades today as we we’re inundated with awesomeness covering a very wide spectrum. I did my best to condense some of the more interesting articles into the actual show, but as always the best doesn’t always fit into 35 minutes. Read after the jump for the goodies in store for you tonight. (more…)

 

 Long Awaited [50:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Apple, Macbook Air, Coffee, Contest, Drawing, Philadelphia City Hall, Power, Robots, Monkeys, Mind Control

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General Info

• Techpodcasts: CES Coverage
• Episode 200 Giveaway Drawing!
  • Bad Picture of the Prize?
• Happy Anniversary Robbins Family!
• Tonight is no different
• 13Mtn: Sharing the Tech News Love

Tech Cruft

• Philadelphia Note: City Hall
• An Awesome Idea, Portable Power Strip
• Macbook Air is the new Cube? Well played Crave
• So if the Monkeys can control robots, with their mind, and the robots attack us…
• This plant… sings to me
• Airplanes smaller than a pen
• My wife wants one of these badly. Anyone need a reviewer?

Caffeine & Food

• Need more energy? Can’t take Caffeine?
• MLG-Pro Drug of Choice? This is stupid
• Pay it backwards. Coffee is Love.
• Have extra blood? Need coffee?
• Make your own pods?

Music Interludes: PMN

• Ryan Shupe and The Rubber Band: Dream Big
  • www.shupe.net
• The Whiskey River Band: Live and Learn
  • www.thewhiskeyriverband.com

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 Start Me Up! [47:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Apple, Macworld, Macbook Air, MBA, Steve Jobs, Origami, Lego, Asteroids, Coffee

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General Info

• Techpodcasts: CES Coverage
• Episode 200 Giveaway Details. 2 in 2. Last Chance to listen in and Enter.
  • Bad Picture of the Prize?
  • To Enter Send me an
• Live Drawing on Sunday During CaffiNation Episode 200 taping.

Tech Cruft

• Mac Attack
  • Don’t have 90 Minutes? Try Mahalo’s 60 Second Stevenote
  • Weird Sound Bite, Via Engadge. Jobs says people don’t read any more
  • Macbook Air, Thoughts… Problems… Kool Aid?
  • Rentals Explained as an FYI
  • Mac threat, as the Mythical 10 percent approaches
• GPS Picture Gadget is awesome Idea
• What do you say about a 300$ Toaster?
• This is probably False but it makes a good story. Microsoft follows up on their tickets
• BeatBearing. Performance Synth
• Rubber band Gun Armageddon
• High School Kids find an Asteroid, Most kids just make a volcano
• Geek Fan Service
  • Yoda Origami
  • Lego Stargate
• Flat isn’t just for Apple Anymore. Furniture as Well
• Weapon Sculptures… Creepy history

Caffeine & Food

• Starbucks, Expensive Coffee is the new Game
• Kopi Luwak often rears its ugly head, but this is something I’m not familiar with
• Sad State of Coffee News, a Thousand Pardons

Music Interludes: PMN

• Echoing August: Radio
  • www.echoingaugust.net

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 fired up! [43:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: CES, TPN, News, Apple, Macworld, Halo, Speed Racer, Espresso, Gizmodogate

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General Info

• Techpodcasts: CES Coverage
• Episode 200 Giveaway Details. 2 in 2

Tech Cruft

• Cthulhu Does Politics
• Much Ado about Giz
• 8 trends in CES. With awesome Graphic
• This is serious, be thankful for your freedom
• Lighten the Mood and Geek Out in Detroit, Mach 5 Style
• Lamp Straight out of Halo, very organic style
• SimCity, now called Micropolis, and open source!
• Office Multitool
  
• Painless Meds
• Do you Hate productivity? 3D Tetris…

Caffeine & Food

• Stupid LOtD: What type of coffee are you
• Handpresso? This looks sweet
• In the still of the Night, a Coffee drinker’s horror tale

Music Interludes: PMN

• Jake Lear: Ruth’s Boogie
  • www.jakelear.com

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 2 Years! [54:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: CES, TPN, News, Starbucks, coffee, McDonalds, Bill Gates, Apple, Quad Core, CompUSA

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General Info

• Techpodcasts: CES Coverage
• Episode 200 Giveaway Details. 2 in 2
• My take on these 2 years
• where we’ve been where we are going from here on out. A Rundown of the Caffination history

Tech Cruft

• Schools are now the police for the young?
• CompUSA just won’t Die
• Talked about on TPN CES Coverage: Alienware Curved display
• The Human side of Bill Gates
• Apple Releases QuadCore Severs. Quad Core Explained
• You in a video Game. Big Stage
• 8 Celebs you didn’t know were Geeks
• A site for reflections, and inspiration when designing

Caffeine & Food

• Perfect Microwave
• Old news, but a new spin
• McD’s Coffee Revolution
• Former Starbucks Employee give the taste test a try
• How will they respond?

Music Interludes: PMN

• Jonathan Coulton: My Monkey
  • His Site
• Supersuckers: The Fight Song
  • Their Site

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 189: Lookin Fine [47:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: UPS, Caffeine spray, grades, sugar, commodore 64, mice, and frozen ipods.

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Notes:

• What do Geeks Like? Find out at the Techpodcast Xmas Round Table

Musical Intervention: Courtesy of the PMN:

Two per show for the holidays

• Little Thom: Have a Merry Little Christmas
  • Direct to Artist Website
• Jim Goodrich: Deck the Halls
  • Direct to Artist Website

Caffeine & Food

• Caffeine Spray? Come on now
• Coffee adversely affects student’s grades
• But not from the empirical evidence, students think otherwise
• Stocking stuffers for the coffee geeks
• Spiced sugar? interesting

Tech Cruft

• Big Media, local connections, and a very emic perspective
• Now this deserves hazard pay
• Commodore 64, I miss thee
• UPS goes Around the world, but only to the right…
• Office warfare just went wireless
• w00t. l33t enough for Webster
• Frozen ipods, crackerjack for hockey!
• A watch with no respect. Titanic mistake
• Mice live in holes in your machine now
• Fish on your wall

Season of Giving

• Penny-Arcade Child’s Play
• Coffee Kids - Via Coffee Geek

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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