Not in reality, but the form factor is making a comeback. I always loves teh idea that a all in one base unit with an eternal monitor made sense. More often than not in laptops, all in ones, and other compact form factors the display is the point of failure. By cramming all of the more reliable parts, remoing the flimsy internal display connection for the tried and true desktop setup and you have yourself a winner.

Of course my first computer was the family C64 on a black and white TV. So I probably have a soft spot in my heart for anything that brings back those type of memories.

The Return of the Commodore 64 – Commodore – Gizmodo.

Tags: C64, commodore 64, form factor

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Today’s show was the first guest recording in the Lair. The mother’s day show was the first co-hosted show ever. I have awesome parents

Father’s day Mayhem with Paul and Scott

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I’d Like to thank and welcome my Father to the show, the first programmer I ever knew and one of the primary reasons I’m as curious about the world around me that I am. today’s show we cover a couple new territories and makes some jokes along the way. There are a ton of great stories that show up in between the hyperlink so i hope you enjoy.

We cover ground from Beer to BBQ, for Babies to bombs and everything in between. My Father and I have a similar sense of humor and this show worked really well as a whole I’m exceedingly happy as to how it worked. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it as well.

I’m getting the cohost bug i might start inviting people to share the Caffination with me. Its turned out to be fun so far what do you think?

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

• CaffiNation Back Channel: All the Cruft, non of the Chaff
  
• Where else can you find me? www.paulrjmuller.com

Geek Cruft

• This candle is the bomb
• A little throwback for my dad. Commodore 64 twitter client
• Pill alarm
• Cyclops baby ride? Children are only afraid of what you let them be
• Baby cloths tell you of fever
• Bladed nursery furniture
• Regular medieval furniture
• Man den alert, Sofa-Billards
• Deathtrap of a chair
• Play No hands Mario. Via theremin
• make a coil gun in woodshop
• Tactical grade flashlight

Food & Caffeinated Bits

Today’s Coffee:

• What would a father’s day be without a Steampunk Grill
• Perhaps a grill more traditional yet innovative, and overpriced
  
• Sword b que
• Craftsman grill tools
• Ninja Spices, does this count as hidden salt?
• Perhaps a little more frugal with Microwave potato chips?
• Concept or not take out the trash
• Discussing some coffee recommendations for Father’s Day…
• Coffee Bar at a wedding? lets make things more complicated… and expensive
• How to simple coffee illustrations for a home barista

Rundown Tasting: Prelude to a review

• Flying Fish Imperial Espresso Porter
• It would be nice to compare the three olives espresso vodka… but alas we can’t find it anywhere locally
• Pinnacle Le Double Espresso Vodka

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: baby, beer, blades, C64, Coffee, coil gun, craftsman grill tools, father's day, ninja spices, ninjas candles, sofa billards, Steampunk, swords, twitter, Vodka

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Today’s Show: Whales, Waves, Lan parties, C64, Pixels, Copters, Duck hunt, Bars, Robots, Mushrooms

The Holiday weekend is over and we now stare down the long hot barrel of the summer stretching out in front of us. Lots of work to do, things to fix and fun to have. Lets get things started off right with a smooth episode full of great content and Fun stuff

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Tags: Bars, C64, Coffee, Copters, Duck hunt, Lan parties, Mushrooms, Pixels, Robots, Techpodcasts, Waves, Whales