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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Other than the antici… pation of Roasting is been a relatively smooth week here. So the show has a great feel with lots of nostalgic fun, Legos, Arcade games, a C64 laptop, and so many more fun things have been dug up. Want to try Chunky coffee? I’ll have to explain that.

Tags: arcade, Coffee, commodore 64, commodore 64 laptop, grappling hooks, Lego, Linux, potato gaitlin gun, roasting coffee, Superheroes, Techpodcasts, TPN, twitter, vacuum tube, water

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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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