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Getting hard to see through all this mental fog

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Tonight we’re not running behind schedule so much as we’re procrastinating splendidly. I’ve been putting off doing the show tonight for a ton of different reasons. but either way we’re trying something new. Rather than releasing the show as soon as its done I’ll be posting it the next day at 12:30, Eastern. So from now on Monday and Thursday lunch hour will debut the next version of the Caffination.

Things to look forward to? Well this week i have two neat reviews coming out on for a product and another for a place. I’ll also be posting a recipe for my Veggie chili so you can join in on the fun at home. So many more things to talk about so why don’t you listen in.

Today we’ll be discussing Legos, Robots, iPods, Bananas, and Copyright. Anythings fair game in this episode.

Enjoy the show!

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News in brief

• File Sharers pay it forward and backward
• Yet crazy bad patent and trademark law still stick
• RiP! was fantastic give it a try
• DJ AM, passes, should he still be in the game

Geek Cruft

• Like Eve from Wall-E la Petite Prince loves him some plants
• Lego universe?
• Next gen business card? Or just silly, Poken
• MC Hammer and Zombies
• NES Cart used as an external hard drive, awesome stuff
• Brute force hacking of an iPod via robot assistance
• NYC to commission bike helmets that don’t look horrible
• Video Link: Google as a Roomate
• Video Link: Ze Frank’s TED Talk

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• As a Coffee Guy… this article has good and bad points… Consider the source
• Old Patents: Banana Ice Cream injector
• Massive Warhammer Cake
• Via @weeklyroast top 5 worst coffee for you
• Clean things with Coffee filters? Works great for eyeglasses and scanners
• I should try this for coffee, Around the League (NHL) in 30 beers

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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The Erosion of rights online is upon us, but we also have Jello, booze & legos all in the same episode, coffee anyone?

Fight for your rights online!

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With more and more of our lives being spent online it a wonder that the erosion of our rights has taken this long to really start to degrade this far. If you’ve been listening to the show for any length of time you probably know that i’m a fan of an open carrier / content neutral internet. My packet isn’t any more important than yours everyone has to wait in line.

Some days its hard to put into words exactly how i feel but basically Censorship breeds even worse horrors by pushing them under the rug. Information wants to be free. But i also don’t like it when people climb up on their soapboxes and preach to the heavens, we have a couple articles pointing to some of the real danger zones of policy floating about right now. But we like to cut the drug with funny stories designed to break up the nasty. Because while we all want to save the trees no one wants to feel guilty all the time. This will hopefully turn out to be a light and fluffy version of a rant.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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• Where else can you find me? www.paulrjmuller.com

Geek Cruft

• Hamsters cruising in style
• Apple and the tale of Palm Pre…
• Wacom goes funky and learns how to spin
• Out of the box thinking with guitar acoustics
• Anti stab knife, but slash will still work
• Cute robot car test drives auto-automobiles. is cute the new harbinger of doom?
• Disney netbook?
• Braille concept cell phone, why don’t we have these yet
• Cellphone personal use tax… cleared up
• Nesting Doll cell phone history
• rights flying away all over the place today
  • No personal copy in japan…
  • No more anonymous bloggers in the UK… let the fun begin
  • Germany looking into blacklisting
  • In the US its all for the children
• Kinetic energy from cars at a green supermarket
• Lego Movie posters
• Keyboard molded bike grips. Thanks Chris
• Social Media Pillows, sweet digital dreams sheep
• Social Media ven Diagram
• Do you google yourself? video expose

Food & Caffeinated Bits

Today’s Coffee: Tanzanian Peaberry

• Drive through shame
• Coffee Jello?
• Anthropomorphic kitchen utensils?
• Humerus Garfield, Bean me
• More Coffee Cocktails

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

 Its time again for yet another raft of stories from the coffers of the Caffination news bin. As before these gems where to good to leave on the cutting room floor, but unfortunately we couldn’t get them into the mix for the show. Lots of news happening right now. Its hard to stay anywhere near the top of the pile.

In today’s Grab bag you’ll find politics, copyright, copywrong, Plastic bottles, Vases, Tools, and Luddites

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