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Next week we start to gear up for the Adopt a newb celebration. but tonight is all about a fun little look at some of the more egagning tech stories out there.

From Lego Synths to Google Apps this episode covers a lot of ground. We talk about failed and winning art projects good verse bad coffee and i rant a little bit about control of the factors of production

Random bits of cruft caffination.tumblr.com

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Geek Cruft:

• Google Apps Marketplace, instant on site usability
• LEGO synthesizer. its says steampunk but i see plastic
• Get a charge out of malware
• App magnets actually look pretty spiffy
• Apple NDA out in the open
• Stranger Danger, corner collision warning system
• Happy Animal Golf balls? Why not just paint your own
• Laptop ban

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Mind the table settings
• Cappucino as Conflict
• instant coffee, timeless design
• Happy Hour Watch, concept fail in my opinion
• Ring thing is much better
• Prep it up right! CaffiNation’s Scotch Irish Coffee
• mypressi twist review
• Canon Lens Thermos to go on sale!

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: cappucion, Coffee, Espresso, Lego, Steampunk, synth

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Its an HTTP Error Silly

This week has been one long error. From the moment I step foot in the door at work until my head hits the pillow at night I’ve been beset by projects and delays. One fantastic thing did happen, we heard the heartbeat of CaffiNation 2.0 Rev 2 on Tuesday, so no week can be entirely bad with that happening.

I have to-do lists nested inside my to-do lists both at work and home, so its really no surprise that I’ve been living off coffee something fierce. Fearing a recursion mistake or a syntax error I’ve been hitting the java hard, and often. I can see time right now. Just had to share.

I’m focusing on putting more content on the blog as a whole, updates daily and one off fun news and design stories all week long. Its like a to go portion of my special brand of crazy. However for the random bits of detris and the slightly off color remarks caffination.tumblr.com will still hold sway.

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If you’re not reading the blog you’ve missed

• Water Blocks Stacking Color
• Cult of Hype Rant
• Auction Art
• Drink Caddy for Golfers

Geek Cruft:

• iPad, It can’t be avoided. I’ll try not to rant. But rather predict
• And here is why, iPad to have Apple Processor
• Geeks teaching people how to spell
• Let me Google That for you,  learn to help yourself
• Sleep Talking Man Blogs
• What if your ink never ran out?
• Wife already said no. Pacman Bookshelf
• Pacman blanket is pretty nifty too
• 3D, probably stands for Dollars Star wars cashing in Chess
• Mars Rover up on blocks, parked in a bad neighborhood
• Worst idea for a remote control EVER. Bomb shaped Helicopter

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• What should I Eat. Snack Flow Chart
• Espresso Death toll rises
• Best Coffee beers ranked,
  • Triumph brewery’s Coffee and Cream Stout not there but should be
• Friends come and go but Mugs Accumulate (Favorite Mugs)
• Swoop there it is
• Different variations abound but Knitted cup Cup Coozies are in
  • These are beautiful
• How many of you roast your own?
• Even Coffee fears the end times
• Beep Mug, Barcode fun
• Caffeine prevents brain cancer… possibly

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: apple, beer, Chess, chess set, Coffee, cruft, Espresso, fans, geek, Ink, inkjet printer, ipad, laptop, Star Wars

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Apologies for last show.

Technical difficulties won’t trouble this episode, we hope

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So apologies are in order if you listened to the last show you know by now that we had some minor to major issues with the audio skipping pretty much throughout the episode. I’ll explain what happened and why so you don’t fall into the same trap I did. But all that Aside we’re gearing up for Podcamp Philly and I’ll have some fun downloads in the coming week for you to see before people at the event do. I’m making some surprises that I hope will go over well.

This show has lots of lego love, a great web-comic i just re discovered and a ton of Coffee Geekery to go around. We discuss the seriousness of Net Neutrality, the lighthearted Robot Foozeball, the heretical nature of the Beatles and the sacrosanct nature of good coffee in Seattle. Its a tall order for a short format show, but I think we covered good ground.

The push for Podcamp Philly is on. We’re really excited to bring the event to Temple University on October 3rd and 4th. Hopefully I’ll see you there! Are you wondering why you should go to a Podcamp?

Enjoy the show!

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News in brief

• The Beatles ‘bigger than Jesus’ on Google
• Font Nerd Alert Arial versus Helvetica
• Police Play Wii Bowling During Drug Raid
• Nerd Merit Badges
• Finally Cell Phone Companies listen, a simple phone
• Nintendo Remembers how to print money and drops the price of the Wii
• Podcamp Philly October 3rd and 4th @ Temple University

Geek Cruft

• Net Neutrality, what it does and does not mean
• MaruBot Table Soccer Uses RC Robots to replace iconic table soccer players
• Bell Alarm Clock, this is the type of alert i neeed in the AM
• James May’s Lego House has been demolished, Destruction
• LEGO cello actually works, Creation
• Buddhist Leader Says fraging is brings one closer to the gateless gate
• Microsoft’s Courier Tablet

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• New Coffee Project Research Below, Glimpse Here
  • All About Coffee, by William H. Ukers
  • History of coffee – Wikistyle
• Girl Genius knows how to do coffee up right, I have friend who are good with tools
• OTTO Stove Top Espresso Coffee Maker, beautiful design
• Coffee-and-mad-science party video, Neat but a bit off on the coffee part
• Certain Coffee Curmudgeon Makes news with his Roast Declaration
• My Goodness Happy 250th birthday Guinness
• WMF1 Coffee Pad Machine, neat but fails the usability test
  

Want to contribute?

Feel free to send in any recipes, reviews or like minded articles and I’ll gladly post it with a link back to your lair!

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: beatles, Buhdist gamers, CaffiNation Paul Rj Muller, caffination podcast, Coffee, Espresso, font nerds, Foozeball, heresy, Lego, otto, podcamp philly, robot, tablet pc, Tea

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A limit to energy, and I’ve found it

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I have been put through the wringer the past week, my sleep and caffeine schedules are on opposite waves. So I’m trying to break the cycle and bring the noise and the funk back to you. there are a couple of tangential stories woven into the podcast but for once i took control of myself and reigned them in forbefore they blew the time out of the water.

This episode has everything in it from Dragons, to Conspiracy theories, Legos to Beer. Its great mix, we think of news and information designed to educate and entertain, while covering the wonderful world of tech and caffeine.

The CaffiNation is also very proud to take part in the Summer of Podcasts Contest Head on over and check out the shows rocking the codeword this week. Week Four is Underway!Time is winding down to get involved and submit your codewords. make sure you head on over and check out the goodies. Make sure you check in on August 10th to see the winners!

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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• Where else can you find me? www.paulrjmuller.com
• CaffiNation AFK: New Video segment, Home Roasting Video

Geek Cruft

• Nine Reasons RadioShack Shouldn’t Change Its Name
• BringIt.com Allows Players to Bet
• Awesome Garage Door Covers
• ATM scam at DEFCON
• Urban Mole nothing is beneath them
• Beach’s Pneumatic Transits system, origin of Ghostbusters 2 river of slime
• Video Game Characters in Lego! How do you stack up
• LEGO Minifig With LED Feet
• Chum-Dumping Boat Fishing buddy? or cheating
• Air Force cooks the Ionosphere who wants seconds?
• Shades of the Philadelphia Experiment?

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Glenfiddich 50-Year Old Whiskey
• Bugatti espresso machine, neon coffee
• Puff The Magic Dragon-Cake, unbelievable
• Make A Dragon out of Pop Tops
• Brewing Beer From 45-Million-Year-Old Yeast
• Ninkasi – Goddess of Fermentation

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: beer, Caffination, caffination podcast, Cake, Chum, Coffee, D and D, Defcon ATM scam, dungeons and dragons, Espresso, Lego, Legos, Paul Rj Muller, Remote control boats

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Today’s Show is tenacious

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This episode could read like a cautionary tale of excessive information and an overactive imagination. But i decided to throw myself into something rather than stress out. So here you have this show. Full of crazy links covering topics ranging from Flamethrowers rubber duckys, legos, to rayguns!

I don’t expect to have a shift in the production schedule for the podcast but the episodes could get a bit odd for the next couple a shows. Sit down and hold on. I’ve been writing a ton of new stuff, poems, stories the list goes on and on, some of them may show u in a different podcast I’m working on.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Geek Cruft

• I can’t live without this tool, Dropbox is awesome
• Automaton Art
• Unphotographable, stunning website h/t povertyjetset and his twitter linkage
• I love to study skulls, thought i’d share a resource
• Lego flamethrower, not the most sturdy, but it does throw flame
• Strong Authentication rules, Facebook now playing nice with OpenID
  • Sign in to the CaffiNation with OpenID as well
    
• The museum that educates without entrance
• Beautiful Taiwanese stadium is 100 percent solar
• Pardon me is that a dog in your ear?
• Dog wash vending machine, try this with cats just for fun
• Spiffy trick box
• Building rayguns for fun

Food & Caffeinated Bits

• Food Tech, Hotdog Launcher and a little philly pride, DC you’re doing it wrong
• Fluffy espresso?
• Fridge Sentry disguised
• Grapes and Espresso… weird
• As a companion for the floating cooler, Rubber Duck Pool Drinking Enabler
• Nerves are better than coffee

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Coffee, dog washing, Espresso, flamethrower, hotdog, hotdog launcher, Lego, musuem, philly phanatic, photographs, raygun, rubber ducky, Skulls, vending

One of the questions I am confronted with quite often is the practicality of the way I consume coffee. Recently I brought my 4th different way of making coffee into the house. Offset this with the act that I am the only one who consumes Coffee in my immediate family and you get a couple of different problems propping up. I constantly find my myself trying to balance between the two needs.

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Tags: Coffee, drinking, Espresso, practical, ritual

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Today’s Show:  Pandemic, Jaws, Chess, Ecology, Robots, Fitness, Batman, Espresso, Solar Cooking, Jerky, Coffee

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It seems that no one can get a break around CaffiNation HQ, I’d like to thank everyone who sent well wishes over the various pieces of social media. Last Friday I came down with the same bug that was working its way through our house, and no it wasn’t swine flu.  So you’ll excuse me if this show is a bit more brief. Between worn out windpipes and a tattered immune system I’m not sure what I’ll be called on to fend off when the Little man comes back home from daycare or I enter work once more.

The news has been fertile these past few days. Some of the news is sensationalistic, other bits are salacious. Well stick to the facts and give you al the details about the serious problems, and the lighter side of the net as well.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Quick Hits

• Pandemic Response Guide, Links to real information
• Try to potty train Jr with Jaws lurking
• Like Chess, Like Star Wars, Have money? No Problem
• Space Invader Fitness
• Biodegradeable sponges? Why are these not the norm?
• Batmobile, Why?  Why not!

Geek Cruft:

• Ecological photovoltaic speakers
• Or you could do it DIY Style, Ti Foil, a Penny, and a Paper Plate
• Muppet like robot to care for children, Probo
• Reuse old Nintendo Cart, and keep today’s kids honest
• In theor this is neat, Nail Couch is also quite nice to look at but flawed

Caffeinated Bits

• Espresso Does it Again, Thanks Dr MAS
• Terrorize your classmates with a screaming straw
• Getting my appetite back but Gummy Bacon doesn’t even sound good, I like Crispy
• Caffeinated marketing goes too far, Jerky?
• Solar Cooker, Boy Scouts did this for much cheaper, Huge Resource for the interested

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Batman, Chess, Coffee, Ecology, Espresso, Fitness, Jaws, Jerky, Pandemic, Robots, Solar Cookin

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On Today’s Show: Coffee, Earth Day, Paypal, Voltron, Cheese, and Espresso

• Know-To suggestions?
• Hyadis

Real News Bytes

• Prepping for Earth Day. Free Digital newspaper. RSS anyone?
• Paypal says better safe than Pretty. No to Safari
• Information wants to be free. Darwin’s Footprint evolves
• The kids are alright. If they play video games

Tech Cruft

• Cheesy News: Man Proposes using video game
• Voltron is next. Be all that you can build. Army looking into Robot suites
• Or just put a big gun on a truck
• Fight fire with Fire. Jet powered, but useless firetruck
• Jet 1 Pelican 0. But A for Effort on the bird’s part
• Nothing is scared anymore. Cloudvertisment.
• Homer floats nice

Caffeine & Food

• Cheesy News: Cheese as art
• Wiimote, espresso. nuff said?
• Science once again proves moderation is the key

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Tags: caffeine culture, Cheese, Coffee, Earth Day, Espresso, Paypal, tech news, technology news, Voltron

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On Today’s Show: Espresso, Newbs, Storm Troopers, Nasa, Smithsonian, Tetris, Coffee

• Know-To: Photo Printing Help
• AND 2008 how it went down
  • IT Bully? This is what we want to avoid

Real News Bytes

• Why I love Philly, Storm Troopers invade a Phillies Game
• 5th grader lays the smack down on the Smithsonian
• Nasa might want to check their facts again says 13 yr old
• 96 year old Mystery Solved, Titanic mistake
  • When throwing an infringement claim down… beware the educated response Bonus Link
    

Tech Cruft

• This is a hardcore geek. Makes the Watch bend to his will
• This watch works on thin air
• Not to be outdone, a Bike gets the same treatment. Air Powered Cycle
• Devilishly Awesome USB drive
• Kids today have awesome toys, RC boat races
• I mean seriously lots of fun. Tetris Arm wrestling

Caffeine & Food

• Walk in Coffee Experience: Are you experienced?
• Thus Far: there is danger in perfection. 6 shots?
• Misspeak concerning Espresso

Want to Contact Me?

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Podsafe Music Return:

Doug MacLeod: Dubbs Talkin’ Politician Blues

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: arm wrestling, Coffee, Espresso, Nasa, Newbs, Smithsonian, Storm Troopers, tetris, titanic, tresling

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On Today’s Show: Espresso, Newbs, Tips, Grid, Big Brother, Patches, Coffee

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Announcements

• Adopt a Newb in Full Swing. Teach a Man to Tech, April 15th
• CaffiNation Computer Bugs: The Story

Real News Bytes

• Want a dose of reality. The grid is not safe
• The armed services is looking for the mentally fit now
  • Big Brother, officially comes to call – Bonus Link
• Patch test, quickest to slowest. Metrics to be had for security top to bottom

Tech Cruft

• The new wall lights are pretty and spiffy
• Ben Heck, PS3 laptop to engadget being auctioned off for charity
• Not particularly disposable, but New Post Its are awesome
• TV Beat down. Walmart, Best buy and others, gasp don’t follow the rules
• Meet the new bulb and why it will be awhile
• Geek Jewelry

Caffeine & Food

• Coffee and Tunes, neat tech
• New Toy, Happy Birthday to Me
• Party Barista, the good and the bad
• Coffee Bar?
• Iced Coffee

Want to Contact Me?

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Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Big Brother, Coffee, Espresso, Grid, Newbs, Patches, tips