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It’s not the number it’s the people

So here we are, 400 episodes later, and 4 years after I started doing this show twice a week. I was trying to plan something for the show but it was not meant to be. I still enjoy doing the show, and more than that I enjoy the interaction with the people who stop by and hopefully enjoy the show. I enjoin you to be with us going forward for 401 and beyond. Tonight’s show isn’t really anything but a big round number, and a bit of the standard awesome that the Caffination has come to represent. Hopefully you feel the same way that I do about the show.

All of that being said we have a wonderful show tonight going from Nuclear posters to simple calendar hacks. Geek beach balls, bad puns and even worse attempts at jokes in general. In short this is just like every other episode of the show but with different bits of awesome crammed into the nooks and crannies.

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Geek Cruft:

• CaffiNation Stats!
• Charity has pitfalls, Wyclef’s Charity Suspect
• Wyclef responds. the lesson… do your research
• Boston Arcology? Sim City Coming to life?
• Nothing canstop D and D geeks from frolicking with a D20 beach ball
  • Except a failed roll for initiative or a lack of sunscreen
• Eternia lives on He-Man Art Show?
• Printable Nuclear Reactor wall charts
• Soft Maps, a quilted bit of cartography, awesome
• Calendar and a ruler all in one. No need to buy this one
• Re-pot a flower or plant easily
• How do bugs get into your code?
• Google attacked by China,  changes course
• Chinese citizens preemptively mourn the loss of a service
• Social Media Counter

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Food in tubes? But i LIKE to cook. Iron Chef Sundays
• Expensive cup of coffee, 90 Dollars for a taste, Thanks MAS
• Caffeine Coffee vs Drinks. Poster Battle Royale, Thanks MAS
• Cold Drip Coffee Snob Coffee machine
• Steampunk CoffeeMaker. NewsBrews, palatable news piping hot

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: arcology, bug, caffeine, cartography, China, Coffee, coffee snob, D&D, Food, Google, haiti relief, he-man, nuclear, sim city, soft map

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There is plenty of news to go round today as the summer picks up the pace. Can you believe we’re already halfway thorugh the summer? I saw my first back to school shopping commercial on July 12th, an all time early bird commercial. Luckily despite the economy being a bit down the news has kept flows. We have plenty to talk about in the worlds of Robots, Linux, Morse Code, and of course a ton of coffee and food bits collected at the end for you to savor.

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. Listen in for the codeword for Our Show this week!

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Geek Cruft

• Burger King wants your precious kinetic energy
• Linux booting in under a second? in a three minute video
• USPS to cut costs by implementing a linux package tracking solution
• Value of Private information. Rorschach Conundrum
• Cable organization doo dad
• Pittsburgh Skyscraper does Morse Code Wrong
• iPhone Server Cluster?
• Rechargeable Air Horn, for the super fans
• Carved Computer desk and keyboard
• Router turns off when no one is home
• Petro Algae, looks like soylent green
• Biomass consuming robot EATR back in the news
• Transformer cufflinks, are not more than meets the eye

Food & Caffeinated Bits

• Cook like a cave man
• Wood or Pixels you decide. Food Service geekery designed here
• Triforce Cutting board for Steve
• Space Invader Cutting board
• Toxic Mug decal
• Compact BBQ, but a little off base
• Single Serve Pantone Chip Cups

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: club, Coffee, eatr, Food, Linux, milestone, morse code, pantone, robot, summer of podcasts

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Today’s Show is awake, yet tired

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The weather has taken a turn for the awesome and I’m starting to feel much better so Its time for the yearly dedicated show to outdoor geekery and good manly grilling, errr… Alright so i never announced it before but each year I usually throw a show out there with a preponderance of grilling and outdoorsy type news into the mix, so this would be that Show.

I am however still in a heavy mental fog, i can’t rationalize what i want to do with what I can do at this point. Which is why the episode is some hours late and more than a bit disjointed. Apologies all around and I hope you enjoy the Daylight version of the CaffiNation. Yellow Face… it burns us* Bonus points if you know the reference

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Geek Cruft

• Bing! Microsoft’s new search enterprise goes live, CaffiNation is there
• Call before you dig, but what happens if its Black Fibre?
  • Twould be an awesome name for a band Dark Fibre!
• Its 10 am do you know where your kid is? She has hers on a leash
• Locks are easy to pick, Security is relative to motivation
• Electric jet Ski, awesome idea, now try for snowmobiles and quads
• I need this in a very real way,Mosquito Bite itch stopper
• You child need to level up
• Not my usual fare but an Awesome iphone case
• Nervous habits burn calories

Food & Caffeinated Bits

• Wine accessories in a bottle
• Nintendo Cart wine charms
• Geeky Grill
• Geeky Grilling Tips and links
• The latest cause, Trace shows of Cocaine in Red bull cola… sigh
• Cocaine is not in Coke, anymore
• But some blow is on your Cash money
  • aren’t we hip…
• Neat gadget to grill me some Wings
• beer butt chicken, I love this stuff
• Grill a ham and cheese in your toaster?
• Croc Tongs, need to be metal for the grill, crocs eat meat!
• iGrill? USB  Forman grill!
• Soylent green is people. Hey Coppertop, EATR wants YOU

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: beer, bing, camping, chicken, Coffee, dark fibre, Food, gps, Grilling, jet ski, mosquito, Robots, USB, wine

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Today’s Show:  Wildfires, Twestival, Fat, Vampires, Legos, robots,lasers, vodka,food, indulgence, charity

Times are tough which goes without saying. I hope that a couple of the links i have in today’s show can help some people out. There are wildfires in Australia, and tech companies are stretching to help, there is a worldwide search for clean drinking water, again Techs are trying to help. And there are many stories of talented people all over having trouble finding work. We highlight one such fantastic artist.

But all the serious stories need a bit of a counterpoint. The Apocalypse is a popular theme with some of the stories floating around the net. How would you like to go? Robots, Zombies, Vampires maybe? We have you covered either way.   That coupled with some of tastiest and nastiest food sights, and sites out there. Join us for a great episode packed with a ton of good stuff, funny links and Legos… who could ask for anything more!

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Tags: abstract lego, anime, Charity, Coffee, Fat, Food, geeks who care, indulgence, Lasers, Legos, Robots, Twestival, Vampires, Vodka, Wildfires, zombie valentine

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Today’s Show: Food, Coffee, Turkey, Fire, Oil, Thanksgiving, Turducken, Backing Up, Toys, Coffee

Thanksgiving is upon us here in the United states a day to give thanks for what you cherish in life. I am Thankful for my wonderful family who support me in this podcast. I am also thankful for my job at this point because I know so many who have lost theirs, and I am thankful for all of you who come back each show to share this experience with me.  Today’s show had a hoard of fun Turkey Tech and a ton of great food links. We flipped the show around because Hey, Its thanksgiving the food always comes first!

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Tags: Backing Up, Coffee, Fire, Food, Oil, Thanksgiving, Toys, Turducken, Turkey, WKRP

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Today’s Show: Lego, Fever, Holidays, Food, Coffee, Fashion, Breakfast, Robots

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This show was recorded while i had a fever so i would like to say that i’m not responsible for anything that was said in my delusional state, but we all know that’s bunk. This time of the year my sleeping habits always catch up to me. Staying home with the boy was rewarding and exhausting but also put me here. But like scarlet O’Hara I always depend on the kindness of strangers, over half the links in today’s show were sent in by listeners, which didn’t even know how rough this weekend was. Thank you all so much!

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Tags: bacon, Breakfast, Coffee, eggs, Fashion, Fever, Food, Holidays, Lego, rings, Robots, soundwave, wedding

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Today’s Show: Steam, Lego, Lunchbox, Gaming, Sailing, Food

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Back from a hectic weekend. Beaten down by a ton of fun these past couple of days I manage to eek out an episode. This show covers all of our normal basics with a legos, and robots. All we are missing is either something about Zombies or Monkeys but either way everything is as it should be. A bit shorter than the average CaffiNation but i believe this episode flows nicely with stories that fit well together.

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Tags: audiophiles, bento box, Food, Gaming, Lego, lord british, Lunchbox, Sailing, Steam, turing test

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Today’s Show: Sysadmins, Mozilla, Robot Bears, Spore, Wifi, Hacking

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Today’s show covers a good deal of ground in Geek Culture, Tech News and some fun food related items that came across my virtual desk. We are attempting to break the show notes up into a more readable format. Please let me know if you would rather have the full show notes on the page. Drop a comment or an email.

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Tags: Coffee, Food, hacking, Mozilla, Records, Robot Bears, Spore, Sysadmins, twitter, Wifi

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On Today’s Show: steampunk, wordpress, Metallica, RvB, Utensils, Bikes

• Best wishes to John And Blanca
• Crazy week in review
• Wordpress Tweaking Very short SEO Overview
• Lance Armstrong is Bugging me

Real News Bytes

• Time to buy The White Album again. Holographic Storage debuts
• RvB Explains Gadgets and obsolesce.
• Metallica smells money crawls from under a rock

Tech Cruft

• R2D2 Goes Steampunk, and awesome
• MonoWheel, Transport. Bike engineering hasn’t changed much
• This is a blatant waste of money, squeeze your own tube
  
• What’s inside might scare you. The Dust from your machines hurts their performance
• Not quite there yet but off the grind with a USB crank charger
• Awesome value for the coin, Spin me right round USB Hub

Caffeine & Food

• Off the grid week at Dvice caps with a tasty mallow and a snarky comment session
• Who needs drawers? Utensil Darts
• Star Trek Bottle Opener. Bold go joke goes here
• Coffee Marinade? I’ll try this one shortly.

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Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Bikes, Coffee, cooking, Food, marinade, Metallica, RvB, Steampunk, tech, Utensils, Wordpress

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On Today’s Show: Hosting, Spices, Cars, Tesla, Cables, Conspiracy, Playgrounds, and Food, Ron Hextall

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General Info

• My Last Show was the catalyst, New Host now online.
• Tribute to Hextall

Real News Bytes

• I want one of these! Playgrounds for Adults
• History repeats itself. Pi was almost legislated

Tech Cruft

• Tesla Roadster goes for a spin
• 5th Cable Cut… Who is doing what here
• Real Technology for troop safety
• SEPTA Rocks the Geek

Caffeine & Food

• Submit your Mug! Get Famous
• GingerBoard
• Coffee Breath no more
• Spice Gun. Double 0 Pepper?
• Food Fight for the Lazy
• Black Tea, a different type of Boost

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Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Cables, Cars, Coffee, Conspiracy, Flyers, Food, Hosting, Playgrounds, Ron Hextall, Spices, Tea, Tesla