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Huge thanks to my co-host from the last episode, it turns out that was one of the better received episodes I’ve had in quite a while. Today;s show is jam packed with great stuff from front to back. We have a ton of retro content, both old and new, old made new, new working with old. Sound like gibberish? I promise it will all make some sense after the show. We’ll be heading back into the realm of 8 bit games, dealing with new ways of enjoying them, honoring them and playing with the characters from them.

But the show is more than just a collections of memories made current. Its also all about the cool things happening right now, enjoy the Bacon, and feast on the hubris.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Quick Hits:

• Its sad when the rich ignore history, Jobs to bulldoze house
• LED starship Enterprise
• Lady who named the 9th planet passes
• Do you know the Code?
• Just plain awesome, glass pool table
• What will the future find? Fossil controllers? Prehistoric obsolescence
  
• Retro is the new gadget
• Magician closet

Geek Cruft

• Google ups the ante
• Square shuts down fan effort. hows about hiring them?
• Breakthrough in E-ink brings color to the ebook world
• Zombie Ants, Thanks Paul
• A little old a little new, and a little heavy. How do you study
• A geeky bride? LED’s
• Patent the Cone of silence, can you say prior art
• Gruesome 8bit fatalities
  
• Patterns of Roomba, beauty in the chaos, a pattern emerges
• Patterns from a Roomba, have them draw for you
  
• Tennis Ball Chair
• Steam dragon is awesome
• Zelda in Stained glass
• Respect the turtle. Logo for life

Caffeinated Bits

• Stronger play in progress to tax Caffeine… sigh
• Enough already, Bacon is good but seriously stop people, Thanks MAS
• All sinks should do this
• Now more affordable. Whiskey Stones
• Clean your office fridge

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: 8bit, Cone of Silence, e-ink, Fossils, Geek bride, Jobs, Konami, LED, Magicians, NES< retro, nintendo, Planned obsolescence, Square enix, zelda

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Today’s Show:  8-Bit, Lego, Tiles, Mario, Steampunk, Retro mod, NES, Coffee, Pixels, Castles, Kids, Fossils, Marketing

The DIY (Do It Yourself) culture runs strong though this episode as i hope you can see. From Coffee controlled by electronics to crafty ways to decorate your bathroom we have a ton of wonderful content to share with you. Geeks of any stripe are often called upon to make due with less than ideal conditions, and in this economy thats a fantastic skill to have, hopefully this episode will start off the Tech in Tough Times article series correctly. Its the appetizer to a wonderful set of upcoming articles.

Its been a great weekend here at the Lair, hopefully today’s high energy episode will start your week off on the right ear. We hit topics all over the spectrum but still manage to somehow stay true to the DIY spirit throughout.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Follow Along with us as we talk about…

• Tech in Tough Times: Starts this week

Geek Cruft

• Netflix to try and appease streaming only crowd
• Decapitate and Save
• 8 bit tile bathroom, my wife would kill me
• Magic Mushroom Stained Glass
• Steampunk Computer Mod, flickr set
• Now this is an upgrade, Apple Disk drive to mac mini
• What a job! Lego artist. Thanks Jeff
• Cram an old machine into some legos, Thanks Norbert
• Lego castle and story
• Twitter story, prepare for Shaq
• Cache of Ice age fossils found in LA
• Can you Google Atlantis and find ti?

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• Do you have a coffee Clock? FOF Friday
• Pixel Coasters, Star power
• Starbucks, don’t call us instant Marketing push
• Coffee heading back up in price? Time to plant
• NES Controller Controlled Coffee Maker

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: 8-Bit, Caffination, Castles, Coffee, Fossils, Kids, Lego, Mario, Marketing, nes, Pixels, Retro mod, Steampunk, Tiles