Although just a design concept these shelves are just awesome enough to get me thinking about how i should properly decorate the CaffiNation Lair. The idea looks simple enough to implement. I can’t help but think these shelves, depending on their price would be a huge hit in many a geek lair.

The Obvious end to this would of course being some truly smart geek finding a way to use conducive paint, or hidden wires, and make the shelving actually do something… The walls the limit here

OhGizmo!

Tags: circuit board, circuit shelf, electronics, fun, geek, wall art

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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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All good zombies would like a Juicy Brain in their stocking.

Tonights live show was rather fun, and went off with a small hitch in the start of it, but overall it went smooth. i think we can keep this up on Wednesdays!

Tis the season for Zombies, I guess. for some reason they are on the tips of everyone’s brain this past week, so i figured we’d put together a nice retrospective and feast upon the gory details. Top that off with a load of lovely crazy links then you have todays show. From Crossbows to Chewing gum, Tetris to Ninjas we cover anything and everything in the geek landscape.

CaffiNation Live on Wednesday Nights at 11pm Eastern

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Enjoy the show!

• Back Channel: All the Cruft, non of the Chaff now with more fluff
• Where else can you find me? www.paulrjmuller.com

Holiday Cruft

• Child’s Play Charity underway
• Water your Tree, reminder app
• House of Mouse geeky tree decor
• Gamer Christmas Decor
• When does it stop being a Christmas tree and start being a tree with junk on it?
• Xmas Truck
• White Christmas… But Why

Geek Cruft:

• What’s on your mind?
• Facebook changes your privacy
• Google Chrome for the Mac
• Zombie Disney Princesses
• Creepy Android Heads
• Zombie Star Wars Posters, so much awesome it hurts
• Take that pesky Zombies! Fully Automatic Crossbow
• TV Armor, great idea long overdue
• Mario one handed piano version
• Tetris God scoffs at your struggle
• Don’t roll your eyes at me
• 100 mph lawnmower, insert quick work joke
• Did you have your 34 gigs today?
• Pacman Rings
• One of our Dinosaurs is missing!
• Ninja toothbrush sanitizer

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Zombie Gingerbread
• Hot Cocoa Maker
• Duel or Steak
• Exploding gum is no joke

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!

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Tags: Christmas, chrome, Disney, geek, iphone, Mario, ninja, Podcast, tetris, tumblr, Zombie

The area covered by those labeled as the Tech, Computer Guy, or Gal are vast. Some of us play with lights on a stage, others fiddle with audio behind a curtain. Still others of us fix machines. But more often than not its easier to say I’m the Computer guy to friends and family when they ask what you do. Below you will find the rolls I have seen Techs filling, feel free to add whatever you want at the bottom via comment, it might spark something.

These are all meant to be funny,m and shouldn’t be taken to heart, either by the people who are these techs, or those who call on them for help.

Scroll through the Tech Types see which one fits!

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Tags: Av Tech, geek, helpdesk, Island tech, root, server tech, Team Tech, tech, tech support, Technologist

The other day I was listening to, Geek Label Radio, the hosts were talking about how soon you let your geek show. That is to say how long after you met your significant other before you let the true depths of your geekness show. I’ve been having a fun time talking to a bunch of my friends about this topic and wanted to throw it out there for anyone else to ponder. I was pretty up front, I had posters of Lord of the Rings, Tye dyed t shirts and was pretty much and out of the closet geek. Others I know took months for the anime, fan fiction to come out. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: comics, D and D, geek, Geek label radio, Podcast