What is on the docket for this evening? We are all hit with Lunch truck evny, learning to chew bubblegum all over again, and of course we hit some fantastic coffee news. but beyond all those things we are getting ready to run an awesome contest for a free copy of Duke Nukem Forever! Make sure you listen in to find out how to enter! You’ll win the game and be in on the early fun!
So we’ll see how long tonight’s show ends up being
I get sick every spring. this time it just took a bit longer to get here, and quite honestly I don’t know where it came from. I’m loosing my voice and if there is one thing I like it’s talking! So I’ll attempt to do the show solo tonight, Batman Returns. Because when I hear my own voice inside my head I sound like Batman when I’m loosing my voice, it probably isn’t true for the rest of you listening, but hey let a man dream.
What to Expect for today’s show? Well I have a great rundown of some of the fun things and stories we’ve talked about this past week. You want a primer for the show? Start checking CaffiNation.com daily to see new content appear, almost as if by magic. be the show is new takes on the content, opinion and bad jokes… how can you pass that up? For tonight we have coffee warming gadgets of the future, pacman’s never-ending journey, and a bunch of fun concept pieces
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So you’e a geek of many trades, you love yourself a little Lord of the Rings on the Weekends, a little Xbox 360 at night to pwn some n00bs when the mood strikes you, a dash of hacking spark, and you have a flare for the dramatic… This hack uses the Kinect Sensor portion of the Xbox, man I want one of those, now I have a reason to get it.
This is probably a project for you. The fine folks over at The Technology Studio in the UK have blended the creepy picture that follows you around the room with the Eye of Sauron, and an Xbox Kinect. The display is a system called a pufferfish, which produces a wonderful 360 degree viewing experience. This is fantastic i love the sound effects to boot! This needs to be in my office. That way I can be the Mouth of Sauron, and the really the bad guy, just his accomplice. It wasn’t me …. Blame the EYE.
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.
This little guy is a design piece crafted by Troika for an installation in MoMA. The idea behind this little devil is that the device when placed into a mac, installs the newton virus on the machine. This is a truly outmoded type of virus in that its design is much more akin to a prank than the current crop of mercenary incarnations. Read the rest of this entry »