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Due to E3 happening this week there are a ton of news items floating around about video games in general i roll through a general discussion about a couple of things in the industry as well as take a look at some of the cooler announcements. We also look at lawnmowers, peek and Windows 7 and see whats trending in the world of Caffeine.

Overall the show is a bit front loaded, but no less awesome we are running today’s episode on a good deal of coffee, but what else is new? Like a Indy race this episode is open wheeled. I’m getting a little tired of the show note format i was using so i’m trying to go off the reservation a bit more with these episodes. Still delivering fresh and new content but not necessarily being tied down to one article on a topic.

Please let me know which style you prefer? Links galore, or freewheeling discussion. I’m probably going to stick with a mix for now.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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

Geek Cruft

• What is the Web Trend Map? The 2009 version is here!
• Why Windows 7, debuting Oct 22nd, won’t inherit vista’s problems
• Video Game Rundown, a bit of discussion, not just links
  • Video Link: Xbox 360 Project Natal
  • People who got to play with the Natal hardware give their impressions
  • Yet more accessories, but this looks intriguing, Tony Hawk Knows Skateboards
  • Sony has motion capture now too
  • Wii to add pulse tracker and New motion senors
  • New Wii fit game too
  • As controllers change what do the games do?
  • Lots of exciting news about news games too
• Philly brings in Solar Powered trashcans to save money? Big Belly, neat idea
• Beautiful Steampunk laptop
• They have figured how to keep a heart beating without us…
• Rechargeable lawnmower, My small yard makes me smile
  • I wish we still had this
• A Nintendo in a shoe?
• Color Picker Pen, design concept only, but unbelievable idea
• Two Different Secret Agent Pens

Food & Caffeinated Bits

• Caffeine Nap, it works but would your office let you?
• Trending: Caffeinated gum warning for kids… ummm duh?
• When does common sense kick in?
• Does your water need an 800 dollar filter?
• Beer ants… not really but still kind of cool
• Working on a bunch of reviews and articles a new Espresso Vodka, and Caffeinated water

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Hearts, iA, lawnmowers, natal, nintendo, sony, Steampunk, web trend map 2009, Wii, Windows 7, windows vista, Xbox 360

The fine folks from Information Architects have done it once again. I love maps, all sizes and shapes the odder the subject matter the more obtuse the cartographic experience the better. There are two maps that hang in my office at work one is the Opte.org project a long dormant project, last updated in 2005, last map from 2003 which attempted to map the Internet in one day. The chaos that was produced is beautiful static.

The other is last years version of the Web Trends Map from iA. A graphic playground of data mined from the popular impressions and practical uses of online entities. All of this mapped onto the Tokyo Metro train map. in iA’s own words. Why? Because it works beautifully. This year’s version has a new bold graphic style and the same great information. Each year the techniques used to create the map seem to be honed a bit finer and the result that much more stunning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: iA, iA.jp, Information Architects, opte, opte.org, Web Trends Map 2009