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This week we have a full crew and half a deck of cards. So… after much trial and error it turns out the problem with the computer was not entirely the sound card but rather some sound card, some windows 7 junk and some cable problems. I’ve heard you have cable problems and I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a hiss ain’t one. Turns out I was making things to complicated for my own good, Quite a common mistake I make. Overlooking the simple in favor of elaborate fixes. But We’re back with a  brand new look and lease on life.

We hit the video game and tech news Hard this week. When it comes right down to it. People love themselves some coffee but in all honesty the Summertime is a bad time for coffee news. Its hot out, and one can only discuss the Iced Coffee Paradox only so many times. We have news from all over and an attitude straight outta Philly. Check out this weeks Hijinks.

Geek Cruft

• Geeky This Week
• Podcamp Philly! It’s coming and its going to be fantastic
• Google, Motorola and Android
• Gamefly vs Redbox
• Lollipop Chainsaw… Zombie Killing Cheerleader Stereotype FTW
• Portal 2 Music to test By Volume 2, is out and Funky
• I might have to get the PC version too… I’m a bit Miffed
• Is Steam a Good Value? Discussion
• Lemons… you know we love them
• Potatoes… Make a Return
• Wheatley Stops by in a fantastic real world costume
• Mario Indie Film
• Freddy’s Back… Again

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Iced Coffee Paradox, Why the summertime is horrible coffee time.
• Corksicle?
• Coffee Rocks?

Thanks for Listening & Stay Caffeinated!

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Tags: chainsaw, Coffee, corksicle, Gamefly, Google, iced coffee, lemons, lollipop chainsaw, motorola, ninja, podcamp philly, Portal 2, RedBox, Steam, Zombies

Summer has been here for a while in the Northern hemisphere. Now it’s August days are stinking hot, and by stinking I do mean that there is a reek. And in the world of coffee that Reek is iced coffee, and the state of coffee news in general. You see I’ve been doing this show for some 5 years now, 5 summers of the same stories, the same complaints.

No one in their right mind wants to talk about Coffee the tasty hot beverage in the summer. I am not in my right mind so I’m excused.

If you’d like to find out how to make iced coffee the summer stinks of articles all saying they have the magic secret to giving you iced coffee. You want the secret break apart the term and ad those ingredients together you put ice in coffee, drop the mic and call it a day. No contest for recipes, no convoluted systems for making good iced coffee. Make good coffee and add Ice to it. To simplify my recipe, Here you go

I have reviewed some products which make cold brewed coffee, this isn’t the same, but often gets confused. And While I like Cold brewed coffee it doesn’t change my tune. Every year in august I get irritated by the same stories getting rehashed and retold, the same commercials about how refreshing a milk and sugared up cup of fat floating in a beverage, which doesn’t remember it was supposed to be coffee. Those drinks are not refreshing, they might be sweet, and cold. But not refreshing. A real cup of old fashioned Iced tea with a bit of lemon is refreshing it leaves the palette clean.

So I long for the days when days are short and news of coffee and tasty hot beverages once again dominate the charts. So what about you? Have you had it up to here with coffee news for the summer, or have you found something to refresh your own palette?

Tags: iced coffee, iced coffee recipe, rant, simple iced coffee

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Today’s show has a ton of great tech in the lineup, a bevy of awesome food and coffee related articles at its beckon call but more than anything is has the warm assistance of my new baby girl helping out in the wee hours. It seems she’s a night owl like her father.

Tags: android, Caffination, chevy volt, Coffee, deep fry, digital scale, flamethrower, iced coffee, iphone, jailbreaking, Kindle, Mario, pancakes, Star Wars, statistics, Zombie

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Tonights show we talk about steam punk transformers, a change in coffee attitude, latitude and temperature, as well as lot of Vader. Geek out with a lovely little wander through the good and the bad of the android and apple, star wars and sci fi.

Tags: android, Caffination, Coffee, coffee attitude, cold brewed coffee, google apps, google voice, iced coffee, iphone, Mario, Paul Muller, Paul Rj Muller, Retro, sci-fi, Star Wars, Steampunk, Transformers, vader

I love iced coffee. But some people have found a way to mess up the simplest of summer beverages. Take coffee, add Ice… Enjoy. Please serve it black, strong, Cold and without any syrups or other junk. Especially during the summer months I love cold brewing coffee to make iced coffee later. What is cold brewed? How does cold brewed coffee differ from iced coffee? How does it compare to regular coffee? Well I hope to be able to shed a little light on that for you.

Cold brewed coffee is a very simple concept. It is coffee that was never heated, but was rather leached out of the grounds and into cold water directly. The resulting beverage has the added benefit of turning bitter coffee into milder coffee, and contains just as much caffeine as a normal cup of coffee. In fact the cold brewed coffee always seems a bit stronger because the coffee and the grounds are in contact for a lot longer during the brewing process. Cold brewing any coffee also has the added benefit of reducing the overall acidity of the coffee as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: cold brewed coffee, how to cold brew, iced coffee

Every year I fight with several large retail chains about the term Iced Coffee. For some reason they all believe that Iced Coffee needs milk… some even go so far as to brew it directly into the milk instead of giving me the option.

I hate milk in my coffee, but i love cold coffee especially during the summer. So I decided to make a Coffee Concentrate for quick iced coffee.

Cold Press Coffee Concentrate:

Cold press coffee is never heated and extracts the caffeine, and the flavor while leaving most of of the oils in the beans themselves. This produces a smoother beverage overall but lacks some of the defining body of a good strong cup of plain coffee. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: coffee concentrate, cold press coffe, ice coffee, iced coffee, iced coffee concentrate, summer coffee