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Podcamp Philly right around the bend, Too much content to cram into any one show leaves me with bits of awesome laying around. Here you will find some of that awesome rolled into a nice and neat little package

Can’t wait to Throw down, Podcamp Style

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The lair is in shambles… still. I need to get in gear and finish the jobs on the main part of the house before things get out of hand. Besides that things are going well as can be around here, we have a ton of great content to try and force upon you this evening, hopefully. We cover a wide range of topics, including me trying to convince you to come to Podcamp Philly for one last time this year. We touch on some favorites like legos, nintendo, Cake, Coffee, inventions, Tetris and pancakes. All in all its a very full show, hope you’re hungry.

Registration for Podcamp Philly Continues. We’re really excited to bring the event back to Temple University on October 3rd and 4th. Hopefully I’ll see you there! Are you wondering why you should go to a Podcamp?

Enjoy the show!

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Random Cruft

• A thousand pardons to the fine folks of Cali
• Podcamp Philly This Weekend last chance to register
• Terriums with legs feet don’t fail me now
• Cat Tree House, no dogs allowed
• All the fun without the footprint, Mini Arcade Cabinets
• Graphic Violence Sling Thanks Karen!
• Sure, Why Not?: Neon Tetris On Skateboards

Geek Cruft

• Woopra goes public with pricing, Our previous review
• iA:The Story of a Beautiful Failure
• Hacking Big Mouth Billy Bass
• Piranha Plant Sculpture, freaky
• Lego Boombox because everyone needs to stack their tunes
• LEGO Star Wars Armor Case for DS
• Productivity tools combine! Evernote & Google Reader now play well together
• Auto-Tune the News, Stunning editing job Thanks Chuck

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• My favorite Coffee region hit hard by Earthquake, keep the people in your thoughts
• Ze Frank Leads the way. Panceggs  are awesome
• Crazy Video RE Pancake Man
• How to Make a Pretzel From Scratch
• Life Sized Wii Cake with Two Miis
• Geek So good you can eat it
• Coffee Tugo
• SMUG Coffee judges you and your choice of coffee
• Basics of Formal Cupping At Home
• New Coffee Origin Poster, Flickr shots coming soon

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!

Tags: Cake, Coffee, Lego, Mii, nintendo, pcphilly09, Plants, podcamp philly, Pretzels, Sling, Star Wars, Wii

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Like a long fly ball I’m, Outta Here!

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For the next week i’ll be mostly offline, there should be a good deal of awesomeness built up in the archives and new shows dropping while I’m out to saite your thirst for Caffeinated goodness and Techy sweet treats. I’ll also be hosting the TPNW Show for the TechPodcast Network airing on Monday. So Its been a busy week of recording. I’m getting tired of my own voice again.

This time on TPNW I’ll be doing a short informative session on Podcasting Setups and Coffee Basics. Nice short and to the point.

The CaffiNation is also very proud to take part in the Summer of Podcasts Contest Make sure you check in on August 10th to see the winners!

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

Check out the Twitter Poker Tour’s Charity Event to fight Cancer

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• Huge Congrats to GeekNews Central Podcast on dropping Episode 500 on the masses.
• Best of luck going forward

Geek Cruft

• Lasers on Airplanes
• Nissan Leaf neat idea, horrible name
• Weather Station Shower Mirror
• Back to the, Back to the Future
• Shift into Classy
• Nothing says classy like a good sticker chandelier
• Paintball turret plans released, hide the women and frat boys
• Nintendo Mini Classics
• How good does your music sound?

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Never drink and Derive
• Bacon Balm
• What warms your gravy
• Drinking Bingo, Old ladies never had so much fun
• Popcorn Ball Game
• Perfect Pizza Slices
• Cash for Bad Coffee, Nice idea!
• Just because I can, Scrubs Coffee Addiction

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Airplanes, back to the future, bacon, beer, Caffination, caffination podcast, drinking, drinking games, gameboy, Lasers, nes, nintendo, paintball, Popcorn, shifter

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Today’s Show is freewheeling

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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!

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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

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Today’s Show is being produced under the influence of a good deal of caffeine

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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: Scams, Spring, Conficker, Sketches, LED, iPhone, Steampunk, NewB, Space, lego, Nintendo, Waldo, Plants, Fruit, Bacon, Energy Drinks

This past weekend was great as the area started to get a taste of spring, so fishing was had, and eggs were hunted, But the news was plentiful anyway. usually if the weather is bright and shining I have a rough time finding good content for the show, today i was turning away strong stories, Had to sift through a ton of awesome lego articles, great Bacon treats and wonderful coffee news items. Everything begging to get out, every story ready to roll. I hope that this jumpstarts your work week and gets you in gear and armed against the comming tide of work.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Quick Hits

• Scammers are Lazy
• Sketchy Wallpaper for the Spring
• Conficker Eye Chart, Visual guide to see if you are infected
• Awesome Steampunk Art, Steamships wage war on a Metal Giant Squid
• Tent Line LED? i use Construction Flagging
• Demo Electric theory with the Lemon Plant
• Have iPhone? Scan documents with a cardboard stand
• Another Cable Company capping Bandwidth
• Furniture to store the creeping Game Accessories
• Rutgers has largest gathering of Waldo’s ever

Geek Cruft:

• Adopt a NewB 2009 Kicks off
• Lego Spaceport
• Power Glove Turns 20
• Nintendo DSi Debutes, with a Lego Sculpture
• Mini Telescope / Camera for your Eye
• Thinkgeek possibly doing the Tauntaun sleeping bag
• Yanko’s Design Competition is closed but the entries are stunning
• Best Bookshelf Clock Ever
• 21 Jiggawatts! It can’t be done
• Plants that have their own lights
• MegaMan hits the 8bit art scene
• Finally a USB Key that looks like a Key

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• Twitter to see whats in the oven
• Ultimate Energy Drink Mob War
• Can you smell the Gimic
• Bacon in a Tube? gets a ton of love
• Too Far, Bacon Massage Oil
• Feels like Strawberries, Snozberries?
• Clean with Vinegar, but rinse Thrice
• I’ve been struggling with this myself. French Press Coffee

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: bacon, Conficker, Energy Drinks, fruit, iPhones, LED, Lego, Newb, nintendo, Plants, Scams, Sketches, space, Spring, Steampunk, Waldo

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Today’s Show:  St Patrick, Green Beer, Irish Coffee, ecology, recipes, Mario, Steampunk, Roomba, lemmings, Nintendo, Remix Culture, Coffee, Alarms

Green isn’t only about being ecologically minded these days, its also about celebrating  St Patrick’s Day, Celebrating to coming of Spring in the northern hemisphere and hopefully trying to save some cash while you’re doing all of the above. I have a list of awesome website with hilarious and intriguing content we’re going to go over.

What would a Caffination pre St Patty’s day episode be without an Irish Coffee Recipe and explanation. I’ll be putting my own derivation of the Irish coffee recipe out later later this week. Not too much different but I found it tastes a bit better. To top it off we have a metric ton of other content to fill your ears and spice up your dreams. No one i know can afford half of the outlandish gadgets and gizmos i see online, buts its always free to point, laugh or dream isn’t it?

So Please Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Follow Along with us as we talk about…

• Coming soon Blog Design Guide: Content Writing
• The Right Way to…
• Coming up, New Recipes, Caffeinated Product Review and So much more

Geek Cruft

• Mario Kart from Office Supplies
• Handy Guide to Laptop definition, with saucy language
  • Buzzword Frustration is running rampant these days
• A pogo stick for the damaged, expensive, dangerous
• Bring me the severed head of a Care Bear, for my phone?
• Impressive editing, 20+ musicians gathered into a new song. * video link
• Remix Culture
• Scare your pets with this roomba cover
• NES Controller, worlds most awesome soap
• One day software will defend the Net, proactively, Nueromancer lives
  
• Lemmings! loved the game, now see the knitting
• Steampunk Eyepod does it up right!
• Best Customer Service Sign Ever

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• Energy drink compound might increase estrogen levels
• Coffee Mind Tricks
• Supergrill, to compensate for not being able to cook on a real one
• Best alarm clock concept ever!
• Green Beer? Is that the best they can do?
• Stateside Irish Coffee, Wiki concerning
• Mr Food’s Recipe* video link

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: Alarms, Coffee, Ecology, Green Beer, Irish Coffee, lemmings, Mario, nintendo, Recipes, Remix Culture, roomba, St Patrick, Steampunk

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Today’s Show:  Clocks, Microsoft, Apple, Nintendo, Lego, Zombies, Cameras, Robots, Design, Starbucks and Coffee

A day after people either love being around or can’t wait till its over we find topics that bring everyone together. Walking through a who’s who and major brand name dropping we peek into the stories floating around online to see whats really behind the announcements and how they’re trying to separate you from your hard earned cash.

We’re also opening the show up to suggestions for notable charities and causes that fit into the geek culture or coffee Cruft sections. Help us spread your words. I’m also very excited to explain a new series of articles coming out in the next couple of weeks called Tech in Tough Times, we’re going to be focusing on helping you get the most out of your machine and your software. So sit back, enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated ~!

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Geeks Who Care!

• Submit your Causes!
• Tech in Tough Times: Starts next week
• Great introduction to Freelancing, How to make it work for you

Geek Cruft

• Microsoft Stores?
  • How they can work, what they won’t be
• Apple the Jailbreak question
• Spiffy Nintendo Quilt
• Robotic Fist Launcher
• A clock that grows on you
• Clocks for the film camera enthusiast
• Crazy Eye Clock
• How to stand out in a crowd, with Deer Headphones
• Are you a nut about music?
• Anything can be your light
• 8 bit Awesome ties
• Robotic Overlords Control bugs now
• Lego Uzi?
• Lego Camcorder, in name only
• Webcomic Artist, and Podcaster Scott Johnson
  • Created 56 Geeks Poster
  • Starting on Zombie Poster

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• Cream and Sugar meet
• No more Guessing, Is it really Caffeinated?
• Fill line meter
• Instant Starbucks?

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: apple, Caffination, Cameras, Clocks, Coffee, Design, Lego, Microsoft, nintendo, Robots, Starbucks, Zombies

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Today’s Show: Coffee, terabytes, storms, apple, nintendo, brand strategy, soda, politics, and red bull

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• Temp Intro Music: Spooky Funk tdaonp

It was a dark and stormy night, and a geek was alone in his lair recording what would go on to become the CaffiNation Podcast. I pull a song which captures the essence of the night out of the vault and we rock through a seriously dense show, jam packed with great content front to back.

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Tags: apple, brand strategy, Coffee, nintendo, Politics, red bull, soda, storms, terabytes

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Wordpress, the software which runs this site… borked the Episode,
and a few other things. Should be better now

Today’s Show: Google, Starbucks, lego, Netflix, Xbox, weddings, photoshop

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Today’s extended show we discuss the best in tech news and caffeinated tid bits explained for everyone. No heavy handed tech just plain old fashion silly news and fun links today. I got some funny reactions to the last show so Apparently i’m either a “riot” or there was going to be one if I really switched over to an all Spanish show

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Tags: bass, Google, iran, Lego, mower, nes, Netflix, nintendo, photoshop, rss, Starbucks, tumblr, weddings, Wii, Xbox