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On Today’s Show: Wii, Exercise, Olympics, robots, decaf, ice cream

Gardening refreshes the mind, and bring you this episode

Real News Bytes

• Back to the Drawing Board with Form over Function Fridays
• Olympic issue, Cyborgs up next
• History of Exer-Gaming
• PC for Teens
• This deserves attention Plaxo bought by Comcast

Tech Cruft

• You sunk my powerstrip
• Console mod that freaks me out, Beware of the Croc
• High Tech: Robot Love
  • Batteries not included, but this bot is pretty cute
  • Vitruvian Man, robot style, to the rescue
  • Bots for Art, will paint for energon cubes
• Low Tech Dennis the Menace
• Cool Tech, Misting spray bottle

Caffeine & Food

• Portable Ice Cream Floats, Nostalgia on the go
• Nespresso Design contest winners announced
• Vaccuum Fresh Beans
• Enjoy your tea later, with steps on Natural Decaf Methodology

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I had a teacher in Middle school Mrs Harper, who tasked me with finding a quiet way to work out my nervous energy when working on a project. “Find or make a ‘fidget‘ ” she said. It has to be small, light, and silent. Now I just use whatever debris is handy. I have her to thank for the best productivity tip I ever received. Do you have a fidget?

I need to have busy hands. When I’m working on a problem or waiting to get something done I make things, i doodle, i draw constantly, not well mind you. The larger the product the more raw materials from the office landscape i seem to use. If I ever work on a huge project i might disassemble something important. For especially big projects keeping my hands busy is just enough of a distraction to clear my head and allow my mind to move forward. Think Lucky Bat from a Few Good Men.

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