The CaffiNation Podcast

 

 Spring [35:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Upgrades, Hacking, Wind Up Cars, Caffeine and Superheroes

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Podsafe Music & Announcements

• Maria Daines: House of the Rising Sun
  • Folklore House of the rising sun

• Wordpress 2.5 is now out, So when will I upgrade? Problem with free software
• The weekend begs of Spring, Trout Season Opened, Baseball Opening Day is tomorrow

Real News Bytes

• Lower than Low, Message board for epileptics attacked
• Day 1: Nothing. The error is obviously Human
• Day 2 Hacking the Gibson… Macbook Air Falls in under two minutes
• Day 3: Windows Vista SP1 laptop fall on final day. After some installs
• Ubuntu Stand alone at the end
• Comcast Degrading Signal? So thats why Lost has looked bad lately

Tech Cruft

• Drive a small car? Need a boost?
• Concept Art, PC on a Pallet. Needs a little tweaking
• Photoshop goes online, and free. But not without issues
• After the last show we talked about small and useful, this fits the bill in spades

Caffeine & Food

• Safe Driving, Caffeine tip
• Twitter is my new source for awesome links
• Snapple’s New “Water”, Give me beer
• Starbucks buys Clover, mass data collection
• This is stupid. But I like the scale

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On Today’s Show: Recuperation, Healing, Macbook, Humor, Dentures, Junk food, Superbowl

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General Info

• Philadelphia Social Media Breakfast with @Jeffpulver
• Lego & the Smurfs both hit 50
• Techpodcast Network Member: PreviewCast

Tech Cruft

• Verizon Data Rant
• Aboriginal Archives, An Anthropological view
• SuperBowl in HD, Show us the way
• Have Fun with Apple’s new products. Macbook Humor abounds
• Ergonomic to a whole new Level.
• Think outside the Box. Car Seat
• For the greater good. iLimb is more than awesome

Caffeine & Food

• Play with your food, and answer the call
• Beer in a state of reuse. Awesome Idea. Ask My Dad
• Freaky Cool
• Because Junk food needs MORE preservatives
• Snickers gets in on the Act

Music Interludes:

• Matthew Ebel: Downtown
  • www.MatthewEbel.com

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 No Voice [40:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Knowing… Is half the Battle

On Today’s Show: Coffee, Wii, Robots, Gears of War, Lancer, Chainsaws, Nerf

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General Info

• A Fine TechPodcast: A Couple of Admins
• Promotion by request: A Tweet in Time
• Testing the waters: Cooking Show?
• Coffee and a Sore Throat

Tech Cruft

• Wii Hacking Lord: Head Tracking, Jaw Dropping
• Return of LawnBott, and this time he’s miffed
• Sigh Worthy
  • Web Developers need to see this. IE8 Misbehaves
  • Much ado about a Flash Game
  • Apple slides one into a recent update: Video Mavens beware
• There is no potential for abuse here, only a promise with Wrong Number
• The Craft involved astounds me, Nerf Lancer
• FTU: Why didn’t I think of this. Ipod Earbud Speakers
• MPAA botches survey data from College age kids

Caffeine & Food

• Game or Eat? Hows about Both Pacman Style
• Don’t spill the salt
• Chicago Kids rock the coffee scene

Music Interludes: PMN

• Cage 9 : A Last Lullabye
  • www.cage9.com

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 fired up! [43:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: CES, TPN, News, Apple, Macworld, Halo, Speed Racer, Espresso, Gizmodogate

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General Info

• Techpodcasts: CES Coverage
• Episode 200 Giveaway Details. 2 in 2

Tech Cruft

• Cthulhu Does Politics
• Much Ado about Giz
• 8 trends in CES. With awesome Graphic
• This is serious, be thankful for your freedom
• Lighten the Mood and Geek Out in Detroit, Mach 5 Style
• Lamp Straight out of Halo, very organic style
• SimCity, now called Micropolis, and open source!
• Office Multitool
  
• Painless Meds
• Do you Hate productivity? 3D Tetris…

Caffeine & Food

• Stupid LOtD: What type of coffee are you
• Handpresso? This looks sweet
• In the still of the Night, a Coffee drinker’s horror tale

Music Interludes: PMN

• Jake Lear: Ruth’s Boogie
  • www.jakelear.com

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On Today’s Show: CES, TPN, News, Voicemail, Airlines, Guinness, fish, Beer Pong

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General Info

• Techpodcasts: CES Coverage
  • If you’ve got the Ink thanks for the help getting the videos working correctly
• Episode 200 Giveaway Details. 2 in 2
• Voicemail now Locked in

Tech Cruft

• Historic. Bill Gates CES Final Keynote Play by Play
  • Check out Presentation Zen for this discussion
  • Direct Comparison of Presentation Styles Steve V Bill
• PSP & Skype
• Testing Missle Defense with Commercial Airlines
• Queen Loves the Wii, and who wouldn’t
• Home Theater System, Video Game Consoles Included
• Guinness BoWR for video games
• Pipeline Fish tank.

Caffeine & Food

• Your Gonna need some coffee to keep up with all this stuff
  • Grinding?
• World Championship of Beer Pong? You need ID to get ping pong balls around here
• Everyone needs more money even Starbucks

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On Today’s Show: Mistakes, Buildings, Storm Troopers, Mummers, Halo, Warnings, Coffee, Babies

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General Info

• Episode 200 Give-A-Way Details within
• Back to the Grind, refreshed
• Explaining a Philly Thing
• Mummers
  • Example 1, Example 2, Example 3

Tech Cruft

• Storm Troopers Mummers. 501st FTW
  • Notice the umbrellas
  • Want to Watch the performances? 2007 but you’ll get the idea
  • Wiki
• Human Stop Motion Video Games
  • Pong
  • Space Invaders
  • Tetris
• Sim City here we come. Arcologies in the works
• Warning labels that finally make sense
• Mini V12, not too eco friendly. But Awesome
• Troops Salute Halo

Caffeine & Food

• You think you drink a lot of coffee? How do you stack up?
• Awesome Article on Kids and Coffee
• Fine mess I’m in. Home made coffee filter

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Musical Intervention: Courtesy of the PMN:

• Munk: Dirty Work: Waxboy Records

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 COOKIE: [47:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Beer, Coffee, Caffeine, Cheer, Trees, Cookies and Skulls

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Notes:

• What do Geeks Like? Find out at the Techpodcast Xmas Special Round Table
• I had a great time presenting and listening in, thanks to all who showed up and please enjoy the video

Musical Intervention: Courtesy of the PMN:

Two per show for the holidays

• Admiral Twin:
  • God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Carol of the Bells
  • Direct to Artist Website

Caffeine & Food

• Buyer Beware Starbucks Coffee Fighting back
• It slices it dices it smooths your thighs?
• More sweet Coffee Art
• Sent 6 times, by family and friends alike. Beer Tree
• Beer tree needs replacements? Beer Buggy

Tech Cruft

• Just Google it… Internet Meme of the week (IMotW)
• Zombie Aibo, he’s back and he’s hungry
• Robot Soldiers, what happens when theres a storm?
• So you really want a wii? 15k
• All in One, ecosphere
• This cop is a real grinch
• Skull Snow globe, Nieman Marcus?
• Xmas Specs Redux

Season of Giving

• Penny-Arcade Child’s Play
• Coffee Kids - Via Coffee Geek

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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 Bits O' Fun: [38:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Mugs, Tesla Coils, Manholes, Eyelashes, Plants and the Ozone

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Notes:

• Saturday the 8th Live! At Techpodcast Round Table

Tech

• Cool Tesla Coil Pattern, colors are aftermarket
• Feedback: Phone Update Via listener comments
• We don’t do this, But an Update on a Review Crisis
• Baking soda could save your skin
  
• Clean air and Art all-in-one
• Resistance to time is now measurable. Ohm’s Law Clock
• All in marketing, but a great Idea. Mom Spit
• Bored? Call a meeting
• Urban functional art
• re gifting in a whole new way
• Go big or go Home, Eyelashes

Caffeine & Food

• On or Off Coffee Mug.
  • Should have been Speak or Shhhh
• Coffee or Tea Anywhere now

Season of Giving

• Penny-Arcade Child’s Play
• Coffee Kids - Via Coffee Geek

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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 leftovers [36:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Jedi Mind tricks, Exoskeletons, Bluetooth, Santa and Charity.

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Notes:

• Welcome Zune Listeners
• My Inbox Shame
• my Twitter Vacuum
• Happy Times had by all

Tech

• 66 fans? Like a Dyson this thing doesn’t loose suction
• RoboCop? Mechwarrior? Anyone
• Jedi, Wii Match made in heaven
• Magnets make everything cooler
• This Bluetooth headset doesn’t make you look like a Tool
• Anyone at Jeep ever play Halo?
• Sad, real sad. Santa doesn’t work for Coke, they just think he does

Caffeine & Food

• More Coffee, Better Flavor
• Campo’s Cheesesteaks, Food Network Review

Season of Giving

• Penny-Arcade Child’s Play

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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 Embrace the Storm [45:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Today’s Show: Robot Tanks, Robot Hands, Caves, Sesame Street, Starbucks, & Bruce Lee

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• Dust Rhinos: Whisky in The Jar

Tech

• Allegory or Not, Learning in a Cave?
• The iPod of Books? Or expensive paperweight
• Long term Data retention, 2 years at Sea
• MC Escher, Mechanic Interpretation.
• This is Crap. Give cookie his cookies back. Sesame Street early years adult only
  • Full Article, we were all raised very poorly?
• Best RC Car ever, a Tank
• Bling or Function? 12k for a spiffy lighter than air Bike
• Chewy on your back
• For Jimmy* Space Battles on your ceiling aren’t cheap
• Project Anywhere. I need this in work
• And now for Bruce Lee

Caffeine

• Slow down & Backlash? Starbucks might just stumble
  • BTW if you don’t pull 80G’s Your not in their plans…
• Killer Bean? Coffee in Film
• Up soon Cooking with Coffee

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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