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A Night as Clear as Day!

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You would think with as much build up the holiday season has I would have been ready for it? Well i wasn’t in fact the last week leading up to the Holiday was a blur. Buildings moved at work, sling came off, arm is no longer so special. And a lot of work needed to be done. Quite frankly i was done at the end of the normal work day and didn’t write or think after i got home.

For tonight we have a bevy of Geeky things to share, a few fun wrap ups from the past year, stuff like favorite stories, most popular posts, evil chat room antics… All of it. We have a live show once more set to go off without too many hitches. Time will only tell if all the bugs have been ironed out. We are covering everything from Steve Jobs as a doll, to Meteor showers, Coffee and coffee related stuff a plenty and a fun new graphic I have hanging in my window at work. There are a bunch of fun things to talk about so make sure you join us each week, for the Live Taping!

Did you know that the CaffiNation will be celebrating our 6 year anniversary of podcasting? 6 years as of January 9th 2011. Lots of great times and new friends over that time. People like to make resolutions right around this time every year, and I for years have scoffed at this practice, and that really didn’t help things so this year I’m trying for 1600 x 1200 as a resolution…

CaffiNation Live! 9:30 Eastern Time live.caffination.com Fun and People!

Geek Cruft:

• Geeky This Week- errr season!
• CES by TPN, and TCT! Consumer electronics show is right around the corner, we are goignt o be carrying the live stream for the Techpodcast network, as well as pointing you to some awesome content from Norbert at TCT!
• Stop SOPA, this will quite literally kill the internet as you know it. And it worked
• Godaddy Supported SOPA, and then they didn’t, but lost us as a customer.
• 2011 a look back on Tech, and a look back at the misses
• First Asteroids of the year
• Hack the planet? from offworld
• Triforce gets sketchy
• Yo Ho, Mushroom kingdom pirated ships
• Chromatic typewriter wins a prize, but what would a novel look like in chromatic color?
• Hybrid sharks… yep we’re done
• Might have to get me an all in one Zombie Tool!, or just grab a handy Machete Slingshot
• Now you can make Steve listen to you!
• Mmm tasty Viral Fakery for Wipeout the game

Thanks for Listening & Stay Caffeinated!

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Tags: Asteroids, BODY, Coffee, GoDaddy, mario brothers, Mushroom Kingdom, Robots, sharks, SOPA, Steve Jobs, typewriter, wipeout, Zombies

Everybody has played Rock’ Em Sock’ Em at least once in there life time. Personally, I prefer the red guy, also known as the Red Rocker. Now as an adult, you wouldn’t mind playing the game, but you need to have it a little more exciting. Well, the people over at Hammacher Schlemmer has given us the opportunity to enjoy such a treat, with what is called “The Bionic Bopper Cars.”

Powered by a 12-volt battery, a Honda engine, and controlled by 2 joysticks, and bumpers surrounding the bottom, these Bopper cars can last up to 5 hours worth of battle. To see these things driving down the street, although funny, would be impossible to achieve. These cars only move about 3 mph. These bouts take place in a 16′ sq. steel frame. For a price of $17,000, you could own a set of these. 

Tags: battle, blue, boppers, boxing, bumper cars, Cars, Christmas, gift, Hammacher, real steel, red, Robots, Rockem sockem

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Tonight’s show is a pleasant mix of fun tech and wonderful caffeinated stories. We have Coffee in film, a hilariously SFW view of the adult industry and Sony… well being sony. Netflix, Nintendo and a Baby link also show up

Tags: adult films, baby link, Coffee, Google TV, Netflix, photoshop, podcasts, Porn, Robots, salmon, sony, ubuntu

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It was live, now it’s not, but you can enjoy it just the same

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First things first, Thank you for 5.5 years of podcasting, the comments and feedback, the few detractors and the tons of downloads. I have some fun stats to share on the show, The CaffiNation has been growing steadily and is only going to get better from here. And I have each one of you to thank, each person who downloaded the show even once, who participated in the contests, the fun, the hijinks, an the caffeine.

Tonight was the first show in years I have been nervous about doing. And that is a good thing. We might change a couple of things going forward, and keep a couple of other things. Video is here to stay, maybe not always in live episodes, but we will be back in video you can be assured. 500 episodes… and a gentle goodbye to long running server. Orion is decommed!

Geek Cruft

• Geeky This Week
• Podcamp Philly!
• Inkling is really growing on me
• Zelda on the Marimba
• Lazy eye or duff sitting gold?
• Adult Sandbox opens in Vegas!
• Justice League Wild West, reminds me of Star Wars Western

Best of the CaffiNation!

• Three rules for your social media self
• Adopt a Newb day, the aborted celebration
• CMYK vs RGB
• Hidden Vampires Go Green
• Proper Caffeinated Cramming
• Caffeinated Fear Mongering
• Original Iced Coffee Rant
• We have had a lot of funky obsessions here, Zombies, Robots, Steampunk. But Toast takes the Cake
• What type of Tech are you?
• Its all about the zombie plan
• Coffee for company!

Thanks for Listening & Stay Caffeinated!

From the Chief Bean @ The CaffiNation Podcast

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Tags: Caffination, Clip Show!, cmyk, Coffee, coffee burger, coffee for company, coffee steak, inkling, Mario, Paul Rj Muller, podcamp philly, rgb, Robots, scotch irish coffee, Steampunk, Toast, Vampires, zelda, Zombies

Will Wagenaar, has a gift for making art from Scrap. You can find his beautiful brand of art of at Etsy, where he goes by reclaim2fame. His creation Brenda is shown here as an evil little robot, built entirely from left over parts

He also has a fantastic assortment of other robots at his call. How awesome a job would it be to create robots all day long? For one thing you would always have friends. And on the other hand if anyone ever wronged you your friends could become your tiny little army.

This little fellow is called harry! I like Harry. WIll definitely has a heap of talent, and eye for what scrap to save. My problem is that every-time I try to make something like this it usually ends up being a pile of junk. It isn’t just what you save but how you arrange it.

Tags: Robots, scrap, scrap robots, Will Wagenaar

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Tonights show is a cobbled together bit of fun from the wilds of the internet. Space, Privacy, Aliens, Robots and Coffee are all big. So we talk about a bit from each of those categories as well as a few select nuggets from beyond those as well.

Tags: aliens, apple, Coffee, fcc, greek coffee, humans, ibrik, luigi, Mario, Pacman, pepsi, Robots, space, Space invaders, Star Trek, Star Wars, stephen hawking, toaster, turkish coffee, twisted

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So from Phillies fans, photoshop, ellen and apple, Fire and Robotswiimotes and android, and coffee mugs shaped like a potty this should be a fun show. Live shows are always a hoot

Tags: 3d glasses, android, apple, coffee mugs, ellen, Fire, may the 4th, Phillies fans, photoshop, potty, rgb, Robots, slate, Wallpaper, wiimotes

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Everywhere from medical journalism to coffee community’s responsibility was covered. Funny stories hard htting news, and everything in between

Tags: android, apple, giveaway, kansas, medical news, meme, Microsoft, okgo, pillows, responsibility, Robots, shady, Tickets

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Celebrating 4 years of Bi Weekly Awesome, The CaffiNation Podcast is 4 today! On today’s show we touch on some CES tomfoolery, awesome robotic hyjinks and even better food and caffeinated gadgets

Tags: automata, curftcast, droid, found object art, Lego, Minfig, point cloud, ray gun, Robots

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Funky news and Creepy Tech and Edibles abound as Halloween Approaches, Robots, Star Wars and Legos oh my

Tags: air guitar, arm, babay, costume, creepy, ghostbusters, gravity, Halloween, iphone, Lego, mug, Ouija, podcast madness, poster, Robots, routers, Star Wars, tauntaun, totally cool tech

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Discussing Net Neutrality, Pacman, Rouge Robots, R2d2, steampunk lovelies, Podcamp Philly and fine wine

Tags: beer, Bud Light, DITH, drones, Energy Drinks, Geekazine, Grooler, Net Nuetrality, Oven, Pacman, Robots, Snuggie, Steampunk, wine

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Fun in the Sun

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So while this episode is released I’ll hopefully be relaxing on some sandy beach drink in hand enjoying my son terrorizing the local seagull population. You however have the distinct pleasure of enjoying a fresh cup of CaffiNation, pre recorded and lovingly steeped for your enjoyment.

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!

TPN Weekly Number 17 Coffee Geekery

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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

Geek Cruft

• Freaky Robot
• Vibram FiveFingers gloves for your feet
• 2,700hp jet truck leaves other pickups in its jetwash | DVICE
• Sounds of Star Wars With a Slinky and a Cup
• Nuclear fusion on a budget? Why do i think this is a bad idea
• Genealogy Kit Figure your mutt out
• In the sky, bird, plane…  Jet Truck
• Apple notices that dictionaries can be dirty
• Tire Maker Designs Rubber-Paneled, Electric SUV
• Giant Inflatable Cockroach Pool Float
• East Coast has crazy high tides, scientists are confused… more so than usual
• 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs: Not the article but the comments. Wired slammed for sloppy journalism

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Wicked Nasty Coffee Maker Deathspresso?
• SmartMeasure Kitchen Measuring Cup for people too lazy to look at the side
• Would You Rather Have Free Coffee or a Job?
• Mobile Coffee Maker for Vehicles, espresso on the go
• Caffeine and Calories | Information Is Beautiful, i love info-graphics
• Iced Coffee… Sugar, Milk = Fat. some people need to be reminded
• Ten Creative Cups
• How to peel a hard boiled egg! You thought you knew

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: apple, calories, Coffee, east coast, evolution, free coffee, jet truck, mutt, Robots, tide, vibram

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Today’s show has a ton of great content stretching from Russian UFO’s to Green tech in Fed Ex. We cover a nifty product sent into the podcast to review as well as a couple other finer articles and points in caffeinated living.

Tags: bing, coffee wars, defcon, Microsoft, onstar, Robots, russia, therapists, ufo, Yahoo

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Today’s show has a mix of fun and frowns. While there is a good deal to get excited about concerning our digital future there are also storm clouds on the horizon as they’re always are. A larger narrative on the subject of ownership and privacy.

Tags: agrippa, amazon, Apollo moon landing, asimov, Bruce Schneier, gibson, Google Earth, google wave, Kindle, LHC, onstar, orwell, Robots, Walmart

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Today’s Show is free and clear of any issues… sort of

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My time is over for recovering now its time to get back to work. A bit of a missed show from last time was due to exhaustion from the weekend activities. I hope you enjoy today’s packed episode with tons of great stories dealing with legos, ships and caffeine it will all make sense as you listen in I promise.

Lots of interesting news items came across my desk but I culled out the weak to only deliver the strong, interesting and funny to your ears.

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

• Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is upon us. here is what is being fixed
• Know your little green men
• Sound like you belong in the engine room on Star Trek
• Think outside the box, for your kids. Lego Style. For James
• Lego Architecture, the designer Thanks James!
  
• Lego Battleship Yamamoto, to lego minfig scale for dave
  
• Remote control Titanic, good idea? Leo not included
• Spend it if you have it. Sail  a mini oil tanker
• More than meets the eye. Lifesized Mech
• Possible battery breakthrough?
• Modded CNC Machine, Kali
• how lazy are you? metal detector sandals
• Tricorder’s great grandfather invented
• Incandescent bulbs strike back
• Handheld game emulator

Food & Caffeinated Bits

• Let them eat cake, robots fatten us up for the kill
• Swiss army knife meets the modern kitchen
• Bacon Ball candy… errr
• Lego Cake
• Crackheads now have their own candy
• Mini Microwave for beans
• Caffeinated Water? Avitae Energy Water reviewed

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: aliens, bacon, Battleship, cnc, Lego, lego cake, mech, patch tuesday, Robots, Star Trek, swiss army knife, titanic, Transformers, tricorder