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So we’ll see how long tonight’s show ends up being

I get sick every spring. this time it just took a bit longer to get here, and quite honestly I don’t know where it came from. I’m loosing my voice and if there is one thing I like it’s talking! So I’ll attempt to do the show solo tonight, Batman Returns. Because when I hear my own voice inside my head I sound like Batman when I’m loosing my voice, it probably isn’t true for the rest of you listening, but hey let a man dream.

What to Expect for today’s show? Well I have a great rundown of some of the fun things and stories we’ve talked about this past week. You want a primer for the show? Start checking CaffiNation.com daily to see new content appear, almost as if by magic. be the show is new takes on the content, opinion and bad jokes… how can you pass that up? For tonight we have coffee warming gadgets of the future, pacman’s never-ending  journey, and a bunch of fun concept pieces

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Geek Cruft

• Does the awesome button come with healing powers?
• Modern Art, Banksy style
• Touchscreen Guitar? is the world ready to lose feeling in music?
• Tolkien Geeks cry out as the lidless eye watches
• Behold the Legend of the Fuzz!
• Ben Heck uses his powers for good
• High Score? Space invaders tells the tale of the tape
• Just fun Art Lovecraft Style
• Than Upset Avian?
• Flip the script
• Pacman’s World

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Aww shucks for Me? Bacon Roses FTW
• Hate cold coffee? there may be hope
• Handsome coffee?
• Coffee or Tea?

Thanks for Listening & Stay Caffeinated!
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Tags: ambigram, awesome, awesome button, bacon roses, balrog, Ben Heck, Caffeinated Bits, Coffee, coffee or tea, cold coffee, Episode, geek cruft, Guitar, hacking, legend of zelda, lord of the rings, lotr, modding, Pacman, Paul Rj Muller, Podcast, sauron

So you’e a geek of many trades, you love yourself a little Lord of the Rings on the Weekends, a little Xbox 360 at night to pwn some n00bs when the mood strikes you, a dash of hacking spark,  and you have a flare for the dramatic… This hack uses the Kinect Sensor portion of the Xbox, man I want one of those, now I have a reason to get it.

This is probably a project for you. The fine folks over at The Technology Studio in the UK have blended the creepy picture that follows you around the room with the Eye of Sauron, and an Xbox Kinect. The display is a system called a pufferfish, which produces a wonderful 360 degree viewing experience. This is fantastic i love the sound effects to boot! This needs to be in my office. That way I can be the Mouth of Sauron, and the really the bad guy, just his accomplice. It wasn’t me …. Blame the EYE.

Sources:

• YouTube – Kinect & Pufferfish Eye of Sauron.
• Via Illuminations and Other Stuff.
• The Technology Studio
  

 

Tags: hacking, Lord fo the Rings, lotr, Pufferfish, Pufferfish Display, sauron, The Technolog Studio, Xbox 360, Xbox Kinect

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This episode has some scary fun stuff in preparation for Halloween. The usual assortment of costume and pumpkin articles are coupled with some awesome DIY Ideas. Enjoy the feast.

Tags: blood, Carbon Footprint, cewbacca, costume, eadgar allan poe, Halloween, laser, Pumpkin, pumpkin carving, robot, sauron, Zombie