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Updated Stories, fantastic reviews and a well caffeinated evening

To say that I’m surprised would be an understatement. I honestly left the live show for dead over a year ago thinking that no one would ever come to watch a taping of my podcast let alone develope into any sort of community. Now i have people looking specifically for this, I’m both humbled that people enjoy it so much and pretty enthused about where we could go. I’m not quite stoked yet, i don’t think i’ve ever been stoked.

Tonight’s Show we talk about giant LEGO robots, massive man made machines and ghostbusters on the wii. We touch on location based problems with Google buzz and tap into the latest in serious real world problems facing the tech of today. But nothing too serious wouldn’t want anyone to learn anything too quickly now would we?

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So its going to snow again, philly averages 20 inches a year we have had 65, the last snow just finally started disappearing and tonight we try to add some more ice to the fire, what a crazy year this has been. Chances and forecasts are looking for 5 – 18 inches in my area depending on your impending doom cast…

A wonderful live show was interrupted by a kid-let waking in the middle of the show, and a house in disarray. Things got back on track but only after a hunt through the bowels of a spare parts box found the mystic universal power adapter. All hail the universal adapter. Its been a long night so please excuse the crazies, unless you enjoy them then enjoy away.

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Its an HTTP Error Silly

This week has been one long error. From the moment I step foot in the door at work until my head hits the pillow at night I’ve been beset by projects and delays. One fantastic thing did happen, we heard the heartbeat of CaffiNation 2.0 Rev 2 on Tuesday, so no week can be entirely bad with that happening.

I have to-do lists nested inside my to-do lists both at work and home, so its really no surprise that I’ve been living off coffee something fierce. Fearing a recursion mistake or a syntax error I’ve been hitting the java hard, and often. I can see time right now. Just had to share.

I’m focusing on putting more content on the blog as a whole, updates daily and one off fun news and design stories all week long. Its like a to go portion of my special brand of crazy. However for the random bits of detris and the slightly off color remarks caffination.tumblr.com will still hold sway.

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It’s not easy, nothing is ever that easy

So the spring semester came in with a bang just now, i’m up to my eyeballs in work to do for the department and the only positive at this point is that i’m  making headway on a couple of huge problems. Learning is fun!

Tonight i decided to break out the shoehorn and figure just how many angles could fit on the head of a microphone. In short we have a ton of stuff to talk about and only one person to do the talking. So get ready for some fast paced action.

Tonight’s show has everything the well heeled geek needs, star wars, LEGO, coffee, weapons, Mario, Atari, Halo, cupcakes, charity and compassion. It’s all part of a balanced information diet!

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New setup in the Lair, CaffiNation Studios Now Showing… ME!

Tonights live show hopefully showcases a new setup for the lair, we’ve moved things around added better lighting to the mix and actually read a manual to figure out how to make the camera take better video! Techs don’t read ladies and gentlemen, we usually know, which is why we’re the worst support nightmare in the world. Usually we know just enough to be dangerous.

I’ve talked before about how most news is cyclical and trends definitely appear from time to time if you look for them. Well tonight you have Coffee, Legos and Star Wars. what more could any geek want? This is awesome in a can thats what it is.

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The Holidays are upon us and th news continues to avalanche the feed reader

The holidays are here for some of our listeners, and a very happy Hanukkah to them. Tree day was here in our family yesterday so now there is a lovely smell of balsam in the house, a sweet pine smell than can only means a wintery mix of holiday fun and frenzy fast approaches. So what better way to celebrate a crazy season then to put together yet another off the wall episode.

Huge congrats to Todd Cochran on completing his 24hr podcast. Todd was and still is taking donations for the Ronald McDonald house. Check out www.geeknewscentral.com for all the great details. Since this was such a crazy weekend i missed out on a good portion of Todd’s broadcast but i’m going to be picking back through the rebroadcasts to find some fun.

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Cornucopia of Awesome, A bundle of geeky cruft, and a long winded podcaster

I’m sitting here hoping that it stays this way but at this point I’m the last man standing in the house health wars. Both the wife and the boy are under the weather, but the boy is probably directly related to the sleep he is or isn’t getting. Had just enough energy to put the finishing touches on the lair. only a couple more photo’s to print and hang and we’re good to go. Its been a long road.

In the world of technology we’re fast approaching Cyber Monday, the day we are told a ton of online shopping occurs. While i detest the inflated holiday rush to spend, i’d much rather support a day where no one gets crushed under the weight of a doorbuster sale.

Today’s show has a hodgepodge of crazy news but a strong retro vibe is definitely rocking the internet lately. We’re frequently referencing much simpler times, the economy is forcing our hand, and is globalization of data, and content.

The news piled up something fierce this past long weekend and since i spent most of it away with family and friends i have no clue what i missed. So find something awesome send it in!

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Voice should be back and we have some fun news appetizers

I hope we’re setting the table for the feast that lay ahead of many of our listeners. And hey if you’re not in the US there’s no reaso you can gorge yourself at dinner on Thursday either. As an added bonus i set up the studio in the caffination lair and gave live recording this episode a try. I liked the back and forth we had twith the people in the chat. A huge thanks to @Chuckst from Eagles Fancast and the @baristaonduty From Baristaonduty.com for making it a fun show. I know i was broadcasting at the same time as a KISS concert on Ustream but we still managed to get a couple people stopping by.

Wednesday nights might end up being the Live show night, if i can get a schedule down i’ll post it.

Update! The CaffiNation is now Live on Wednesday Nights at 11pm Eastern*

I’m thankful for so many things this year, first and foremost my family for without their support nothing would happen here, and secondly to you the listeners, the fact that people seem to enjoy the content i throw down makes doing the next show all that much more interesting.

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Apologies ahead of time for the quality of my voice today

I’m very stuffed up. Didn’t think it showed as much as it did. After editing the show it sounds pretty funny if i do say so myself. think clothespin on the nose.

So the caper went down like this the wife baked cookies today, not just any cookies but chocolate chip cookies, thus starts the descent into madness around the holidays. I’ve been working on the lair most of the weekend including a goodly time today, so a stolen cookie is my reward. They may be being saved for a family function later on this week, but they tasted sooo good.

By the by… stolen cookies topped with uncooked cookie dough is a lesson in love… right there on your tongue, it dances. But you came to learn about tech and all other manner of fun things. I have a snippet of tech a little bit of deals and a couple morsels of caffeinated hijinks to saite you for the week.  This episode is dubbed the sneaking cookies, because that act of theft powered the show into the wee hours of the morning.

The Podcast Madness continues, they’re now giving away an Epson Artisan 810, on a spiffy new site no less. I love Epson printers, you simply can’t beat them for clarity and brilliant colors, and these loons are giving a good printer away scott free. Well you do have to listen in to our show and the others in the mix to get you chances. Last chance to enter till November 25th

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Out of energy, Odd Weekend, and So much more to tell

All things considered this should be a Mea Culpa edition of the Podcast. Its probably going to run short because i can’t talk too long, but i did this to myself, well Bud Selig, and My internal body clock conspired against me.

Beyond the lingering affects, or foreshadow, I can’t decide which. We culled the topics down to a more manageable level. I’ll try to talk a bit more on some of the fun that comes across the desk but the next show is going to be chock full of rapid fired content.

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Off the wall links, stories and hijinks pop up for October

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A lot of fun and spooky things happen around the lair this week, first of all the Phillies are in the World Series, for the second year in a row if that doesn’t scare people I don’t know what will. Other than that we’ve been trying to be as productive as possible reading the ton of content flowing out of the net to cull only the most awesome stories for our show.

I have to tell you being that Halloween is one of my all time favorite holidays it has been killing me these past couple of years to not put good effort into costume or decor, Next year that needs to change.

There is a new contest from Jeffery Powers over at Podcast Madness, Enter the code blogsimple for a chance to win a year-long subscription to Mozy, a web backup solution. Listen to the show for a second chance to enter. Lots of shows are involved and each one of us has a different code so be sure to head over to Podcastmadness.com to see the rest of the gang. Hurray time is running out you only have till October 31st! Last Chance!

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