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A Night as Clear as Day!

Sponsored by Puzzle Piece Productions

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…

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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

Steve Jobs died on October 5th 2011, at the age of 56. The news of which broke not an hour before we started to record our podcast.

PodCast… As much as disagree with the association between iPods and podcasts, it’s there. And no amount of Portable on Demand broadcasting can change it. People listen on their ipods, or whatever. And the term is forever linked. Without him that word wouldn’t be here.

 

There are things being written by people smarter than I am, and by people who actually knew the man. This won’t be 7 fun things he created, or 13 things your didn’t know about the man. A father has left his family, and three young children don’t have a dad tonight. A loving wife doesn’t have a husband. There is a very real loss to the community as a whole, but my thoughts go out to the people who didn’t just lose a leader and a visionary but a human being as well.

Steve Job’s passing saddens me because people are focused on the things he created, and that his vision helped shape. iPads, and pods, Macs and Apples. That seems shortsighted. If you look at this legacy he didn’t love these things. They were designed to be replaced in a year or two. They were products of a much larger vision for the world and a devoting to making beautiful design functional and easy to use. Focus on the abstract.

I wouldn’t have half my friends if Steve Jobs hadn’t been the man he was. Friends in Podcasting, Friends in Graphic Design. My son wouldn’t have his favorite movies, all Pixar. And I wouldn’t have the experience of playing my first video game with my son, not only because it was Cars2 the video game. A Pixar Joint. And not only because the Xbox 360 runs on a PowerPC chip, which for years powered the Mac. And not only because in the 1970′s Steve Jobs and Woz worked with Atari to help cut the code down for Pong, to make room for other innovations. That right there is several layers of genius missing from the world tonight.

I’ll do you one hyperbole better. Steve Jobs, was not the Walt Disney of our time, no he goes beyond that. Everything you touch today is influenced by Jobs, and Thomas Edison. That’s it. I can’t think of another analogue to the mans body of work.  He quite simple thought differently, and changed the world. We are living in the world as it is because of what he wrought.

Thank you Steve.

Tags: apple, RiP!, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs Death

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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life” ~Steve Jobs

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The tone of tonights show was different right up until the time we had to record it. Am I going to spend the whole episode rehashing and talking about it? No, but things deserve their due. And a man as great as Steve Jobs deserves no less than our admiration, respect and condolences to his family. He created a great many beautiful things, some will stand the test of time and others will not. his spirit will live on in the company he helped found and the choices he made. Let us all hope there is another crazy cocky genius in their garage tonight planning to take over the world one shiny gadget at a time.

There is plenty go over.

Geek Cruft:

• Geeky This Week
• Podcamp Philly! Wrapup, impressions
• Amazon drops a Tablet, Kindle Fire*
• Apple Drops an iPhone 4s, Run down and impressions
• World Gone Sour, product placement gone funky
• Free Portal 2 DLC
• Dead Island in Theaters?
• Zelda Turns 25, gets a whole display to herself
• Xbox, and TV

Thanks for Listening & Stay Caffeinated!

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Tags: amazon, amazon kindle, apple, cars2, Coffee, Dead Island, Design, gears of war 3, geeky this week, Kindle, kindle fire, national coffee day, pcphilly, podcamp philly, powerbook, rest in peace steve jobs, rip steve jobs, Steve Jobs, Xbox, zelda

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We’re all here because we’re not all there tonight!

I sponsored this one myself

Tonight’s show is a dress rehearsal for next week. There is some serious bidness that need to be taken care of and tonight we make the coffee vodka for next week! I unviel the new official caffination coffee vodka infusion method. We also have a ton of great content that quite simply needs to be discussed just because it is all awesome.

We lost a sponsor, but we still have room for more people who want to comment on show 500, send us audio or written commentary for the episode and I’ll play it on the next show. Tonight we hit all the high notes, retro fun, coffee, alcohol, what is there not to love?

Tonight and life took an unexpected turn, but as luck would have it we found a stand in for steve, this one doesn’t add much to the equation but it sure does make focusing the camera for two people a bit easier. The show is a hodgepodge of all of the different awesome things from the net this past week.

Geek Cruft

• Geeky This Week
• Podcamp Philly!
• Steve Jobs leaves Apple
• Apple is a perfect logo
• Illustrating Tolkien’s Work
• Invading Philly
• Zelda goes Gold
• Making Digital work easier this needs to be mine
• Twister redux
• a long way from home. Perspective

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Mario Pipe Dream Mug
• Is coffee a tool or a hobby
• 3D printing 30 days of Coffee Cup awesomeness
• updated roasting chart
• this is how you fix a lean pocket
• Is there anything chocolate can’t do?
• Cold Coffee Toddys

Thanks for Listening & Stay Caffeinated!

From the Chief Bean @ The CaffiNation Podcast

“High Octane Caffeine Culture & Technology News”

Phone 215-240-1319 | Twitter @caffination | Facebook Fan Page Subscribe via | RSS | iTunes | Zune

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Tags: apple, cold coffee toddy, deep fried, lean pocket, podcamp philly, Retro, Space invaders, Steve Jobs, video preview

I love design, especially good design. And Apple has been a part of some great design in the past 30 years, other times not so much, I’m looking at you one button mice, and puck mice. But their logo has always been beautiful (although I am partial to the older multicolored one) But i was surprised just how well designed their logo is. It is a study in the golden rule, nay a graduate study in its use in design. This makes me want to layer the grid on the left onto some of my work to see just how close my eyeballed versions of design match to true perfection.

So as a form of homage to the beautiful bits of design Steve Jobs helped bring into the world, either by his singular vision, or the culture he created I’ll just leave this here.

World-Shaker – The Golden Ratio of Apple.

Tags: apple, graphic design, Steve Jobs

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An over abundance of Star Wars related Content, Tasty and Geeky side of the force hard moving from Cookies to Cases, Toys to Toast the fun just doesn’t stop. We have Zombie Safe Houses, Real Life Zombie brain cells, and of course the origen of the zombies. the SMURFS!

Tags: ACME, bike lock, bike wine rack, Black Smurfs, Caffeinated Bits, Coffee, dark roasted coffee, Episode, geek cruft, history, iphone, iPhone Case, Paul Rj Muller, Podcast, Portal 2, portion control, robot, smurfs, Star Wars, Steampunk, Steve Jobs, tigr, Toast, Western, Zombies

Cases for your shiny gadgets are a must. a bit of hubris and humor make those cases go from drab to awesome! Big Steve trapped forever in the iPhone’s steely embrace. a death grip of awesome right here.  Wonder how long this lasts? 35$

H/t to MAS for the link!

Steve Jobs In Carbonite iPhone Case | Uncrate.

Tags: Cabonite iphone case, Carbonite, iPhone Case, Steve Jobs

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On today’s show we discuss the video rundown from last week, Lasers, Darth Vader, Knock off Toys, Google drops a lawn ornament, Steve Jobs defends his ideas, and The Grill gets its due.

Tags: android, apple, blogger, chainsaw, energy drink, garden, gawker, Google, hijiiks, laser, Linux, PS3, Solar, sony, Steve Jobs

I’m sure if you are even passingly interested in technology news you are probably aware that we are once again on the cusp of a big Apple event. This happens every year to some degree. Since the world went gaga for the iPod some time back this means tons of media coverage. Even the morning news shows now tart up a 4 day old story as Tech Bytes and feed it to the masses.

The iPod, the iPhone, iMac, iaM tired of it. Even the i fixture in front of the word speaks less of original thinking and more of branding, and its fast becoming hackneyed

I like a machine that does what it is supposed to do, hopefully with as much transparency as possible and then goes about its business. I have never been one to give in to devotion or cultish following of any tech products. At their core they are purchases to be made, or not. Ecosystems to support, as someone in tech support, and liars. All products lie to you either through omission, or through outright deception. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: apple, Bill Gates, devoted, fanboy, functionalism, Linux, Mac, Microsoft, open source, PC, Steve Jobs, Windows, your rights

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Today’s Show:  Autorun, cloud computing, Bill gates, Steve Jobs, Sand Playstation, Multipass, Andriod Phones, iPhone, Photoshop, Cupcakes, Ms Pacman, Pasta,and  Wookies

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I hope everyone is having a great week. Its the tail end of the semester and we have never been busier in work.but that doesn’t mean that the world around us stops. There is a ton of fun and interesting thing happening I just need everyone’s help to stay on top of things. Send all your comments and feedback in.

We’re running on espresso and fumes right about now, which sounds like fun but honestly leaves something to be desired.

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Quick Hits

• Microsoft to disable AutoRun
• Web designers beware, IE8 is being pushed
• A little out of place, makes with the funny
• New fireman helmets looks pretty cool

Geek Cruft:

• Cloud based AV coming? why did this take so long?
• New camera fast enough to capture the moment, almost before it happens
• Bill gates is a Junior, and was a bit of smart mouth
• Andriod coming to Verizon? Possible iPhone too
• Photoshop your house
• Bring a knife to a gunfight
• Awesome kids Playstation, sand and water noting better
  
• Oh wow the colors, LEDS for growing
• Tri-force cufflinks
• Game controller cufflinks
• Multipass to world saving

Caffeinated Bits

• Espresso demitasse love
• Ms Pacman cupcakes
• Way to a geek is through his flux capacitor
• No for battles but real brick oven taste
• Hairy ordeal, a bit of an obstacle there
• Mini Japanese pasta machine
• Wookie cookies and so much more, from Norbert

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: 5th Element, Andriod Phones, autorun, Bill Gates, cloud av, cloud computing, Cupcakes, iphone, Ms Pacman, Multipass, Pasta, photoshop, Sand Playstation, Steve Jobs, wookies

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Today’s Show:  Server Migration, Apple, Health, Windows 7, Media,  Google, Transformers, The Military, Coffee, Noodles

Consider this a bit of a State of the Podcast episode, we brush over how things are going on the back end very quickly and remind everyone to enter into the 3 in 3 contest, deadline is this Wednesday the 21st! Its a bit of a morose weekend here in Philadelphia, football team under preforming coldest air in quite some time and a massive project all put the damper on a nice weekend.

However today’s show is a testament to the pervasiveness of the content i cover, its not just that I have to do a show twice a week but i was to spread it out any farther The sheer volume of content would swamp me! We have a bit on the inauguration and how it relates to coffee of all things. We cover some of the silly kitchen products that are leaking their way to market and we hit, briefly on the top 3 stories of the last week.

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Tags: apple, Coffee, fun, Google, Health, Media, Noodles, Opinion, Server Migration, Steve Jobs, The Military, Transformers, Windows 7

New to you: Rick Roll’d, IRL, Toast, Apple, and Mixers

There was extra news in spades today as we we’re inundated with awesomeness covering a very wide spectrum. I did my best to condense some of the more interesting articles into the actual show, but as always the best doesn’t always fit into 35 minutes. Read after the jump for the goodies in store for you tonight. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: apple, IRL, Mixers, prank, Rick Roll'd, Steve Jobs, tim shey, Toast

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On Today’s Show: Apple, Macworld, Macbook Air, MBA, Steve Jobs, Origami, Lego, Asteroids, Coffee

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Tech Cruft

• Mac Attack
  • Don’t have 90 Minutes? Try Mahalo’s 60 Second Stevenote
  • Weird Sound Bite, Via Engadge. Jobs says people don’t read any more
  • Macbook Air, Thoughts… Problems… Kool Aid?
  • Rentals Explained as an FYI
  • Mac threat, as the Mythical 10 percent approaches
• GPS Picture Gadget is awesome Idea
• What do you say about a 300$ Toaster?
• This is probably False but it makes a good story. Microsoft follows up on their tickets
• BeatBearing. Performance Synth
• Rubber band Gun Armageddon
• High School Kids find an Asteroid, Most kids just make a volcano
• Geek Fan Service
  • Yoda Origami
  • Lego Stargate
• Flat isn’t just for Apple Anymore. Furniture as Well
• Weapon Sculptures… Creepy history

Caffeine & Food

• Starbucks, Expensive Coffee is the new Game
• Kopi Luwak often rears its ugly head, but this is something I’m not familiar with
• Sad State of Coffee News, a Thousand Pardons

Music Interludes: PMN

• Echoing August: Radio
  • www.echoingaugust.net

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Tags: apple, Asteroids, Coffee, gadgets, Lego, Macbook Air, Macworld, MBA, Origami, Rubber Band Gun, Steve Jobs, tech news, technology, toaster