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This weekend took a lot out of me physically, and i’m feeling the burn literally. But not even the power of the sun could stop me from delivering the best in caffeine cultural news and technical hijinks. Hope you enjoy the slightly feverish and totally burnt caffination 254!

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Tags: boy scouts, caffeine, calories, Coffee, Exercise, HARO, Legos, photography, San Fransisco, Starbucks, tech

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On Today’s Show: Wii, Exercise, Olympics, robots, decaf, ice cream

Gardening refreshes the mind, and bring you this episode

Real News Bytes

• Back to the Drawing Board with Form over Function Fridays
• Olympic issue, Cyborgs up next
• History of Exer-Gaming
• PC for Teens
• This deserves attention Plaxo bought by Comcast

Tech Cruft

• You sunk my powerstrip
• Console mod that freaks me out, Beware of the Croc
• High Tech: Robot Love
  • Batteries not included, but this bot is pretty cute
  • Vitruvian Man, robot style, to the rescue
  • Bots for Art, will paint for energon cubes
• Low Tech Dennis the Menace
• Cool Tech, Misting spray bottle

Caffeine & Food

• Portable Ice Cream Floats, Nostalgia on the go
• Nespresso Design contest winners announced
• Vaccuum Fresh Beans
• Enjoy your tea later, with steps on Natural Decaf Methodology

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Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: Coffee, comcast, decaf, Exercise, ice cream, nespresso, nespresso design contest, Olympics, PC, plaxo, Robots, tech, tech news, Wii

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On Today’s Show: steampunk, wordpress, Metallica, RvB, Utensils, Bikes

• Best wishes to John And Blanca
• Crazy week in review
• WordPress Tweaking Very short SEO Overview
• Lance Armstrong is Bugging me

Real News Bytes

• Time to buy The White Album again. Holographic Storage debuts
• RvB Explains Gadgets and obsolesce.
• Metallica smells money crawls from under a rock

Tech Cruft

• R2D2 Goes Steampunk, and awesome
• MonoWheel, Transport. Bike engineering hasn’t changed much
• This is a blatant waste of money, squeeze your own tube
  
• What’s inside might scare you. The Dust from your machines hurts their performance
• Not quite there yet but off the grind with a USB crank charger
• Awesome value for the coin, Spin me right round USB Hub

Caffeine & Food

• Off the grid week at Dvice caps with a tasty mallow and a snarky comment session
• Who needs drawers? Utensil Darts
• Star Trek Bottle Opener. Bold go joke goes here
• Coffee Marinade? I’ll try this one shortly.

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Tags: Bikes, Coffee, cooking, Food, marinade, Metallica, RvB, Steampunk, tech, Utensils, Wordpress

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On Today’s Show: Cigarettes, Tea, Coffee, Robots, Bugs, Biodegradable things

• Apologies and a scare

Real News Bytes

• CaffiNation Greens it Up Earth Day Style
• 7 Eco friendly links for web services
• Part of a grand larger plan, but the power source is awesome
• Fire Hydrant means no parking with a twist
  • Open Wheeled Electric car looks old timey and fun

Tech Cruft

• Happy 18th Hubble
• Steampunk Victorian workstation
• Ashes to Ashes, biodegradable coffins
• Robot Buddies, Fire fighting bugs
• A real page turner, Book scanner unmasked
  • Just a little FYI, Laptops are fully searchable by Customs now… # Bonus Link

Caffeine & Food

• Do we need Caffeinated Chips?
• Tragedy and Red Bull. Its not a sports drink moderation is the key
• Edible Dishes! no more soap, Biodegradable, edible and washable!
• Cigarette Tea?
• Combined they form MicroToaster
• Burgeoning Beer Guide

PodSafe Music:

• The Beat Assassins:Going Crazy

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Tags: Biodegradable, Biodegradable things, bugs, Cigarettes, Coffee, Ecology, edible dishes, green tech, Robots, Tea, tech, tech news

Thats it Folks, Today is the Adopt a Newb Celebration 2008.

Here is a short primer for what today is supposed to be. Each one of us no matter the level of your technological skill has someone to thank for help along the way. Today is the day I have been pushing and celebrating for the past 3 years as the day to pay it forward. Tax day is traditionally the day were you are called upon to pay your dues to the government. But I wanted to flip this idea upside down, and have everyone concentrate on paying their debt to the tech community at large. Take an extra minute today to explain a concept further or help one less knowledgeable than you take that next step.

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Tags: Adopt a Newb 2008, adopt a newb day, AND 2008, Caffination, Coffee, Geoff Manning, tech

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On Today’s Show: Holiday, Easter, Robot, Lego, Macbook, Cooking, and Toilets

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Podsafe Music & Announcements

• Dust Rhinos: Jedi Drinking test

• All Family all Day
• A Duality of Beans

Real News Bytes

• All useful ideas tick someone off. Google extends search
• Peek a Boo. Extra Macbook Air USB? what was the issue then?

Tech Cruft

• Everything but the kitchen sink gadget.
• Robot Love
  • Military Robot, with teeth
  • The drummer gets replaced. Stomp on Treds
  • Robo surgeons
  • Laying cable now. Hows about Fixing them? Think Golden Gate
• Lego Love
  • Futurama Lego
  • Lego’s, Nintendo Wii, a Whiteboard for Educational Use?
• Angry Power Outlets.
• An Idea long since need. Toilet Seats with Air Purifiers

Caffeine & Food

• Think Outside the mug for flavor. Vanilla Coffee, Cinnamon Coffee?
• Debunking the Beer Article
• Gas range of the future
• Killer Combo Pot
• Spoonless Coffee?
• Beware the hidden caff

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Tags: caffeine, Coffee, cooking, easter, Holiday, Lego, Macbook, robot, tech, Toilets

 Tattooing is a very old art form, the Ice Man Ötzi, had 57 tattoos and this Ice age rocker was alive 5300 years ago, give or take a year. I’m pretty sure Ötzi never could have imagined that all this time later tattooing could be on the cusp of a paradigm leap forward. How does Digital Tattooing sound to you? Well it might be an oversimplification. The entry into the Greener Gadgets Competition is actually a sub dermal implant, with a fuel cell that runs off your blood. It has bluetooth connectivity, and probably can txt message. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: tattoo, tech, tech news

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On Today’s Show: Recipes, Articles, Skulls, Circuit Boards, and Dinosaurs

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Notes:

• Saturday the 8th Live! At Techpodcast Round Table

Musical Intervention:

• Its hanukkah, They’re Dinosaurs. What more could you want?
• Rockosaurus Rex: I have a little Dreidel
  • Rocking Website

Tech

• What Games to buy for Xmas
• Biker Skull
• Everything old is new again…
• Reuse, Reinvest, Recycle your tech cruft
• Ancient Breweries? Irish myths
• New Monster found in Norway
• Dinosaur Mummies

Caffeine & Food

• Fair Trade for you University?
• No-Fat indulgence. CaffiNation Style

Season of Giving

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

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: Articles, caffeine, Circuit Boards, Coffee, Dinosaurs, Recipes, Skulls, tech, tech news