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With last week being off the charts crazy We’rte hoping for a much more sedate and productive week this time around. In that spirit we’ve been sending nothing but positive waves man. Google waves, non withstanding. By the by if you want an invite to google wave drop me a line and I’ll send one your direction.

Tonights show was a fun process, I’m always working on the details of creating a CaffiNation Episode, so from time to time the hiccups in production create a happy accident. This was one of those times, i messed up the machine i use for recording only to find it better set up the new way. Hopefully the quality comes through in the end.

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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Geek Cruft:

• Building speaks to your gadgets
• Controlling people like some sort of game? Bad Idea
• Worms, video game sculptures
• Build your own plane
• Unmanned flight for Olympic security?
• Round Monopoly? bad-design
• Garbage in… Recycled Toilet paper out
• Make your own iPad, lego Style
• First Snuggies, now Cozy… Pillow Gloves
• Retro Awesome Joystick
• Recycled Furniture, where is the Spool / Table?
• How the Chevy Volt actually works
• Feed your cats with a simple hack
• Scan your documents, quickly
• World Oldest MultiTool! Well probably a misnomer, might be first after the stick

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

• Huge hat to tip Widge from NeedCoffee
• Beautiful web series about coffee, Espresso Episode
• Is coffee benefiting from a double standard?
• Rhino Teapot
• Retro Shot Glasses
• New Size in Starbucks…
• Grind and Brew Review. I think this must be a newer model
• Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: Atari, Coffee, ethiopian coffee ceremony, gadgets, monopoly, Retro, roast, scanner, Snuggie, Tea, Video Games, worms

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Today’s Show:  Web Design, Fear Mongering, Linux, Electricity, Green Tech, AP, Legos, and Cookies everyone likes cookies

Tons of content, but not much energy. Having a down cycle with caffeine right now but i will bring the news and fun to you just as quick, but maybe not so loud. The news was wide reaching this half of the week with interesting tech coming out of unlikely marriages, GM and Segway? We answer the question, Do 3D desktops make sense? AP is biting the hand that feeds them and Linux starts an interesting ad campaign.

All these stories and more. We’re continuing our Adopt a NewB Day celebration with More blog design guides and quick tips for blogging, living digitally and managing your online presence.

Happy Passover to all who are Celebrating!

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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• CaffiNation Back Channel: All the Cruft, non of the Chaff
  
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Quick Hits

• Blog Design Guide: Focus & Writing Copy
• Simple Tool Rule, building a foundation
  
• Design Websites? Check Browser compatibility quickly
• Part Fear mongering, Part real. Electric Bugaboo
• Green tech is out-employing old guard, what does it mean?
• Boards still won’t work on water
• We Are Linux: My Favorite Vid

Geek Cruft:

• AP think we steal their content, and return no value
• They even sued their own affiliates, for using the Corporate YouTube Channel
• GM and Segway, everyone is talking
• Wii Weights? Come on
• 3D Desktop Concept released, but resources are precious
• Lego Archaeology
• Lego Jewelry
• Old but good Lego Fashion Show
• Totally Cool link Legos, Form a Mini theater that works!
• Street Fighter Shirt, is unbelievable
• Nostalgia is a Warm Phaser, set to awesome
• Altoids tins reborn, awesome collection of projects
• Star Trek Surprise is the right way to do fan service
• Creepy Robot child of the day award

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• Lego, Tetris and more in Ice
• Second Pitcher of mudslides take a bit longer to make
• Fun Wine Rack
• Worst Soap Idea ever, but looks the most delicious
• Twisted Mug
• Caffeine Workout Rundown Thanks Jaap!

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: AP, Archaeology, Cookies, Electricity, Fear Mongering, GM, green tech, Legos, Linux, Segway, Street Fighter, Video Games, web design, Wii

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Today’s Show:  Gmail, Video Games, Inbox Zero, Podcasting, Antivirus, Pharaoh, Lego, Social Networking, Hot Dogs, Coffee, Pricing, Milk

Today’s episode is going to be an interesting ride, and its the first show in a while where i can’t come up with a good title right off the bat. Since we have returned to writing articles there is plenty of fodder for commentary in the shows, we’re going to try and keep up a decent pace, probably not 2 or 3 posts a day but there is a decent backlog of information that does need to get out, I’ll try to space it out so the content is as fresh as always.

The content for today’s show is serious at times, light hearted at others and takes a good chuck of time and devotes it to the Consumable portion of the episode. So many great stories its hard to find a place to put them all. Please be sure to check the tumblr feed, the stories which rock but don’t quite make it are always shuffled off the there right before the show deploys.

As always Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Follow Along with us as we talk about…

• Tech in Tough Times: Antivirus Choice
  
• What I Learned from Podcasting: How about you?

Geek Cruft

• Podcasting and education.
• Big Lego Pharaoh, Publicity stunt still pretty cool, Thanks Ben!
• Lego has the coolest Business Cards
• A Big Lego Happy Birthday to Lego, Norbert
• Duct tape that might work on Ducts! Talk about over branding
  
• Teachers and Social networks, the wrong idea
• Multiple Gmail Accounts? in one inbox? Neato
• Re-imagined 80’s Video Game Characters
• Old school phone, with inflation adjusted pricing

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• Review of Van Gogh Espresso Vodka
• Fun Bowl, eating over spilled Milk
• Hot dog cooker for kids you don’t have sticks where they live
• Make your own bubble gum, I’m intrigued
• The lighter side of tea
• Cold brewed coffee, with inflation adjusted pricing
• Take your six pack with you

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: antivirus, Coffee, gmail, Hot Dogs, inbox zero, Lego, milk, pharaoh, Podcasting, pricing, social networking, Video Games

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Today’s Show: Video Games, Halloween, Coffee, branding, recipes, burgers

Dedicated to My Aunt Mary, Who Loved to tell stories. We have a lot of great news and a few fun stories in this show. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the episode as it is. I’ve been fighting through some nasty allergies the past couple of days so my voice isn’t as clear as I like it to be but the mind is still sharp. Lots of content stretching from my adventures cooking to the crazy contraptions some people would consider flying around. Stay tuned and stay caffeinated!

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Tags: branding, burgers, Coffee, family, Halloween, Recipes, remebering, stories, Video Games

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Today’s Show: Mario, Legos, Cupcakes, Video Games, Art, and Amps

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Every Fall i get the same problem afflicting my vocal cords. The true problem is that coffee, my lifeline, my love makes the problem worse. So I end up being cranky and undercaffeinated. Tea is all well and good but its missing something for me, perhaps its just not viscus enough?

On to the news! A huge set of data to cull through for today’s show but I think that we came up with the best of the best to share with you today.

• Back Channel Links Tumblr Blog Grinds
• The Everything Feed: Friendfeed
• The RSS Feed for this Podcast

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Tags: and Amps, art, Cupcakes, Legos, Mario, Video Games