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Today’s show was the first guest recording in the Lair. The mother’s day show was the first co-hosted show ever. I have awesome parents

Father’s day Mayhem with Paul and Scott

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I’d Like to thank and welcome my Father to the show, the first programmer I ever knew and one of the primary reasons I’m as curious about the world around me that I am. today’s show we cover a couple new territories and makes some jokes along the way. There are a ton of great stories that show up in between the hyperlink so i hope you enjoy.

We cover ground from Beer to BBQ, for Babies to bombs and everything in between. My Father and I have a similar sense of humor and this show worked really well as a whole I’m exceedingly happy as to how it worked. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it as well.

I’m getting the cohost bug i might start inviting people to share the Caffination with me. Its turned out to be fun so far what do you think?

Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

• CaffiNation Back Channel: All the Cruft, non of the Chaff
  
• Where else can you find me? www.paulrjmuller.com

Geek Cruft

• This candle is the bomb
• A little throwback for my dad. Commodore 64 twitter client
• Pill alarm
• Cyclops baby ride? Children are only afraid of what you let them be
• Baby cloths tell you of fever
• Bladed nursery furniture
• Regular medieval furniture
• Man den alert, Sofa-Billards
• Deathtrap of a chair
• Play No hands Mario. Via theremin
• make a coil gun in woodshop
• Tactical grade flashlight

Food & Caffeinated Bits

Today’s Coffee:

• What would a father’s day be without a Steampunk Grill
• Perhaps a grill more traditional yet innovative, and overpriced
  
• Sword b que
• Craftsman grill tools
• Ninja Spices, does this count as hidden salt?
• Perhaps a little more frugal with Microwave potato chips?
• Concept or not take out the trash
• Discussing some coffee recommendations for Father’s Day…
• Coffee Bar at a wedding? lets make things more complicated… and expensive
• How to simple coffee illustrations for a home barista

Rundown Tasting: Prelude to a review

• Flying Fish Imperial Espresso Porter
• It would be nice to compare the three olives espresso vodka… but alas we can’t find it anywhere locally
• Pinnacle Le Double Espresso Vodka

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

Tags: baby, beer, blades, C64, Coffee, coil gun, craftsman grill tools, father's day, ninja spices, ninjas candles, sofa billards, Steampunk, swords, twitter, Vodka

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Today’s Show:  Wildfires, Twestival, Fat, Vampires, Legos, robots,lasers, vodka,food, indulgence, charity

Times are tough which goes without saying. I hope that a couple of the links i have in today’s show can help some people out. There are wildfires in Australia, and tech companies are stretching to help, there is a worldwide search for clean drinking water, again Techs are trying to help. And there are many stories of talented people all over having trouble finding work. We highlight one such fantastic artist.

But all the serious stories need a bit of a counterpoint. The Apocalypse is a popular theme with some of the stories floating around the net. How would you like to go? Robots, Zombies, Vampires maybe? We have you covered either way.   That coupled with some of tastiest and nastiest food sights, and sites out there. Join us for a great episode packed with a ton of good stuff, funny links and Legos… who could ask for anything more!

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Tags: abstract lego, anime, Charity, Coffee, Fat, Food, geeks who care, indulgence, Lasers, Legos, Robots, Twestival, Vampires, Vodka, Wildfires, zombie valentine

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Today’s Show:Cryptography, Leftovers, Recycling, Soda, Coffee, Caffeine, Robots, Ads, Kindle

Today’s show is a bit off kilter from what we usually do. I switched machines for recording and the CaffiNation Lair is quite silent right now. The correct way to record is to isolate any extra noise, so this is the closest i’ve had yet to perfect conditions. Great content from front to back a bit of serious in the middle. We are recovering from a long weekend of family fun and work.

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• Back Channel Links Tumblr Blog Grinds
• The RSS Feed for this Podcast
• New Old Machine

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Tags: Ads, caffeine, Coffee, Cryptography, cube wars, deck the halls, gum, Kindle, Leftovers, Lego, recycling, Robots, soda, tech, Vodka

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Today’s Show: Vodka, Review, Flip Flop, webcam, robots, Kudzu, Fire

Its the Sunday show once more and we have a great one lined up for you. Product reviews, Crazy videos and serious stuff all share time in the information packed episode. So sit back, grab a mug of your favorite roast and prepare to be educated, entertained and informed all at once.

Trying out new Social Networks or Web Apps all the time keep sending them in. Currently playing with Tumblr

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Tags: Coffee, davinci, dumb idea, Fire, Flip Flop, Kudzu, puzzle, Review, Robots, sistine chapel, social networks, Tea, tumblr, Vodka, webcam

Red Bull and Vodka, the drink of doom. Sure it is. Apparently ABC news got a hold of some shady science and some suspect statistics to point to in their ever present quest to horrify casual observers. Can you hear the sheep bleating as they run towards the cliffs? Lemming style. I’m more than a little irritated by the sensationalist tract of news that pervades even the most inane subjects. Within this article they make blanket statements, and throw in tid-bits to excite the mind over nothing. Red Bull and Vodka impairs your judgment… Yeah you’re drunk. Then there is this little gem of a sentence.

“A Brazilian study found that college students didn’t perceive themselves to be as intoxicated as they really were.“

Lets break this down a bit. Your expecting College kids to know just how wasted they are? What are you basing this judgment on? Johnny Football Guy didn’t say “I am so wasted” quick enough that night? Your blaming the fact that they didn’t feel drunk on the caffeine? How about the increased tolerance that comes with increased alcohol consumption? I understand what they are getting at here but be serious. Stimulants and alcohol have been mixed for a lot longer than Red Bull has been around. Irish Coffee Anyone?

Couple all of this with the news being a little late to the party. This drink has been making its way around the Bars in the US for 2 or 3 years. great reporting.

And as for the three unfortunate souls who died as a result of drinking Red Bull, not even Red Bull and Vodka, I calmly direct you to the ultimate guide to Caffeine induced death, as we have pointed you there before. There are people on this planet who can not handle caffeine Red Bull has less caffeine in it than a strong cup of coffee does. 80 mg per 8oz, whereas a strong cup of coffee can have 100 mg, per 6 oz. news agencies would do better by stories by reporting the facts without going to the lengths that they do to scare us. Yes Red Bull and Vodka makes you an alert drunk, Caffeine can affect people with weak hearts

Thats about it. I’m done here.

Expect more hard hitting news from this outlet in the future. Check back often, or you could DIE

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