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Today’s Show:  writing, Irish coffee, power, coasters, oragami, robots, legos, solar power, geeks, nerds, dorks, Cake, Coffee

Gadgets are fun, in fact there are more websites dedicated to tiny little technological trinkets than you could shake a stick at, or several sticks if the mood struck you. Gadgets are small little baubles that make eyes light up and wallets open, a selection of small links with big fun is what is in store for today. Tight economic times call for frugal spending, but who couldn’t resits just one more shiny object.

Every show we focus on ways to save you money, in this case we are outing the plain silly products, while focusing on some winners along the way. I also give a quick rundown on how to streamline your writing for the web, make a new version of an old favorite hot toddy, and showcase a couple fun DIY projects.

So Please Enjoy the show and Stay Caffeinated!

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Geek Cruft

• Power doesn’t grow on trees, does it?
• Flat Stan, Coaster to the stars
• With Flat Mark you always know where you’re at
• Get Star power with these cufflinks
• Fold and Go, sorta
• The arrow marks the spot, a sad mouse really
• Robots now sense your fear
• Solar power, from doughnuts, Vodka, and Passion Tea?
• Bats in Space
• Wireless, fan
• Eternal Question, Geek, Nerd or Dork
• Mad scientist in training, might need to get these
• Roadable Aircraft? or Jetsons Precursor
• Now that just silly, just plain crazy people are amusing

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• CaffiNation’s Irish Coffee, you know you want it
• The Colors of Cake? Art raised to a tasty new level
• Lego Ice Cube trays, fortress of solitude is only a step away
• Scrap trap, great idea
• Build your own smoker
  

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: Cake, coasters, Coffee, dorks, Geeks, Irish Coffee, Legos, nerds, oragami, Power, Robots, solar power, Writing

So you think you’re all set now that your blog is up, laid out and designed. Well you still do need to put some stuff up there for people to read. This isn’t about writing for SEO, writing for awards or writing for fun. This is about writing to inform. You have content, you feel a need to get it out there. How can you possibly gain a wider audience for your content? Well there are some small tips for writing copy that i can share with you that will send you well on your way. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: blog design guide, copy, copywriting, format, layout, tutorial, Writing

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Today’s Show: Writing, Lego, Star Wars, Lego, Coffee, Tea, lego, Logo, Love

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A show in honor of Legos. I love the idea behind the lego concept. Make anything out of small simple parts. The mindstorms are a boon for inventors everywhere but it doesn’t end there. These iconic childs toys are loved by people everywhere young and old. I have been inundated with lego stories lately so i decided to dedicate as much of a show as i could to the topic. I was stunned by the response and believe me the stories won’t stop here. There is enough other content on both sides of the coin to keep the show fresh.

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Tags: Coffee, darth vader, john williams, kettle, LED, Lego, logo, Love, mindstorm, patent, Star Wars, Tea, Toast, toaster, Writing

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Today’s Show: Writing, Twitter, Logo, Politics, Cthulu, Dinosaurs, Cloning, Robots, Pong, Coffee

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A lot of things have happened here in the last week, from elections to news stories to interesting projects at work. The news must have been holding off until after the election because we have a ton of great content that just didn’t make it into the show. Tonight’s episode is truly some of the best and I think most interesting links and topics of the day.

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• NaNoWriMo continues

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Tags: Christmas, Cloning, Coffee, Cthulu, Dinosaurs, logo, mammoths, nanowrimo, patent, Politics, Pong, potato, Robots, tomato, twitter, Writing

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Today’s Show: Writing, Audiobook, Hearts, Pumpkin, Nethack, robots, legos, logo, opulence, coffee

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Back to a sense of normalcy around here, so naturally some changes are brewing. For NaNoWriMo, national novel writing month, I’m going to be releasing a new podcast as a form of first draft audio book. We’ll see how it goes. Looking for feedback on it and the first chapter should go live this week. In other news I have been working on a new logo for the CaffiNation Podcast and i think we have a winner, as it should be the album art for today’s show, and most shows going forward. Not changing the site too much yet but i’m looking for feedback here as well.

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• NaNoWriMo Chapter 3 and moving right along

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Tags: Audiobook, Coffee, Hearts, Legos, logo, Nethack, opulence, Pumpkin, Robots, Writing