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CaffiNation 414: Broke’d and Fixins

Mar 10, 2010 9:17pm

From Lego Synths to Google Apps this episode covers a lot of ground. We talk about failed and winning art projects good verse bad coffee and i rant a little bit about control of the factors of production...

CaffiNation 413: Bite Sized

Mar 8, 2010 1:30am

From Bleeding Glaciers to well placed products and people this show touches briefly on all the awesome bits of pop culture geek cruft and caffeinated goodness floating about the interwebs tonight!...

CaffiNation 412: Carpe Noctem

Mar 3, 2010 10:12pm

Everywhere from medical journalism to coffee community's responsibility was covered. Funny stories hard htting news, and everything in between...

CaffiNation 411: Info and Antics

Feb 28, 2010 10:08pm

Plenty of bits of random interesting detris littered their way across my feed reader, lego dinosaurs. Mario, Batman, and The search for ET all show up in this episode so pay attention. Not to mention a wonderful coffee section, listen in for how to get free coffee!...

CaffiNation Reviews: Peet’s Coffee Uzuri African Blend

Feb 26, 2010 2:00pm

Coffee with a Conscience, a review and a chance to win Peet's Coffee Uzuri African Blend...

CaffiNation 410: Befuddled

Feb 24, 2010 10:15pm

Tonight's Show we talk about giant LEGO robots, massive man made machines and ghostbusters on the wii. We touch on location based problems with Google buzz and tap into the latest in serious real world problems facing the tech of today. But nothing too serious wouldn't want anyone to learn...

CaffiNation Reviews: Village Tea Company’s Cherry Rooibos

Feb 24, 2010 2:00pm

When people see the CaffiNation they assume I only drink Coffee. I love coffee, but I also tend to drink my fair share of tea as well. Not only do I enjoy a good cup of tea i think bad tea is worse by far than bad coffee. I was approached...

Coffee with a Conscience Giveaway

Feb 24, 2010 11:37am

I know that chances are you like coffee if you are eyeballing this site. If not no worries, coffee being the 2nd most traded commodity in the world besides oil, means you probably at least know someone who likes coffee. Possibly even loves coffee. And Everyone i know loves free...

CaffiNation 409: Squeaky Clean

Feb 21, 2010 10:37pm

Heavy Topics and Lighthearted laughs There are a ton of different stories that can be covered by this show, they range in the stone serious to the laughably funny. We try to strike a balence to keep people both entertained and informed. With Caffeine in our bellies and concern in our...

Bubble Wrap TV

Feb 19, 2010 2:14pm

Wave of the future or messy addiction? This gizmo uses a shortwave radio reciever to create what they dub very slow scan TV. The machines is a Canvas of ink filled bubble wrap. It is able to create 1 frame of Video per day. At 24 frames per second you...

School Laptop Fallout

Feb 19, 2010 8:00am

By now most people have heard of the situation in Lower Merion PA where a student was given a laptop and information from that laptop was used to discipline the kid for something he did at home. There are a lot of vague areas about this story so I’m going to try to stick...

CaffiNation 408: Love Tech

Feb 17, 2010 10:01pm

Live and Longer Taping of the CaffiNation episode 408 had everything from legos to super bacteria its a hoot and a half just trying to figure it all out. Great live show with plenty of input from everyone who stopped by thanks so much for making this a special episode!...

CaffiNation Reviews: RocketfuelCoffee.com

Feb 16, 2010 8:30am

Coffee has been called many things, joe, java, motor-oil, giddy-up juice and a good deal more. So it’s pretty easy to figure out why and where RocketfuelCoffee.com got the idea for their name. I was recently sent a care package by Lisa of Rocketfuel Coffee that included two different samples...

Barista On Duty Coffee, Take 2

Feb 12, 2010 8:00am

To get up to speed on Johnny Milton and his BODY (Barista On Duty) coffee I suggest you read the first review. Consider this an Addendum to that pieces as Johnny sent in some new pieces to try out. The Contestants this time where EthiopianYirgacheffe, and Ethiopian Limu Packaging. Johnny uses canning jars, hand labeled like all of...

CaffiNation 407: SNOMG

Feb 10, 2010 10:14pm

I love snow and i love the cold so i'v been in a very tired heaven this year. This is also not the officially snowiest winter in Philadelphia history with over 60 inches of snowfall since December. Wow! Tonights bit of snowy awesomeness covers robots, design principles, retro game cakes...

Cards For your Sw33ty

Feb 8, 2010 3:52pm

I love Thinkgeek… There I’ve said it, again. Not only do they once again provide an outlet for the awesome geek cruft from all over the internet. But now they’re enabling the printer happy set to print their own valentines cards, for free. Or if you’d like to save a...

Delay…

Feb 7, 2010 9:16pm

Usually on the night of the Superbowl There is no CaffiNation. Unfortunatly this year not because of a party en mi casa,but rather a lack of the ability for coherent thought. My Brain is fried from a rough weekend without much sleep. So I’m turning in early tonight to give...

Planned Obsolescence

Feb 7, 2010 1:06pm

One of my problems with Apple is that they provide very few options to keep old machines current. It’s called planned Obsolescence, your machine will not only be out of date soon, but the OS might not even run on your machine in a couple of years. And since Apple...

Smurfy! Mushroom homes

Feb 6, 2010 6:01am

You wouldn’t think it but bricks are particularly complicate things to make. But they are, You need to harvest and process the clay, strain form dye and fire them, and the you’re left with a marginally effective building material. Despite the Little piggies obvious success using them, there are much...

CaffiNation 406: Multi-Tasking

Feb 3, 2010 9:53pm

Great Conversation leads to fantastic stories and information. A wonderfully full episode. Brimming over with awesome and topped with humor and rampaging cats...

Foldable Power

Feb 3, 2010 1:37pm

One of the biggest buzzwords lately is Green Tech. But the problem with generating power is that quite frankly its a bit hard to do. Solar energy is by far the most talked about alternative energy source but Solar energy is operating at around 20 % efficiency. That means for every 10 units of energy...

Coffee and Chocolate Fun

Feb 2, 2010 8:57am

Over at the Good Human they are giving away a nice gift basket full of Fair Trade Goodness.To Enter head on over there to read the article and leave a nice comment. Enter and join in the Fun! I love fair trade coffee, i’ve just never had the opportunity to enjoy...

Hot Mugs, Cool Art

Feb 2, 2010 8:54am

I know I’ve put a moratorium on new mugs in the house, but i might have to either break the moratorium or snap a couple of mugs. These new offerings from Thinkgeek are pretty dang awesome. Take the power of retro and the cool factor of the temperature sensitive paint...

Wardriving Made Easy

Feb 1, 2010 6:56pm

A simple enough hack but ingenious. Take one part Wifi Detecting shirt from Thinkgeek, subtract fabric with scissors. Add in your car and shake and bake till it looks awesome. I’m not sure announcing your intent to go wardriving is the best practice considering the overall attitude towards borrowing another...

CaffiNation 405: Planning

Jan 31, 2010 11:11pm

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...

Smart Gun cool tech

Jan 29, 2010 2:14pm

My thought has always been that guns are not inherently bad. Bad people use guns to spread their malfeseance and careless people leave them out where accidents can happen. If you own a gun, your right isn’t just to own it but but rather should be contingent on your care and...

Circuit Shelf

Jan 29, 2010 1:09pm

Although just a design concept these shelves are just awesome enough to get me thinking about how i should properly decorate the CaffiNation Lair. The idea looks simple enough to implement. I can’t help but think these shelves, depending on their price would be a huge hit in many a geek lair. The...

Downhill Plotting

Jan 28, 2010 4:47pm

“Life is not one big joke, its a series of little jokes all lined up in a row… there they are look at them” ~Richard Pryor, Moving There must be something in the water supply this week, or the moon is in an odd alignment or possibly, just possibly everyone I...

CaffiNation 403: Forbidden

Jan 27, 2010 9:44pm

Despite a rough week caffination 403 goes through the introduction of the iPad, geeks teaching spelling, never-ending ink, Pacman, and star wars. All in a days work. Not to mention the Coffee, Espresso, beer, and knitting to round out the other half of the show...

Water Blocks: Color Mixing / Stacking fun

Jan 27, 2010 4:01pm

Kids toys need to be two things to pass muster, durable and quiet. These blocks look mighty quite unless there is a hidden compartment for batteries I’m missing, and they also fulfill the hidden third category of an educational plus. The only real question i would have is about durability....

Cult of Hype

Jan 26, 2010 9:45pm

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...

Caleb Larsen’s Auction Art

Jan 26, 2010 6:35pm

Art Auctions are common by anyone’s standards. You can’t go more than a few days weeks without reading something about a some piece selling for a price you wouldn’t pay. However this installation / art piece by Caleb Larsen takes the auction and makes THAT the real art. This little...

Drink Caddie for Golfers and Loafers

Jan 26, 2010 5:16am

Electronic Drink Caddie for Golfers somewhere Rodney Dangerfield is getting some respect, probably with a little twist of lime. I can’t help but to look at this and think CaddyShack.All its’s missing is a sweet radio and a golf club launcher. Coming in at the bargain price of 99 dollars this real looking club...

CaffiNation 402: Bite Sized

Jan 24, 2010 10:08pm

Drained mentally and physically this episode is an example of picking my battles, and right now tired is winning. So only the best stuff got into this one! No time for filler...

Woodcraft Sketchbook

Jan 24, 2010 6:36am

I’m a sucker for well made and well designed tools. And one of my most frequently used tools of late is my sketchbook. My sketchbook however is almost used up and in quite poor condition, So i’ve been looking around for another to replace it. I came across These beautifully constructed...

Plastic Bottle Clothes Hanger

Jan 23, 2010 5:59pm

Rethink Hanger uses plastic bottles to hang clothes. Imagine cutting down on plastic entering the waste stream and at the same time making something useful for yourself. This contraption allows you to screw two bottles into a plastic hook creating an item thatis in need. The unit will cost 8 dollars...

Infographics: The Beatles

Jan 23, 2010 11:12am

Michael Deal Charts the Beatles. For a band that made a consistent hits. Its a well know fact that i have a serious weakness for Infographics and so call “infoporn” in general. I aspire to see things as these artists do. The above chart is an example of splicing the authorship...

Caffeine Metabolism

Jan 22, 2010 12:21pm

Caffeine Metabolism: A great article going over the pathway Caffeine takes to get into your system and how it effects you once it does. I was originally pulled in by the spiffy image but the rest of the article is very worth your time if you are in any way interested in how caffeine...

Ninja Unboxing the GooglePhone

Jan 22, 2010 11:43am

For those that are interested in the Nexus one by Google. I Love this video NINJA’S UNBOXING....

CaffiNation 401: Authorize This

Jan 20, 2010 9:34pm

This show has everything the well heeled geek needs, star wars, LEGO, coffee, weapons, Mario, Atari, Halo, cupcakes, charity and compassion. It's all part of a balanced information diet!...

Process: The Mix

Jan 20, 2010 4:56pm

The process of making a podcast has many parts. This selection gives a doodle, a sketchnote if you will explaining how my mixer is set up to replicate a live studio session and save on Post processing...

CaffiNation 400 Quadrocentenial

Jan 17, 2010 10:53pm

we have a wonderful show tonight going from Nuclear posters to simple calendar hacks. Geek beach balls, bad puns and even worse attempts at jokes in general. In short this is just like every other episode of the show but with different bits of awesome crammed into the nooks and...

Stats And Thanks

Jan 17, 2010 10:45pm

Thanks to everyone who supports the show, and has listened in over the years. this is a beautiful and awesome community to be a part of. The people I have met and the stories and laughs we have shared over these past 400 episodes are priceless thank you. Here are a...

CaffiNation 399: Setting Up

Jan 13, 2010 10:15pm

Tonights show has a good mix of both sections. We go from how social media is effecting change in earthquake ravaged regions of Haiti to talking about the Universities being forced to pull Kindles. On the lighter side we discuss the evils of flavored coffee, dirty decaf, and soe...

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