ACTA the next problem

ACTA the next problem

So far we have fought for net nuetrality, and may or may not have won. We hit SOPA where it hurts, and PIPA is reeling. It’s alphabet soup. The latest head to pop up with this hydra is ACTA. It isn’t a US law, or a UK law. this is an international treaty, designed to…

PIPA and SOPA votes postponed

PIPA and SOPA votes postponed

As a general FYI and news of the Day bump, The votes for both PIPA and SOPA have been put on hold, it doesn’t mean they are dead, and with wonderful  rhetoric  like This Gem from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), “But the day will come when the Senators who…

Abuse of Power

Abuse of Power

Yesterday wasn’t fun for me. I lost money, and lost a lot of fun. I lost ad revenue from people coming to my tiny little corner of the internet and clicking on an ad or two. Reading a funny post or learning a thing or two. Perhaps  listening  to the podcast that…

SOPA / PIPA DNS filtering “off the table”

SOPA / PIPA DNS filtering “off the table”

You want power? You need to fight. You want to negotiate you have to ask for things you would be willing to cut to get what you really want. The biggest problems with the SOPA and PIPA legislation that everyone saw right off the bat was DNS filtering. You force sites…

Back in Black: Stop SOPA / PIPA

Back in Black: Stop SOPA / PIPA

We here at the CaffiNation don’t take our freedoms  lightly. And we are banding together with Boing Boing, Google and many other websites to show people what the internet means to our society. Bad legislation that gives unchecked power to not only disable sites,…

CaffNation 515: 6 years

CaffNation 515: 6 years

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS It’s been 6 years of doing this show! Thank you for your support Sponsored by  Puzzle Piece Productions  : Direct link to this Episode! I’m always looking for something to spice up the show, like a fine…

Vinnie Jones’ CPR training

Vinnie Jones’ CPR training

Vinnie Jones, known for playing tough guy roles such roles as Big Chris in” Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels”, Sphinx in “Gone in 60 Seconds, has recently starred in a commercial for “The British Heart Foundation“, where he is…

Live From CES with TPN

Live From CES with TPN

The CaffiNation Podcast has been running since January 9th 2006, and Since April of 2006 we have been part of the fine folks at the Techpodcast Network. As it is their  custom  the fine folks at the TPN are winging their way to Las Vegas for CES, the consumer…

The dark side now has burgers

The dark side now has burgers

The french are know for a great many refined things in the world, dainty cheeses, varied wines, and champagne. Well you can add another culinary masterpiece, with a little geek flair thrown in. Enter, with appropriate music of course, the Darth Vader (apprently Vador…

CaffiNation 514: Back Once Again

CaffiNation 514: Back Once Again

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS A Night as Clear as Day! Sponsored by  Puzzle Piece Productions You would think with as much build up the holiday season has I would have been ready for it? Well i wasn’t in fact the last week leading up to…

Paul R Muller

I like to make pretty things. I watch shiny things, and blinking things. I drink black coffee. But most of all I love working on design problems.