Archive for March, 2009

Free Coffee for Smart People (Tuesday)

March 30, 2009
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Free Coffee for Smart People (Tuesday)

As promised (and implied by previous habit), tell a nerd on duty at one of our stores the answer to this question and receive a free 450mL beverage of your choice. What molecule is this: Hint: We would NEVER add it to our beverages.  They taste fine the way they are. Last week’s answer:...
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Great, another necessity

March 25, 2009
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I’m trying to analyze my needs in this economy, but with inventions like this my needs keep growing.  Magnetic tape that cleanly comes off of the surface you adhere it to.  Brilliant! Tweet
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Must have new beverages

March 22, 2009
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Must have new beverages

Starting sometime in June, a new beverage from Pepsi is coming out.  I can hardly wait to wrap my lips around the bottle and take by first big gulp of “Mountain Dew Game Fuel Horde Red.”  While I’m sure it won’t pack the punch of of one of my Brew Nerd Swirlys or Bawls,...
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Free Coffee for Smart People Tuesday (Wednesday) – 2009.03.18

March 18, 2009
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Free Coffee for Smart People Tuesday (Wednesday) – 2009.03.18

Sorry for the late post…I had lots of log files from my last wardriving effort I had to parse. Name this famous person: Hints: loves to get data out of text files, 1987 Come in with the answer and we’ll whip up a 450mL beverage of your choice. Tweet
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The ultimate iPhone interface

March 12, 2009
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Andrew Aitken has created an amazingly nerdy interface/skin for his iPhone.  It looks like the Star Trek TNG LCARS interface.  Check out the video below for some awesome nerdiness: Tweet
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Forget brick breaker/breakout, I want SMB!

March 10, 2009
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Forget brick breaker/breakout, I want SMB!

Soon enough, I WILL find time to stop all of the World of Goo playing I’ve been doing and take the time to load up Super Mario Brothers on my old TI calculator from high school.  If they could see me in the back of Mrs. Coe’s class now! Tweet
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Biofuel from Coffee?

March 8, 2009
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In my pre-bedtime coffee news reading, I came across this article that discusses harnessing the power of coffee grounds to make biofuel. Start saving your grounds! Check out the article on the economist here. Bonus word of the day from the article: transesterification Tweet
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free coffee for smart people tuesday

March 3, 2009
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free coffee for smart people tuesday

Sorry for the posting hiatus.  I promise I will try to post updates more often.  But, at least you’re guaranteed a post that offers free coffee.  Here’s one dedicated to you puzzle loving nerds.  Click the image to get an easier-to-print version (as if I had to tell you). Tweet
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