The new nano: Has Jonathan Ive lost it?!?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein As the lead designer of the iMac, iPod, and iPhone, Johnathan Ive has an impressive track record for coming up with eye-pleasing yet functional designs. Unfortunately, if recently leaked photos of the upcoming nano prove to be legit (and it is looking like they may be) it looks like Ive may have gone to the creativity well one too many times. Now, of course no one knows for sure that those photos are indeed of the actual upcoming nano, but let’s... Read More
Review: Speck’s ToughSkin case for iPhone
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Above: The Speck ToughSkin for iPhone (apparently pre-YouTube and AT&T.) Ever since getting my painted iPhone back from ColorWare, I have been trying to catch up on the backlog of reviewable iPhone cases that had built up during the 3 weeks my iPhone was MIA. After sorting through the various designs, I now feel I have a good idea of the general types of cases available for the iPhone, and what they offer. It’s interesting to see how there... Read More
Well they changed it – 13 days
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Well, if you took the over, you won. 13 days after launching the new iMacs, Apple has changed the ultra-slim computer’s potentially UN-”PC” (get it?) tagline, “You can’t be too thin. Or too powerful” to “The all new, all-in-one iMac.” Being the first site to point out the potential advertising pitfall (as well as being raging egomaniacs), we’d love to take credit for Apple having changed their campaign,... Read More
HandBrake 0.9.0 Released
Posted by Dr. Macenstein In their eternal quest to avoid a version 1.0 release, the folks over at HandBrake have just announced the release of HandBrake 0.9.0. There are a slew of enhancements, most notably improved video quality and the addition of iPhone and PSP presets, and the interface has undergone a bit a sprucing up as well. Download version 0.9.0 here. Oh, and if you are confused by the lack of the alleged iPhone preset (like me), be sure to choose UPDATE BUILT-IN... Read More
Trip down memory lane: Woz the car salesman
Posted by Dr. Macenstein “It… is… AWESOME”. – Steve Wozniak Long before he dreamed of dating Kathy Griffin, Steve Wozniak was bitten by the show-biz bug and agreed to appear in the 2nd best Datsun 280Z commercial ever. For those of you wondering, below is the best Datsun 280Z commercial ever. Read More
Review: XtremeMac InCharge Auto for iPhone and iPod
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Car chargers are a necessary evil these days, something that you almost have to figure into the price of a new iPod or iPhone. However, traditionally they are what they are, functional and boring. It usually takes a little extra something for me to get excited enough about a car charger to bother writing about it, but I think the InCharge Auto by XtremeMac makes the cut. The cool thing about this particular car charger is its modular design. Most chargers... Read More
Why does no one ever care if the Dell store goes down?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Early this morning the Mac geek world, and the geek world in general, was abuzz with speculation when it was noted that the online Apple Store was down. Engadget Got the hype ball rolling, but other sites like Digg, Reddit, and others were quick to pick up the ball and run with it, despite it being 2 AM on a Thursday – not a time Apple traditionally puts out product updates (the downtime ended up being nothing other than maintenance, apparently). This... Read More
Flip4Mac releases fix for QuickTime 7.2 bug
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Quick Mail Tip: Find out how much space your messages are taking up
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Here’s a quick little tip you may already know about, but I just discovered while screwing around in Mail. If in your main Mail window you select an account under your INBOX, then hit “CMND+i” (the usual “Get Info” shortcut), you are presented with the Account Info window. This window defaults to the MESSAGES ON SERVER tab, which provides a sortable list of all messages currently residing on your mail server, along with their... Read More
Liberace’s MacBook Pro
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Faithful Macenstein reader izbest1 saw my green iPhone and raised me a Macbook Pro Apple logo full of diamonds. Computer Choppers is offering customers the chance to have their MacBook’s logo encrusted in the precious stones of their choosing (for a price). One can only assume the light show it puts on from the laptop’s backlight is well worth the thousands of dollars you could potentially spend. So, if you are one of those people who spends... Read More
Macenstein's "Mac Chick of the Month" (March 2009): Carrie LaChance
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