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Updated Airport Extreme Base Station at Macworld?

Faithful UK Macenstein reader Steven Haskayne alerts us that the Airport Extreme base station is marked “no longer available” on the UK Apple store under the “ready to ship” date. “With Macworld looming do you think that this could be a sign?” asks Stephen. “Surely if it was out of stock it would just say that?“. Hmm Steven. We agree the wording does seem a little “final”. However, the US store still shows a 24-hour... Read More

Ahrrrghh! Even Pirates be loving the iPhone!

Above: We’re not sure why these sailing gloves don’t have index finger and thumbs, but they’ll sure come in “handy”. As temperatures across the country drop to below freezing, dialing your iPhone has become a hazardous prospect. Due to the iPhone and iPod touch’s need for physical contact with your exposed skin, placing a call or scrolling through music tracks requires you first remove your gloves, risking frostbite and (shudder) dry skin.... Read More

How To: Make a photomosaic (great last minute gift idea!)

The other day I came across a “tutorial” on how to make a photomosaic using Leopard’s cool new photomosaic screensaver. While the title sounded intriguing, unfortunately what it eventually boiled down to was “take a screenshot of the mosaic when it resolves”. Pretty lame. The resolution on such a screen grab would not be high-res enough to use for printing, and you’d have hardly any control over the final result. Assuming you actually liked... Read More

Apple releases secuirty update 2007-09 (again)

Have you ever experienced déjà vu? You know, the feeling that somehow, somewhere, you’ve downloaded the same security update twice? Well, you’ll be happy to know, it’s not just you. Just four days after Apple released Security Update 2007-09 version 1.0, they today released it again, in the form of Security Update 2007-09 version 1.1 (available via Software Update). New to this update is… nothing. At least on the surface, that is. Apple claims it... Read More

Three uses for a dead PowerMac G3

Much like the resourceful native Americans who learned to use every part of the Buffalo they hunted, faithful Macenstein reader Devin Singley recently managed to re-purpose the innards of his dead G3 PowerMac and put them to good use, creating items such as a liquor cabinet, a Christmas display, and a cat brush. (Well, OK, maybe not good use, but a use nonetheless). Writes Devin: “I recently took apart my old PowerMac G3. No better excuse than it seemed like the thing... Read More

#15 is of course the most impressive

Much like climbers of Mt. Everest, sometimes you just have to do things because you can. Faithful Macenstein reader Craig Fine sent us a screen shot we found pretty cool. It wasn’t all that long ago that running even a quarter of this simultaneously wasn’t possible (well, except for #15). Why did I do this? Cause I can! In the picture above, I am running the following: 1- OS X 2- Windows XP Pro 3- Linux Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” Version 7.10 4- iTunes 5-... Read More

We have a winner!

Or should we say “Wiiner”? (No, “winner” was right, I think). We’d like to thank all of you who came out to play our “Wii Give You a Wii” Contest. It was a huge success, and while we wish we had enough Wii’s for all of you, in the end (much like Highlander) there can be only one. (Maybe if AOL gets off its ass and buys us out we can give out a couple hundred of these next year.) Anyway, back to the contest. As most of you who... Read More

Gotta love our faithful readers!

Faithful Macenstein reader Jerrett writes: Greetings Doc- I was having a Mac party tonight, really I was just simultaneously upgrading macs to Leopard and installing software. I Apple tech on the side for extra cash, and my uncle just happens to be a re-seller so it works out for both of us. Anyways, I realized I had 6 Macs in the room at one time and decided to snap a photo for you. Can you spot which one of these machines is an abomination of Apple? I actually have 9 macs,... Read More

10.5.2 fixes Stacks!

HOORAY! It seems that our daily e-mails to Apple just might have gotten to someone on the Leopard development team! According to a source familiar with the latest Leopard build seeded to developers, in addition to all those meaningless “little” fixes (like Data Detectors, the Mac OS X Dock, the Finder, grammar checking, iCal, iChat, Mail, Parental Controls, Quick Look, Rosetta, Safari, Time Machine, and AirPort), our source tells us that Apple has fixed Stacks by... Read More

Only one day left to Wiin our Wii!

Less that 18 hours remain in our “Wii Give You a Wii” contest, and if you’re hankering for a Wii this holiday season, there’s some pretty good odds here. As of now we have recieved about 65 correct answers to our Wii code, so at the moment you’ve got a 1 in 66 chance of winning. But hurry, time’s running out! Good luck, and happy holidays from Macesntein!  Read More