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Bill Jobs is one smart, rich, and disturbing looking man

Everyone knows Mac and PC users are so genetically different that they cannot produce offspring, but what if they could…? Celebrity Morphing decided to do the unthinkable, morph Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and see what their Proposition 8 love child might look like. Behold Bill Jobs. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Mike for the link!  Read More

The funniest thing Steve Jobs ever said

Above: Don’t let anyone tell you Steve Jobs doesn’t have a sense of humor – after all, he did found his company on April 1st. Now, normally I like to think that Steve is an honest man, but listen to him stutter over that line… even HE can’t believe that particular line of bullshit.  Read More

Visual Aid: Why Jailbreaking is still cool

With the app store now offering 95% of the functionality of a Jailbroken iPhone, sometimes it’s easy to forget how cool Jailbreaking an iPhone is. In fact, I’d put it right up there with smoking. Faithful Macenstein reader Jeremy sent in a visual reminder for all of us who have forgotten that visual customization is as much a part of Jailbreaking an iPhone as adding unsanctioned apps. Check it out, Jeremy is apparently providing his own cell service! You can’t... Read More

Fembot application means the iPhone is now perfect

Whether you love it or hate it, the one thing everyone agrees on is that the iPhone was missing is a Fembot application. Without a small metal woman who can do the macarena, we all might as well be using a LG VX8300. Well, you’ll be happy to know that the Fembot app has finally arrived, and the iPhone is now perfect. “Your Fembot can do many moves, actions, gestures, and even dance for you! She will wave, slap, cough, fire a bow and arrow, do the macarena dance,... Read More

Behold iStik: The magnetic iPod nano bikini holder

Just as I still get nervous when my MacBook goes through the airport scanners, somehow the idea of putting powerful magnets next to my iPod still freaks me out, no matter how safe an electrical engineer assures me it is. Still, iStik’s magnetic cases for the nano appear to be the best thing to happen to bikini bottoms since the Coppertone dog. Currently the cases only support the nano, but cases are being rolled out soon for the iPhone and iPod touch. iStik claims they... Read More

AWWWWW….

I don’t know if these Halloween Finder Face Pillows are “$39 plus shipping” cute, but they are definitely cute! From top left we have Count Macula, Mac-o-lantern, Spooker, and Finderstein. It’s actually sad to think there are now some young Mac Geeks out there who have never even seen the “Happy Mac” Finder Face greet them on boot. But for all my fellow old farts out there, if you’d like to rest your weary head on the pinnacle of Mac... Read More

You have a Zune?!?

Apple product placement and evangelism throughout Hollywood has gotten so prevalent that sometimes as a Mac user it is easy to forget we are still in the minority. Yet while Hollywood’s writers and directors may enjoy expressing their Apple loyalty by sneaking Apple gadgets into various scenes, they have always stopped short of outright Microsoft bashing… until now. Our good friend dizzy over at When Will Apple? noticed a scene in last Night’s Chuck (NBC) which... Read More

CodeWeavers makes good on its promise of FREE STUFF!

If there’s one thing we know our readers love, it’s FREE STUFF. Even free stuff they’ll never use. So listen up. For today only, CodeWeavers is making good on it’s somewhat bizarre promise to give away all of its software for free if George W. Bush met even one of a series of “Lame Duck” Presidential goals CodeWeavers outlined for him. The Goals included “Rejuvenate the Housing Market”, “Lower the Cost of Food”, “Create... Read More

Apple launches Apple Developer Forums: then takes them down

Those of you who get excited every time you see Apple’s “We’ll Be Back Soon” post-it on a Tuesday, listen up! Faithful Macenstein reader Anonymous Developer sent us his invite to the new Apple Developer Forums Beta he received this morning. “We are pleased to announce the Apple Developer Forums—a new benefit for developers in the iPhone Developer Standard Program, Enterprise Program, and University Program. Currently in beta, the Apple... Read More

Entourage “iPhone continuity” error

Faithful Macenstein reader Nicholas Penree noticed something little odd in last night’s Entourage episode. See if you can spot it. That’s right! Whoever is in charge of continuity on the set of Entourage should be fired. Clearly for artistic reasons known only to them, the writers wanted Perrey Reeves’ Mrs. Ari to be using her iPhone upside down, yet in the following shot it is right side up! Why not just slap a sombrero and a snorkel on her? Geez.  Read More