Bill Jobs is one smart, rich, and disturbing looking man
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Humor, Steve Jobs, That's Weird..., video
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!
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.
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 tell me that isn’t going to get him some ladies! (Although he appears to only be an EDGE network… so the girls might not be “3G hot”.)
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, paint, mime, laugh, line dance, flex her muscles, salute, swim, or perform a summoning spell, and much more — all at your command.”
mmm… line dancing at my command… Good thing my Mophie Juice Pack arrived, as I am now sure to be draining my iPhone battery at an insane rate. I mean, coughing and summoning spells?!?! She may be the perfect woman.
The idea of the “game” is you need to figure out the 100 or so combination of touches determines what “subroutines†Fembot performs. Moves are started by a simple double-tap or combination of two swipes, taps, a tap and a swipe, or longer combinations (but not much longer). Somehow I have a feeling that whatever “subroutine” Fembot does when her breasts are rubbed continuously is the only one most users will see, so hopefully it’s not the Macarena.
Behold iStik: The magnetic iPod nano bikini holder
Filed under: Hardware, That's Weird..., design, iPhone, iPod nano
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.
Actually, there are no magnets being used in this shot – the nano holding on all by itself. It took 3 men to reluctantly pry it off. Just place one side of the iStik’s magnets on either side of your clothing (thinner material is recommended) and go about your workouts without having to worry about such annoyances as armbands, pockets, or people not looking at your ass.
Currently the cases only support the nano, but cases are being rolled out soon for the iPhone and iPod touch. iStik claims they have had an electrical engineer test the effects of the iStik’s powerful magents, and they are confident they will not damage your iPod in any way. The secret is that since the flash-based nanos have no moving parts in them, the magnets can do no harm. Hmmm… Somehow it still sounds wrong to me, but hey, I’m not an electrical engineer.
It will be interesting to see how well the iStik attaches the much heavier iPhone onto bikini bottoms. VERY interesting, in fact. Perhaps iStik will release some magnetic suspenders to help support the devices.
“Thanks to the iStik, the ladies are finally checking me out!”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 Geekdom (and have already long-since given up on getting a girl into your bed) you can order these adorable pillows from Etsy. By the way, I assume our faithful reader Count Macula is preparing his trademark violation lawsuit as we speak…
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 takes a pretty good jab at Microsoft’s Zune and gives props to the iPod.
Look for next week’s episode where Chuck bashes Microsoft for spending too much money on advertising Vista and not enough fixing its problems.
Thanks dizzy!
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 more jobs”, “Capture Osma Bin-Laden”, and “lower the price of gas”. Well, guess which one happened?
From the site:
A Goal has been met!
Yes! You heard it right! On October the 14th, the average price of a gallon of gasoline dropped below $2.79 a gallon here in the Twin Cities. Sure, the decline of gas prices was due to the total collapse of the world economy, and the price of oil spiraling into a vortex of doom as a result. And to be honest, we’re not sure if this was actually the work of President Bush, or whether our Lame Duck Challenge had more of an impact on the economy than we suspected. But hey: a deal’s a deal, right? Our giving away all of our software for free is just our way of trying to make good on the loss of untold $trillions worth of equity from American pocketbooks. We hope you agree that it was all worth it to get back to the good old days of cheap gas again. Ummm, yeah.
So, if you are into free stuff, head on over to the CodeWeavers site and sign up for your hard earned free stuff (you have a choice of either CrossOver Mac Professional, or CrossOver Linux Professional). Oh, and don’t forget to sign up for your free bottle of Dr. Pepper on November 23rd while you’re at it.
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 Developer Forums provide a collaborative environment to post iPhone development topics and questions for an open discussion with other iPhone developers and Apple engineers.”
Unfortunately, Apple seems to have hit a snag, as just a few minutes after registering, he found the forum has been taken off-line. Oh well, it DOES say “Beta”.
Entourage “iPhone continuity” error
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Photos, Slow News Day, iPhone
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.
