I’m 95% sure Steve Ballmer is not a Nazi
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Humor, Microsoft Bashing
I’ve analyzed this footage for about 2 days straight, and as convincing as it is, I am pretty sure it is fake.
Above: Just because something is horribly offensive, doesn’t mean it’s not funny
I fancy myself someone of an expert at video analysis, as I actually made a pretty convincing fake Steve Jobs video which fooled millions, so I sort of know what to look for in these types of videos. Without giving away any trade secrets, I have detected one or two frames where the lip sync appears to be slightly off, so I’m calling BS here.
You know, it’s videos like this that give us Apple fanboys a bad name. Let me just say while I am no Microsoft fan, even I think it’s a bit much to equate Ballmer with Hitler. I mean, after all, Hitler liked dogs. (Ba dum bum!)
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Brian for the tip!
(I briefly toyed with disabling comments on this post, knowing full well I could be in for a PC lecture (no pun intended) but hey, yelling at authors is what the interweb is all about. Have at it.)
Redefining “user unfriendliness”: Linux is ported to the iPhone… for some reason
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Cynicism, Not Cool, Opinion, iPhone
I’ve never been a fan of how user-friendly the iPhone’s OS is. Sure, it’s OK, but it’s always bothered me that I did not need a USB client, computer and keyboard hooked to it to display a text-navigated kernel, and instead I was forced to use that beautiful graphical interface and intuitive touch screen to navigate my visually stunning and well-designed apps and games.
Well, luckily for me, my days of easily getting things done on the iPhone may be numbered, as Linux, the operating system that seems to exist solely for the purpose of seeing which devices that were not meant to run it can be forced to run it, can add another notch on its belt – the iPhone. The iPhone Dev Team has successfully booted Linux on the iPhone, and like most “successful” Linux ports, this one is missing half the features and nearly all the functionality you would think a successful iPhone port would have, yet still Linux geeks are calling it a success.
So what’s missing? Well, how about a little thing like support for the touchscreen. What do you do, shake the iPhone to enter text or navigate? Oh wait, no, there is no accelerometer support either. Hmmm.. well it’s probably all voice activated then. What? No sound either? Hmm… Well, good thing I always carry a USB cable, computer and keyboard with me!
Check out the video below to see just how amazingly useful this months-long effort to redefine “user unfriendliness” is.
iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo. Above: What could be simpler?
Wow, I am positively drooling. I already have Linux running on my Roomba and my electric toothbrush, so this will really make things easier for me at home. Sure, it takes me an extra hour or so to brush my teeth, but it’s totally worth it. After all, it’s running Linux! And nothing is cooler than running Linux.
Santa Claus is coming to town… er, the Apple Store
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, iPod, iPod nano
Santa knows these days the kids don’t want wooden, elf-built toys, wagons and dolls – they want iPods, just like everyone else on the planet, and it looks like Santa and his friends will be hitting the Apple Store this holiday season to stock up.
Above: The figures look quite similar to the Rankin/Bass-esque holiday “I’m a Mac” commercial of last year.
Brooklyn-based company Lite Brite Neon has been tapped to construct some iPod-loving Santa and Elf statues to help promote the iPods in the Apple Stores. Apparently each of the 5-foot tall statues is shipped in pieces and meant to be assembled on-site by the Apple Store employees. Lite Brite Neon has posted 2 online videos (one for Santa, one for the Elf) demonstrating how to piece the statues together, and most importantly, how to thread the delicate neon iPod headphone cords. If you don’t mind graphic depictions of decapitated Santa’s and Elves, they are worth a look.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Andy for the tip!
[via ifoapplestore]
Celebrity Mac Chick Sighting Revisted: Megan Fox
Well, here’s something we can all be thankful for, pictures of Megan Fox and her iPhone. We’ve seen the two out together before, but somehow this is one celebrity couple we never grow tired of.
All I can say is thank God she wears outfits too tight to fit an iPhone, or we would have no excuse to print these. (By the way, wtf is up with her boots?)
“Apple Store Munich Soon has come”
If I am reading this very awkwardly Google-translated page correctly, Germany is just moments away from getting its first Apple Store. Located on Rose Street in Munich, the facade is currently covered in iPod nanos in a nod to the Bavarian flag, but it appears to be yet another glass-monster Apple Store.
One interesting fact we learn from this article (presumably written by Yoda) is that apparently Apple’s record sales last quarter were due to the fact that the staff of a very rich man or woman bought over half of all the Apple merchandise sold.
This year alone, more than 100 million customers worldwide now one of the 250 Apple stores visited. In the last quarter, where sales of Apple’s 1.72 billion U.S. dollars made per store (base 226 stores) on average 7.6 million. Nearly 600,000 Macs, the staff in the last three months of the man or the woman brought over half of them, according to initial purchasers of Apple Macs have been.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Andy for the tip!
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