Looks like MacBooks might want to start taking the train
Man, MacBooks just keep crashing! Last month we reported on a MacBook Air that survived a horrifying airplane crash, continuing to boot despite sustaining massive injuries that rivaled its owner’s broken neck. Well, it looks like MacBooks might want to start taking the train, because here we have yet another tale of smashed airplanes, broken necks, and a MacBook that just won’t die.
On November 2, 2008, Len Johnson completed the first transcontinental biofuel flight in history, having flown from Chino, California to land safely at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. His home-built Cozy IV completed the entire distance running on N-Butyl Alcohol (N-Butanol). Unfortunately, on his flight home, weather conditions forced an emergency landing. The Cozy IV did not survive the crash but both Len and his Macbook Pro are alive and working.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Anthony for the tip!
Megan Fox and her iPhone dress up - paint the town purple
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Celebrity Mac Chick, iPhone
I know, I know. This is about the 40th Megan Fox and her iPhone picture we’ve run, but it appears I am physically unable to not post pictures of Megan and her iPhone. It’s a sickness, and I need help. Luckily, I know that the first step is admitting I have a problem, which I have done. And I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure the second step is dressing up like a police officer and pulling her car over…
[via The Grumpiest]
I don’t believe this guy has 6 friends
I’m not saying the MacBook Air isn’t popular, but I have yet to see one in the wild, nor do I even know a guy who knows a guy who owns one. So forgive me if I don’t believe that not only does this guy know six other people with MacBook Airs, but all six of them have the exact same hinge problem.
Well, at least we know the Air has a brighter screen than the IBM (and can apparently type in a bigger font as well). Maybe he was just trying to scare his iPhone into not acting up.
LEGO My iMac!
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Photos, iMacs
If there’s one thing I love more than Apple gear, it’s LEGOs. Well, OK, there’s nothing I love more than Apple gear, but LEGOs are a close second. Maybe third, after chocolate. That’s why I particularly love this LEGO G4 iMac made by Bjarne Tveskov out of a 7-inch digital picture frame.
“There is no Apple hardware inside (for now),” writes Bjarne, “but the screen can display videos, images and TV (there’s a digital TV tuner built in). I almost managed to get a motorized CD-tray in there, but most of the space in the bottom was needed for weight-elements. The screen is rather heavy so there is a lot of stress on the swivelling arm, but it worked out quite well.”
Above: Bjarne even managed to to create a little homage to Pixar’s Luxo Jr short. Nice.
And the award for “Quickest Conversion of a News Headline into an iPhone Video Game” goes to…
Sniper vs. Pirates, where you need to blast the evil (Somalian?) pirates off their raft and free their hostage crew members.
A rowdy crew of heavily armed pirates has kidnapped your crew, and their fate is in your stalwart hands! You have limited amunition [sic] and a tattered bullet proof vest. Battle the bloodthirsty mauraders [sic] across three intense levels of difficulty.
Touch the screen and drag your finger to zoom in and line up your scope, then tap to fire precision shots. Earn extra points by punishing the pirates creatively.
The game ends if you are killed, run out of ammo, lose more than four crewmates, or you successfully fend off the pirates. Good luck!
It was only two and a half weeks ago that captain Richard Phillips was rescued from Somali pirates by Navy Snipers (although it is unclear if te Navy gave their snipers any extra points for “punishing the pirates creatively”. Assuming this game took a day or two to make, it looks like Apple’s approval process has come a long way since the days developers complaining about months-long waits. This turnaround easily beats the game “Sully’s Flight” which allowed you to reenact captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s January 15th USAirways landing in the Hudson River. That app appears to have since been pulled from the App Store.
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