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Snow Leopard’s wallpaper looks many times faster than Leopard’s

Hey, who says Snow Leopard doesn’t offer anything cool worth upgrading for? Check out this new wallpaper! Above: That’s easily $7.43 of the $29 upgrade price right there! Click to download Snow Leopard’s wallpaper. Yes, now even if you have an “ancient” PowerPC G5 system you can at least pretend you’re cool with the Snow Leopard Desktop Wallpaper! Click here to download. Above: Snow Leopard’s wallpaper (left) is obviously much faster... Read More

The “Mighty Dead” mouse

Apple hasn’t updated the Mighty Mouse in quite some time, but those of you dying for a refresh can make your own out of things you probably have in your own home! All you need is and old (still functioning) USB mouse, and an old (NOT functioning) real one! That’s right, assuming you are a fan of taxidermy, Instructables.com has a tutorial on how you can turn that dead mouse you have lying around on the basement into a real life working computer mouse, and it looks... Read More

I was wrong: It’s Apple screwing us, not AT&T

[WARNING: This post contains references to me attempting to do math, so all figures are subject to scrutiny and your usual criticism of how wrong I have it.] Well, a full day has passed since the WWDC, and I think now with a little bit of distance comes clarity. I was pretty angrily bashing AT&T for screwing us current iPhone 3G customers with their $200 “early upgrade tax”, for the iPhone 3Gs, and I have come to the decision that my anger was misplaced. The... Read More

WOW. Bitter much?

It’s not every game that gives you a window into the personal lives of the developer, but a quick read through the description of “The Girl Game“, and you get a pretty clear picture of a man who hasn’t had the best luck with women. In fact, he may not even know how many feet they have. The object of The Girl Game is to buy as many SHOES as you can, using your boyfriend’s credit card! Experience the ultimately addictive combination of match 3 and... Read More

WWDC 09: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh

Faithful Macenstein reader Billy Cape requested I do another one of our “The Good, the Bad, and the Meh” keynote wrap ups, and when one of our readers says “jump”, we ask “how high?” And if their answer is reasonable, and we’re not already laying down or something, we do it. It is important to remember that despite what the Mac community has built it into, today’s WWDC conference is not meant to be Macworld. The big announcements... Read More

FAIL: APPLE can’t get AT&T to turn on MMS, yet developers can

Faithful Macenstein reader Matthew writes: Hey Doc, I was just checking out Apple’s page on iPhone OS 3.0 and it looks like even Apple web designers don’t have access to MMS features in the iPhone 3.0 betas. Here’s a snapshot of the MMS screen with the little red exclamation points next to the picture they tried to send along with the link. those would show up every time I tried to send an MMS (AT&T hasn’t enabled it for beta testers), but since... Read More

Interviews: The iconic art of Pocket God’s Allan Dye

I happen to be a huge fan of the iPhone game Pocket God, and I’m obviously not alone. So far over 1 million iPhone users have downloaded the pint-sized God-simulator in which you alternately punish and reward (ahh, let’s face it, you know you just punish!) your reverently adorable Pygmy islanders. And with nearly weekly updates since its initial release back in January, there is no denying that its developers are being rewarded for the huge amount of work they... Read More

Attention Whores

Above: Lee and Mandy profess their love in front of 200 confused, roped-off strangers, just like Mandy pictured as a young girl. When considering a marriage proposal, far more important than the choice of person is the location. Yes, it’s not important how long you’ve known someone, what really matters is that when it comes time to pop the question, you have as many complete strangers there to witness the event as possible. Their uneasy, confused applause – a reaction... Read More

Um… I guess people must be ordering online?

Peter Yan has posted a comparison photo of the iPhone opening day launch (top) and the Palm Pre launch (bottom) showcasing the rather shocking difference in both attendance and media coverage for the iPhone killing Pre. My favorite part is just how pissed the lone photographer for the Pre launch looks. You know he’d rather be sleeping. [via Peter Yan]  Read More

Celebrity Mac Chick Sighting: Denise Richards

OK, sure Denise Richards might be a nut bar now, but I hold a special place in my heart (and other parts) for the girl who made both Starship Troopers AND Wild Things not only watchable, but re-watchable. Besides, she’s still hot. Above: Denise Richards and her iPod at the beach. [via Celebslam]  Read More