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Identify my MacBook, win a prize!

[OK, I am giving the prize to James, because he was the first one to actually give me the real model number and RAM capacity in a convincing manner, but thanks to all of you who were nice enough to try to help me. For money. Oddly, the prize is going to cost me almost as much as the RAM.] OK, normally I don’t like using the mighty power of this site to just ask a self serving question of my readers, but I am well and truly stumped. I am trying to buy RAM for a November... Read More

How to: Create Custom Mask Effects For Photo Booth

Like most kids their age, faithful Macenstein readers Len and Jordan were messing around with Quartz Composer’s input parameters and Photo Booth last Friday night, and they figured out a relatively easy way to create your own Photo Booth masks. And by relatively easy, I mean even I could follow the instructions. So, If you’ve ever wanted to put your face on Steve Jobs’ near-perfect body, read on! Read More  Read More

The internet is about to get really annoying

One of my pet peeves (and there are MANY) is the way computers are portrayed in TV and movies (especially the show BONES). I hate how in Hollywood, every single button press, every page scroll, every single piece of text that appears on screen (which for some reason, always does so one letter at a time, like a typewriter) makes a beep, pip, bloop, or what have you, and I especially hate how different screens of information (usually professionally taken mug shots of 3rd world... Read More

Hmmm… more like 107

These readings from my iPhone were taken while standing in the ocean in about 8 inches of water. Assuming the iPhone uses “sea level” as the basis for altitude, I would say the accuracy is closer to 107 feet than 56. Although, in the iPhone’s defense, I AM just under 50 feet tall…  Read More

Jailbreaking provides MASSIVE increase in iPhone battery life

Just one more benefit to Jailbreaking the iPhone. Check out this incredibly messed up battery charge sensor amazing increase in battery life one lucky jailbreaker is experiencing on his iPhone! If that’s LOW battery, odds are this dude’s iPhone can now power Connecticut, or at least Rhode Island. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Rich for the link! [via imageshack]  Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick-en of the Month July 2009: Leona Devi

Faithful Macenstein reader Simon writes: “I hatched this chick and it loves to sit on my PowerBook G4 as it is nice and warm. Do you think this counts as Mac Chick Of The Month?” Well Simon, due to some unforeseen scheduling conflicts with Miss July, it just might have to… Good thing she’s cute! • Name: Leona Devi • Age: A week old • Location: Norfolk, UK • Occupation: None • First Apple product you bought: I am still very young, but I do... Read More

A nano that can hold 47 trillion songs

Fashion designer Sir Paul Smith got a pretty cool birthday gift from his fellow Brit and BFF Jonathan Ive – a giant pink iPod nano. On a sad note, four seconds after this picture was taken the giant pink nano was lost in Paul Smith’s cluttered shit hole of an office. This is one of those cool things that as an Apple fanatic I see and think “Oh my God! That’s Awesome!” and then after looking around my house for a second, I think, “Where the hell... Read More

You should see what his OTHER hand says…

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Um, that ain’t no Zune…

Faithful Macenstein reader Whaps writes: “Doc, I was looking at a new Ford that has SYNC technology (unfortunately by Microsoft) and I decided to check out the website for complete details. To my surprise, a technology developed by Microsoft is showing the international symbol for iPOD above the word PLAY. Interesting. Whats your take?” It is interesting, Whaps, but understandable. After all, if they had tried to put an icon that looked like the Zune, the resulting... Read More

Apple rips us off once again

In response to Apple’s 1 year app store celebration graphic, faithful Macenstein reader meggert writes: “didn’t you do something awhile back where you arranged a bunch of apps by color?” Quite right, meggert. The day was July 29th, 2008, and I was so bored I arranged all my iPhone’s icons by color (see below). Of course, I think now I pretty much have all 56,000 apps on the app store, so I could likely make an even more impressive rainbow, but... Read More