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Wanna weigh your blow? There’s a phone for that

On his way to lunch, Amsterdamian Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten (awesome name, btw) happened to see this iPhone cocaine scale in the window of what appears to be a very classy, and upscale boutique.  Read More

Meet Frank

Above: “Frank” even has two giant bolts sticking out of his head, just like the real thing! Faithful Macenstein reader Julian writes: Hi Doc! A few months ago, my brother came to me and asked for a computer which can run some games, runs Mac Os X, looks cool, and costs below 500€ (including monitor, keyboard and all), because he spends most of his money on amps and guitars. So we had almost no options. A real Mac was way to expensive, and just buying a cheap computer... Read More

67% of Mac users would like to try Windows 7 (sort of)

Proving that statistics can be manipulated to present pretty much ANY picture you’d like, a recent study from Retrevo, a consumer electronics shopping site, found that 67% of Mac users would be very interested in installing Windows 7 on their Macs. Sort of. On a lark, the study asked respondents whose primary computer was a Mac … if Microsoft (hypothetically) provided a free copy to Mac OS users would they install and try Windows 7, we were amazed to see 67% say... Read More

Mac vs PC – Snuff Box style

I’m somewhat of a fan of Berry & Fulcher’s Snuff Box, at least what I’ve seen (their “She has a Boyfriend” video still makes me laugh), so I was very pleased to see they did a take on the whole “Mac vs. PC’s debate. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader TheWarpedOne for the tip!  Read More

“I’m so mad, I could pop a 9mm at it.”

A Man, an iPhone, and a Gun. A love story. A Cincinnati man is under arrest tonight after allegedly showing an Apple Store employee a handgun and claiming he was so fed up with his iPhone that he would “pop a 9mm at it,” right in the store. From WCPO TV: According court records, Donald Goodrich, 38, of Westwood, was frustrated his iPhone was not working properly. He told the employee he was, “So mad, I could pop a 9mm at it.” The employee allegedly told... Read More

My GOD those are huge coffee mugs!

Here we have a clip of CNN’s Kiran Chetry being given the old “what for” by The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart. Stewart points out the hypocrisy of Chetry doing a report on the dangers of texting while driving, when just the day before she touted all the real-time traffic features of CNN’s new mobile iPhone app, saying it was great to have that available in the car, where you need it. While this video is enjoyable to watch for Chetry’s valiant attempts... Read More

The iPhone can handle its liquor

We’ve all been there… you’re at an Oktoberfest party, taped to a wall with three of your friends while a hot chick throws beer at you. It’s more or less a tradition come October. Well, German TV personality Harald Schmidt (think if Conan O’Brien looked like Wolf Blitzer) decided to take that age-old drinking game and apply it to Smartphones. In honor of Oktoberfest, the iPhone went up against a Blackberry 8310, a Nokia E90, and a Samsung Galaxy in... Read More

Wanna sell Zunes? It’s easy! Just pretend Apple makes ‘em!

Wal-Mart has come up with an interesting idea to help move Microsoft’s “Oh, they still make that?” Zune – They have begun putting it in the Apple display cases where people might actually look! Faithful Macenstein reader Dustin writes: And this is why Apple should not see products in Walmart! I live in a small town here in Central Texas and about the only choices we have for necessity shopping is the local H.E.B. Grocery store and a puny little Walmart.... Read More