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No need for the tinfoil shield guys, you aren’t getting laid

I never really understood the whole “destroy tech on YouTube” thing, I guess I’m sort of missing the “attention whore” gene, but if I WERE to destroy a gadget on YouTube at the tail end of 2009, I don’t think I would use a product from 2007 to prove I was cool. Yet, that’s just what Jory Caro and the folks over at “Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?” did when they recently microwaved a 1st generation iPhone. Wow. There’s... Read More

The “Where in the world is Steve Jobs?” Contest

Attention graphic designers and “Where’s Waldo?” fans! We have teamed up with the good folks at Pixelmator for a new contest here at Macenstein designed to test both your creativity and your love for everyone’s favorite temperamental CEO, Mr Steve Jobs. Announcing the “Where in the world is Steve Jobs?” Contest! Above: Now THAT’S what I call a “Mac Chick”! The rules are simple, just download this pre-cutout headshot of... Read More

And THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is why they sell fake iPhones

Remember that dummy iPhone we reviewed all those years ago? Well, guess what I’M doing this weekend? OK, so that’s not what I have planned this weekend, although it DOES involve Super Glue and a couple of frustrated people… [via wantOWLE via Gawker]  Read More

A message from the iPhone to Droid and WinMo

One of the good things about having over 100,000 apps available on the iPhone is it more or less allows you to spell anything. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Xavier for the link [via imgur]  Read More

Microsoft Pitch-man Seinfeld upgrades to an iMac

Faithful Macenstein reader William writes: “Curb Your Enthusiasm had its “Seinfeld reunion” episode on last night. To help bring it to fruition, the production crew faithfully reconstructed the original sets, modernizing them with some updates, which they highlighted in the fall promo: a new refrigerator, an HDTV and granite counter-tops. One update they failed to highlight nevertheless made its appearance in several shots. Seinfeld’s commercials for Microsoft notwithstanding,... Read More

Family Guy takes a Jab at Windows 7, Mac OS X

Family Guy took a couple of geeky jabs at both Microsoft and Apple’s OS’s recently. One unforseen benefit for Apple in having under 10% of the computer market is that probably only about 10% of the Family Guy audience was familiar enough with OS X to even knew it was an Apple Jab, where EVERYONE understands Microsoft bashing. I also noticed that just like the two different brand philosophies, the Apple joke was more subtle, well designed, and “just worked”,... Read More

This is exactly why I won’t eat at Johnny Rockets

Man, I was JUST about to break down and go to the Microsoft store when luckily faithful Macenstein reader Chuck sent us this video of a COMPLETELY SPONTANEOUS AND UNSTAGED employee dance session. As with all Microsoft Store videos, the best part is watching the reactions (or complete lack thereof) of the hapless customers, who I assume were just there to get out of the rain or something.  Read More

Review: TrailerSpy Mobile for iPhone

If there’s one thing going to the movies has taught me (aside from never put your jacket down on the floor) it’s that while it is very difficult to make a good movie, it is apparently REALLY EASY to make a good trailer. I would say 8 times out of 10 when I see a trailer for a movie, I think to myself, “I would see that”. Sure, sometimes I mean I would PAY to see that in a theater, sometimes I mean I would pay to RENT it, or sometimes I mean if I were... Read More

Review: Totemo – My New Time Burglar

As odd as it may seem, not all iPhone games begin life on the iPhone. Game maker Hexage seems to have an “Android first” mentality that while seemingly a ludicrous waste of time from a business standpoint, at least lets them iron out most of their games bugs before porting to a “real” platform. One such game is their newly released Totemo, a sort of match 3 (or 4) puzzler that has become a true time burglar for me recently, so I decided to share my love/hate... Read More

This looks scary as hell

I have yet to see the film “Paranormal Activity”, but if it’s half as scary as this trailer for “PC Normal Activity”, well, then… well it won’t be all that scary, actually. (Although my inner fanboy did cringe a couple times). Enjoy! A bit of back story on the origin of PC Normal Activity is provided by its creator, Peter Yan . “I don’t understand why PC users hate Macs and Mac users so much. Those quotes were picked from... Read More