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How To: Add a bunch of useless stuff to your desktop with GeekTool, Yahoo Widgets, and more!

I’ve recently gotten into playing around with GeekTool, an add-on System Preference Pane that allows you to add a wide range of both useful and useless things to your desktop, not only to make your life easier, but to make other geeks feel inferior. Sure, you can display the current date and time in the menu bar like a noob, but why not have a GIANT clock right in the middle of you desktop? Or show CPU usage, AirPort signal strength, Processor temps, RSS feeds, Facebook... Read More

The best smelling portrait of Steve Jobs ever

Anyone else love the smell of dry erase markers? And glue? And deadly chemicals in general? Well, check out this sweet Steve Jobs portrait made on iPhone development house Übermind’s whiteboard. (Timelapse video below).  Read More

Well, this isn’t creepy at all

I have a horrible feeling that none of us actually exist and we’re all just part of a bad LSD trip Steve Jobs took in the 70′s…  Read More

Steve Jobs retires as CEO

I sure hope Tim Cook has been practicing his terse, one-line emails, because it looks like Steve won’t be on the receiving end of our FCP Pro X complaints anymore. “Letter from Steve Jobs CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day... Read More

How To: Get your MacBook Pro to sleep in OS X Lion

Pre-OS X Lion, all I needed to do to put my 2008 MacBook Pro to sleep was close the lid. However, since upgrading Lion, I’ve noticed that it never really seemed to go to sleep anymore, especially when plugged in to a power source. I would be watching TV and hear the sound of my MBP’s fans whirring from across the room, and even though the lid was closed and I assumed it would be asleep, when I opened it I would find it was actively running a Time Machine back up or... Read More

The most involved iPhone app trailer we’ve seen (plus boobies)

In the Adobe After Effects world, Andrew Kramer is a bit of a legend. Many is the time I have perused his tutorial site Video Copilot and completely ripped him off found inspiration for my own projects. Well, in addition to cranking out awesome tutorials and plug-ins for After Effects, Andrew has now made the leap into the iPhone app arena with his “face changing” app Demon Cam. The app itself seems reasonably cool (if you’re into the face morphing apps) as unlike... Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick of the Month August 2011: Leeza Garvin

Welcome to Macenstein‘s “Mac Chick of the Month”. Each month we feature a different die-hard, Mac-loving girl who is (almost) as well designed as the Apple products they love. This month we present you with the lovely Leeza Garvin! “Hi! My name is Leeza and I’m a 19 year old fashion and commercial model from Central Virginia. I’ve been modeling for about a year and I absolutely love it. My background is sort of a weird, exotic mix- Jordanian,... Read More

I’m not sure there’s a jail big enough to accommodate these guys’ balls

Usually when we hear of crimes involving iPhones and iPads, we envision thugs ramming their cars through the lovely glass doors of one of Apple’s iconic stores or muggers ripping iOS devices from unsuspecting commuters. But a couple of inventive Chinese decided to kick it “old school” with their latest Apple-themed crime. How old school? How about the 16th century. That’s right, the gang apparently used a crossbow to shoot a 300 foot Zip Line across the... Read More

Ukrainian Defense Secretary steals Steve Jobs’ Stanford speech

Well over 4 million people have watched the below YouTube video of Steve Jobs’ uplifting Stanford commencement speech, including, apparently, Ukrainian Secretary of National Security and Defense Raisa Bogatyreva. Business Insider is reporting that Bogatyreva lifted quite a few lines from Jobs’ speech, word for word in a recent address she gave. Now, assuming she first translated them into whatever language it is Ukrainians speak, I must say, I think it’s... Read More

If you have Spotify, you need Airfoil

Like many of you, I eagerly awaited the arrival of Spotify to the US. However once I got it, I suddenly found myself wondering what I was going to do with it. For those unfamiliar with the service, basically Spotify gives you free, ad-supported access to just about any song you can think of. Free, that is, on your computer. There’s an iPhone app which, for a monthly fee of $10 will, allow you full access to the service while on the go. However, being a cheapskate, I’m... Read More