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We’re giving away a Vuzix Wrap 310XL!!

THANK YOU WE HAVE A WINNER – THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO FAITHFUL MACENSTEIN READER JEN. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been searching for a way to look as cool as the guy in the above photograph for YEARS. Well, now you can, thanks to our good friends at Vuzix who have provided us with a Vuzix Wrap 310XL to give away to ONE lucky reader! That’s right, the Vuzix Wrap 310XL, which turns pretty much any video source into a virtual, portable... Read More

Steve Jobs portrait made out of 3,500 Apples

That’s right. Apples. Not Oranges, like you might expect. When he learned of the passing of Steve Jobs, artist Olivier Lefebvre made a last-minute change to his entry in the Quebec Land Art contest and decided to create this tribute to our beloved leader, made entirely out of Apples. The project took him about 50 hours in total to complete, but as you can see, the results were well worth the effort, as this easily ranks in the top four fruit-based Steve Jobs portraits... Read More

Watch out “Slide to Unlock Panties makers” – You’re about to get some competition

If there’s one thing Apple is known for, it’s its ability to analyze the problems in an existing product segment and dramatically improve that product via simplification and attention to design. That is why I am so excited to see what improvements Apple makes to the “Slide to Unlock” panties that people have been selling for the past four years now that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has finally granted Apple a patent on the term “Slide... Read More

Trouble-shoot your WiFi network with NetSpot

Here’s a sweet little (AND FREE) tool that’s a must-have for anyone looking to trouble shoot their wireless network’s signal strength in either the home or office – it’s called NetSpot. Step 1: import a floor plan image NetSpot makes it super easy to diagnose areas of poor reception in your WiFi network, as well as diagnose troublesome areas of noise-generating machinery that could be causing connection issues (such as microwaves and cordless phones).... Read More

Microsoft knows the “keys” to getting an Apple-sized line at its store opening

And they’re BLACK! See what I did there? No? Well, watch this hilarious video of Microsoft’s latest store opening at University Village, Seattle. Yes, unlike every single Apple Store grand opening – where folks will often camp out overnight simply to be one of the first to cross the glass threshold of the new store and lay out their cold hard cash – it appears not ONE of the thousand or so people lined up at Microsoft’s grand opening had any plans to buy... Read More

MOOF!

OK, so it’s not quite Clarus the DogCow, but check out this naturally Apple-branded iCow from Holten in the Netherlands (near Amsterdam) sent in by faithful Macenstein reader Erik Gigengack. “”From its birth in 2006 it was clear that she was special,” says farmer Wim Reijlink “We therefore call it the iCow, but her real name is Sina 609″. via Tubantia  Read More

Love the outfit choice

Faithful Macenstein reader and chalk artist Kelly Croy sent us this impressive timelapse video of a 6-foot by 8-foot drawing he did in tribute to the late, great Steve Jobs. And you have to admire his choice of outfit. Enjoy.  Read More

Awww! She thinks she’s PEOPLE!

Is there anything cuter than little babies playing with iPads? Yes there is. But it’s hard to get bunnies to ride to bicycles, so we’ll take babies with iPads for now. Of course eventually there will be nothing unusual or cute about this at all, as eventually ALL babies will have iPads and be baffled by the non-interactiveness of traditional magazines. Now, as quick to grasp new technology as babies are, it’s somewhat baffling how the PARENTS of those babies... Read More

Flowers outside the Shanghai Apple Store

Faithful Macenstein reader Min Wei writes: “Hi Doc, I was on the bus this morning and read the news about Steve. It is so sad he is gone. I happened to pass the Apple Store at Pudong Shanghai. There are some flowers and his picture in front of the store. Many shoppers stopped and paid their respects before they entered the store. Here are the three photos I took. The last one with the apple store glass tower now looks like a monument just made for Steve Jobs for us to... Read More

Stay Classy: Westboro Baptist Church announces (via iPhone) it will protest Steve Jobs Funeral

I would say it is ironic that the Westboro Baptist Church (of the infamous “God Hates Fags” movement which gained fame protesting outside of the funerals of little girls and fallen soldiers) announced that they will be protesting Steve Jobs’ funeral via an iPhone, but unfortunately, they already beat me to it. Yes, God hates fags, and apparently he also hates Steve Jobs, according to WBC, whose many Twitter accounts have announced that Steve is currently burning... Read More