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Review: MoonSkins Glow-in-the-dark iPhone cases

When I gave my daughter my “old” iPhone 4 this Christmas, I began looking for a “cool” iPhone case that she’d like to help sweeten the gift. It turns out this was unnecessary as she was so excited when she opened it that she was visibly shaking, but she got a cool case anyway – the MoonSkins glow-in-the-dark case ($29.99 Amazon). How cool? Well, check out these dancing people. If it’s cool enough for them… MoonSkins.com from Moon... Read More

Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie

Not since “Santa’s Slay” and “Christmas Evil” has there been a more chillingly wonderful combination of Christmas and Horror. Except maybe for Gremlins. Enjoy. Really looking forward to a Friday the 13th Part 15 – Jason vs Siri.  Read More

Review: Phone to Mac 4 – The best tool you’ll hopefully never need

Readers of my reviews are familiar with my love for Elgato’s Eye TV HD, which I have explained has allowed me to amass quite the library of TV shows over the years. But let me explain the exact process I use in full, just so you can have a little empathy (or a good laugh) at my recent misfortune. In order to create that wonderful library of “free” TV Shows for my family, I first record them off my Verizon FiOS box onto my Mac mini (in real time) in the living... Read More

Say “Hello” to your next iPad 2 case

Looking for a great last minute gift for that iPad 2-owning guy or girl in your life who’s always talking about how they wish their 64 GB iPad 2 looked like a 128k Macintosh? Well, look no further than the oddly priced $36.99 Retro Cover for iPad 2 from USBFever! Features: - Ultra thin 2.0mm casig [sic], made from strong ABS to protect, and yet thin enough to go unnoticed. - Special cut-out area designed to fit the iPad Smart Cover wit [sic] precision and maximum protection -... Read More

Yet another case of technology stealing jobs from humans

With the job market in the toilet, this video of an iPad 2 being dipped in a stream of molten Hawaiian lava breaks my heart. No, it’s not because the poor iPad 2 lets out a plaintiff temperature warning before bursting into flame. It’s because I remember the good old days when it was busty, flesh and blood VIRGINS that were thrown into volcanoes, NOT cold, flat technology. Now we’re going to have to come up with some other job that virgins are qualified for.... Read More

Review: EyeTV HD – All you want for Christmas

Turn your Mac into a full-featured DVR with EyeTV Many of us Apple Fanboys swore our oath of allegiance to Apple in our teens and 20′s, and now that we’re in our 30′s we have begun spawning our own new generation of little Fanboys and Girls. Once you, and your family, have committed to the Apple way of life, things can quickly get expensive – you and the wife each need iPhones, each kid needs their own iPod touch so they can watch shows and play games…... Read More

This looks cool: The Gaming Skin for iPhone and iPod touch

Easier than actually reviewing something, I have decided to create a new feature called “This looks cool”, where I showcase things that… look cool. And this looks cool. It’s the Gaming Skin by iSkin, a combination battery pack and speaker/rumble pack which aims to make your iPhone/iPod gaming experience a little more immersive by adding vibration and (hopefully) less tinny sound than Apple’s iOS devices provide. “The Gaming Skin improves grip... Read More

Games That Don’t Suck: Russian Dancing Men

Today’s game that doesn’t suck is the amazingly awesome (and hilariously bizarre) Russian Dancing Men (iTunes: 99¢ – Universal) , from SmashMouth Games. At its heart it’s basically a rhythm game where you need to tap one (or two) buttons at the appropriate time to help your character (a Russian Dance troupe leader) get his group safely over the various obstacles that a certain zombie leader left for them. But where I could never really give two shits about... Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick of the Month December 2011: Tara Babcock

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 Tara Babcock, a model, video game reviewer, and of course, a die-hard Mac Chick! “My name is Tara Babcock and I am a 21 year old professional model and writer of gaming articles for Impulse Gamer’s Tara’s G-Spot section. In... Read More

How To: Combine multiple PDFs in Preview

When someone at work recently asked me if there was a way to combine 6 separate PDFs into 1 PDF for emailing a proposal to a client, I realized two things. The first is, sometimes when you do something every day you take for granted that everyone knows you can do this quite easily with the Mac OS X Preview app. And second, I realized that I’m awesome. Actually, I already knew that. But if you’d like to feel as superior to YOUR colleagues as I do to mine, here’s... Read More