The iPhone can handle its liquor
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Humor, alcoholism, iPhone, video
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 a test to see which phone could handle the most beer and keep ticking, and I think the iPhone might need to admit it has a drinking problem. Take a look.
Why is every other country’s television better than ours?
I’m not sure this contest settled anything, as it appears to have been a 4-way tie with apparently all the phones continuing to function after their dousing. However, it IS nice to know the next time a woman throws a drink in my face, I can use my iPhone as a shield. Thanks to faithful German Macenstein reader Tim for the tip (sent from the autobahn at 250 km/h.) In case you are curious, below is a rough translation of what’s going on, supplied by Tim:
FYI: There are 33.814 US fluid ounces in 1 liter = 1 “Maß”
The girl is Katrin Bauerfeind, born July 21st 1982 in Germany and on of the members of the new team with Harald Schmidt. You might recognize her from „100 Sexiest Women in the World 2009“ by FHM (most popular European “men magazine”) - she was on place 30.
Content: 00:00:00
How much beer does an iPhone tolerate? A smartphone - we have here four to choose from so the people at home can look if they have one of ‘em.The first one is an iPhone from Apple - for 949 Euro. We actually bought it. We are not at a private channel where the people get them for free so they can show it to the camera. We paid for it!
Thats a Blackberry 8310 for 299 .. a phone really everybody can afford. A Nokia smartphone for about 559. And a Samsung for 449 Euro.This is a Maߔa little underfilled - not as in our tents (referring to the tents at Oktoberfest) because there everything is alright (filled to the top).
And we’ll test now how it will impact …
We are curious scientists! How will it impact if the iPhone gets a Maß?
*spills Maß on iPhone*
Is it still functioning? We can now dial its number.00:01:21
Oh well we might as well continue with the second one. This would be the Blackberry - Katrin would you ..?
Harald Schmidt (HS): Oh - its ringing!
Katrin Bauerfeind (KB): But can you hear something as well? Thats the question!
HS: We gotta find out later.
KB: Just answer it real quick and then I could .. *pretends to spill beer*
*laughter*
KB: No for gods sake .. *tries to hit Harald*
*Harald dodges*
KB: I have some more!
HS: I knew it!
KB: And whats with mine? Broken?00:02:08
HS: Flashes green again?
KB: No!
HS: Nothing happens anymore. iPhone won so far ..
KB: You see - I can do it better …
HS: Okay - the Nokia … connecting drinkers!
*guy with glasses spills beer on Nokia device*
HS: You didn’t even reach it? Take another one and step closer ..
*guy spills another one*
HS: But it functions! Is it a sensation or what?
*Nokia ringing*
HS: Those thinks are unbreakable.00:03:00
HS: Soo now ..
Guy: May pour it directly atop?
HS: Yes - that would be most realistic!
*guy pours beer*
Guy: And?
*Samsung ringing*
HS: Is it possible? Those things are really amazing!
Guy: Yeah - I used to have a trick for these problems ..
*takes out hair dryer*
HS: Wow - thats a good excuse! “May I call you back? I am currently hair drying my iPhone!”END
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a free bagpipe ringtone for your iPhone!
Filed under: Awesomeness, Free Stuff, alcoholism, iPhone
Above: Bill puts the “Mac” in “McEvoy”.
Yeah, we know St. Patrick’s Day isn’t until Monday, but we also know our readers are raging alcoholics, and will likely begin drinking at 5PM this afternoon (if they haven’t already), and not stop until sometime after Labor Day. So, in an effort to give you guys something stupid to do in between blackouts, we’ve had Macenstein’s head bagpiper, Bill McEvoy, whip up us an iPhone-compatible ringtone you can impress your friends with while celebrating the 3rd-least important US holiday there is, St. Paddy’s Day. (Oh, and if you are in the NY/NJ area and need a bagpiper (and who doesn’t?), Bill’s your man!).
While all bagpipe songs are annoying enough to make a good ringtone, Bill settled on the classic “The Minstrel Boy“, and as it turns out, it makes a truly ear-splitting ringtone, capable of cutting through the din of even the noisiest bar.
Installing the ringtone should be easy. Simply download it from the link below, be sure your iTunes library is set to “Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized” in iTunes’ “Advanced” preference tab, and drag this bad boy into the main iTunes window. You should then be able to sync to your iPhone from the Ringtones tab. Enjoy, and thanks again, Bill!
Right-Click here to download Macenstein’s “The Mistrel Boy” ringtone, and hit “Save Target File As…“. Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Macenstein!
This guy has more problems than his num lock key…
Filed under: Humor, MacBook, MacBook Pro, WTF, alcoholism
Faithful Macenstein reader TheCos came across this Apple discussion support post made by BenjiJosef that must be read to be believed (and even then….)
Hey guys,
I had a slight mishap last night. I urinated onto my MacBook Pro while sleeping Walking after having a few too many. The computer works fine; however, I can not get my num lock to turn off so that I can login. Every other key seems to work fine, except that one. Is there anyway to bypass this? Thanks guys.
Sincerely,
Your Sleep Walking Urinator
Unless his bathroom looks like this, BenjiJosef has no excuse.
There are many things I could suggest that might help BenjiJosef, not the least of them being to maybe find a good 12-step program and a more secure location for his MacBook. On the odd chance this is indeed a serious post, probably the easiest thing he could do would be to reset his password using the install disk. But I’m not about to tell him that until he admits he has a problem.
Three uses for a dead PowerMac G3
Much like the resourceful native Americans who learned to use every part of the Buffalo they hunted, faithful Macenstein reader Devin Singley recently managed to re-purpose the innards of his dead G3 PowerMac and put them to good use, creating items such as a liquor cabinet, a Christmas display, and a cat brush. (Well, OK, maybe not good use, but a use nonetheless).
Writes Devin:
“I recently took apart my old PowerMac G3. No better excuse than it seemed like the thing to do at the time. I was then struck with inspiration. One computer has three uses!”
“New use one - Christmas Decoration. I wonder what my neighbors think. I call this piece “Ghost in the Machine.”
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