Good lord! How old is Apple’s ergonomics page?!

April 19th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Wow. It looks like Apple’s ergonomics web page predates the internet. Is that an Apple II that 1st guy is using? No wonder he’s suffering from “lightning bolt neck”.

Oddly, besides that Apple II-looking thing, there’s not a Mac to be found in any of Apple’s “ergonomic no-no’s” drawings. I suppose the indication here […]

New York City Transit Authority using Keynote to run its kiosks

March 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

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Faithful Macenstein reader Mike Solomon from over at The Cleverist sent us this video he made providing pretty convincing evidence that the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority is using Apple’s Keynote software to run its kiosks, as illustrated by those trademark transitions Snap! Crackle! and Pop!… err, Cube, Dissolve, and Pop.
While we think […]

Behold the new Apple TV “Take 2″ Intro Movie

February 13th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

For those without Apple TV’s but who must see everything related to Apple, here’s the revamped Apple TV “Take 2″ intro movie.

(iPhone users click here to watch the video)
Unfortunately this video is pretty much the best thing about the update, but I’ll get to that later. Enjoy.

Steve Jobs has lost $214 million $220 million $1 billion since Macworld

January 24th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Owning 5.4 million shares of Apple stock is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, you have a huge fortune. On the other, you can lose $214 million in a week. This is just one of the reasons I have chosen not to own 5.4 million shares of Apple stock.
“Poor” Steve Jobs
Apple’s stock has been […]

MacHeist ends tomorrow - What will Diggers write about?

January 23rd | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

MacHeist 2, perhaps the most widely over-publicized conglomeration of software in the history of the Mac, will see its shadow tomorrow and go back in its hole for another year.
I have been strong, and managed to resist the bundle’s siren song up ’till now, but it looks like I will be breaking […]

Where’s the leak? Finally, a Macworld stream worth watching!

January 15th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

I can’t remember the last Macworld where we didn’t know the majority of what Steve was going to announce less than 12 hours before showtime, yet here we are.
As near as anyone has been able to figure, the big thing Steve will announce tomorrow is the “MacBook Air”, an ultra light notebook. The […]

Apple owns the MacBookAir domain… or do they?

January 14th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Uh oh… MacDailyNews is reporting that Apple owns the rights to the MacBookAir domain.
According to the site, MacBookAir.org, MacBookAir.us, MacBookAir.biz, and MacBookAir.info all show a 1 Infinite Loop address. MacBookAir.com and .net currently do not provide registration info, but odds are they too are registered to a certain Cupertino address.
Or are they?
Before we all […]

Say it ain’t so, Jonny!

January 14th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Gizmodo has posted a somewhat incendiary piece outlining some rather unmistakable design similarities between the work of Apple’s Jonathon Ives and Dieter Rams, the famous 1960’s era designer for Braun.

Gizmodo stops short of accusing Ives of ripping off Rams, instead merely saying that Rams’ work has influenced “every single product at Apple, from […]

Macworld Keynote Bingo Klingon Edition – nerd and geek worlds collide

January 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Every once in a while, a “Perfect Storm” of both geeky and nerdy events comes together to form something so massively uncool it almost demands someone beat it up. This year, that thing is Macworld Keynote Bingo, Klingon edition.

We’ve seen Macworld bingo before, but the The Swedish Bingo team has outdone themselves this […]