If K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider were a Windows-hating Ford Focus with a Mac mini for a brain
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Mac mini, Microsoft Bashing, design
I’m not sure if they will solve as many ridiculously unimportant, driving-related crimes as Michael Knight and K.I.T.T. did on the original 1980’s Knight Rider series (I mean, how many corrupt racing competitions can you bust up?), but faithful Swedish Macenstein reader Sascha and his Mac mini-powered Ford Focus, or F.O.X. (Focus ‘0 siX) will certainly be able to launch iTunes while trying.
F.O.X doesn’t do windows.
That’s right. Thanks to the power of OS X, Sascha now has both music AND a clock in his car while driving, two things even H.G Wells couldn’t have imagined. Truly the future is NOW!
Writes Sascha:
Since i am a huge fan of Knight Rider (80’s and 2008 version), i decided to have my own “KITT”.
No, it’s not a Pontiac Trans AM. And not a Ford Mustang either.
But it’s the Mustang’s little brother: Ford Focus.and it’s called F.O.X. (Focus ‘0 siX).
For the car’s “A.I.” i put a Mac Mini (1 GB ram, 1,66GHz, Mac Os 10.5.8) in the glovecompartment.
I wanted to use the Mac as a multimedia center (video/dvd/mp3/ tv for long trips); now many people would say, this is not very special…But i can talk to it. And it can talk back!
I use the speech recognition from Mac Speech Dictate (the Mac Os own wouldn’t work on the mini btw) and only AppleScript to build up conversations.A good example of my .. ehm.. “A.I.” would be this:
If i say just ‘yes’ or ‘no’ without a context, the computer talks back with “you are quite positive, right?” (or negative).
But if “he” suggest me a program to run, “he” would react correctly to the short answers of “yes” or “no”.
And maybe in the future i install a small camera to use the face recognition of iLife 09
I must say F.O.X could benefit from a snobby, effeminate British accent (And Bonnie, of course), but aside from that it seems F.O.X is every bit the chick magnet K.I.T.T. was. Plus the Ford Focus has a bigger back seat than the Trans Am so it can hold MULTIPLE chicks with feathered hair styles.
The iPod from the 50’s still beats today’s iPod
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Humor, iPod
Faithful Macenstein reader Alfie P sent in this “What if the iPod came out in the 50’s?” parody ad, and I must say in many ways, it beats today’s model.
First, it’s sexy as hell. Let’s just get that out of the way right up front. But take a look at some of the other killer features it boasts that today’s does not:
1 - Built in speaker loud enough to listen to on the beach
2 - User-replaceable battery
3 - Comfortable earphones
Who cares that it can only hold 20 minutes of music? Back then I think there were only 3 songs anyway, none of which was more than 2 minutes.
[via Tri De 3]
This thing would out sell the Bible
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Humor, iPhone
Forget taping an iPod nano to your shoe for upskirt videos, something tells me this app would be bigger than Godzilla in Japan. (And at my house).
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Joern for the link!
[via BenM.at]
You know you’re wearing tight pants when…
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Celebrity Mac Chick, iPhone
There’s something kind of bizarre about this picture. No, it’s not that Megan Fox is still with Brian Austin Green, it’s that she carries her iPhone in her armpit. I guess it wouldn’t fit in any of those pockets (not that anything would) - although I’m sure my hand could…
I don’t know, it’s not like she’s carrying a stack of boxes, she clearly has a free hand… And for the record, if you care, Brian Austin Green also apparently has an iPhone, but carries it like a normal person.
[via Celebslam]
OK, I admit I’m a hypocrite
I’ve bashed the morons who video themselves destroying iPhone before, but I must admit, I find this video of a Palm Pre being drowned like a witch to be very entertaining.
The story goes:
“This was a coworker’s third Pre in three months as the screen kept cracking. Once while charging and once in his front pocket. The bossman offered to get him an iphone if he killed his Pre. So, there ya go.”
Well, at least it didn’t die in vain. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader ishervin for the tip!
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