June 1st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

ET mistakes iPod Touch for iPhone.

Sorry E.T. No “phoning home” until the Skype client is released.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader abooth for the link!

May 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Is it possible to make the classic game Pong cool again? Yes, actually, it is, although these three dorks try their best to blow it.

Using their ginormous brains, these guys were able to create a 3-way game of Pong via iPod touches that are able to somehow sense each other, and pass the ball from […]

May 27th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Aside from the mysterious “gen 2″, there’s not much in this Wal-Mart ad snapshot to get excited about as the specs and prices seem the same as the current generation iPod touch.
But hey, who needs a legitimate reason to get excited? This is an Apple product we’re talking about! That’s reason enough to […]

April 16th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Few apps have excited me personally the way the latest version of Roxio’s Toast has been able to. I’ll admit that my situation may be somewhat unique, but for those of you who have committed to the digital video lifestyle, as have I, Toast 9 is a must-have tool.
First, to let you know where […]

April 15th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

In looking over my recent speaker reviews, I’ve noticed that I have given out quite a few 8 and 9 out of 10 ratings… well, prepare yourself for yet another. It seems as though speaker technology has gotten so good in recent years that it’s almost impossible to make a bad-sounding iPod speaker for […]

March 26th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Above: Know what that is? That’s some top-notch stitchin’, that’s what that is!
Now that the weather is warming up, I have decided to (reluctantly) put down the cheeseballs, and start exercising again. I haven’t really been running since last November and a lot has changed since then. First of all, I am ridiculously out of […]

March 22nd | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

I’ve lamented about the iPhone’s lack of QTVR support for some time now, and it looks like at least one other person, Marco Giorgini, also thought the omission was odd. Luckily for the rest of us, while all I could do was bitch and moan, Marco was actually smart enough to fix the problem. […]

March 21st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

If sales of the iPod touch should ever slow down, I may have just found a replacement for Justin Long that Apple’s marketing department may want to pursue. Check out LIFE IS AN ENIGMA!!!’s review of the the new iPod touch they just got, and just try to tell me YOU don’t want to rush […]

March 20th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

We’ve all seen it in movies a thousand times… A snail-loving scientist wonders if there is a way to bond protein to various elements in the periodic table and grow new materials, one thing leads to another, and then BAM! Skynet becomes self aware on August 29th 1997 2:14 am Eastern Time.
Well, if […]