Behold! The iMac tablet computer that never was, courtesy of Rusty
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, History, Mods, iMacs, iPad
Remember all those rumors a couple years ago about Apple working on an iMac where you could remove the screen and use it as a tablet, then come home at night and dock it? Well, apparently faithful Macenstein reader Rusty does. Check out his extremely sweet iPad/iMac lovechild.
The 40 gig hard drive took a dive, and there was no way I would find a cheap replacement. And the 700 MHz PPC was not going to run hulu, youtube, or facebook. The innards are in a grocery bag in my office. I can’t bring myself to just throw them away. I took the speakers out of a dead iHome dock, and ran a headphone jack and cable through the arm. They are passive, and may be too quiet for everything, but it’s good for now. We’ll call this revision 1.
Rusty~
I doubt Apple could have done better themselves.
Finally, a robot C3PO could could beat up
Behold Kazu Terasaki’s latest creations, the Walking iPad and Walking iPhone. Sure, they’re adorable, but they’re not exactly going to give the T-1000 a run for its money any day soon. Suddenly I am a lot less fearful of the robot uprising, which as you know, was my number two fear, just behind the Zombie uprising. Looks like my fear of a Live Action “Shirt Tales” movie is the new number 2!
[via everyone, but Engadget started it]
I have a feeling SOMEBODY’S mom is gonna be pissed when they get home…
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Mods, Tips/How To, iPad, video
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Florian for the tip!
FrankenPad is ugly, fears fire, and awesome!
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Hardware, Mods, design, iPad
MacRumors member eTip has come up with a pretty interesting mod for his Jesus tablet that appears to have solved his iPad typing problems, albeit perhaps at the expense of the iPad’s portability and cool factor…
“So, I was sitting on the couch last night, trying to find a comfortable way to balance my iPad and BT keyboard while typing….. It’s possible, but not easy and not comfortable. Now, I COULD have a) walked into the other room to use my desktop, b) used my MacMini connected to my TV, c) pick up my hackintosh laptop sitting right next to me…..
….Nah – the iPad is my new toy so there must be a way…..
So, today (while the rest of you were Jailbreaking or working or both), I gutted an OLD, OLD, OLD laptop to make room for the iPad and BT keyboard and gave life to….FrankenPad. I primarily did this to amuse myself (I should really find a job soon), but I must admit it’s pretty usable. With a few more tweaks, I could see myself using it regularly….”
Forum reaction seems somewhat mixed, and I wouldn’t get it too close to fire, lest it go on a beserker rampage. However one unforeseen benefit to this mod is that sticking an iPad inside a 18 year old Windows laptop will likely stop anyone from stealing it. On the downside, eTip will now burn in hell for all eternity.
[via MacRumors]
Can’t afford a snowboard? Just use two PowerBooks!
Filed under: Awesomeness, Humor, Mods, Tips/How To, video
These things may not be able to run snow Leopard, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have fun in the snow!
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Florian for the tip!
[via Zweck Entfremder]
The Time Capsule Jewelry Box: Hide your valuable jewelry inside your valuable electronics
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Hacks, Mods, Photos, design
Aside from the whole “engagement/wedding ring” thing, I think I have not bought the Bride of Macenstein any jewelry in the 70 or so years we’ve been married. Yes, she’s a lucky woman.
But despite her lack of baubles, I’m sure if she DID have any nice jewelry (or valuables of any kind), she would appreciate this velvet-lined Time Capsule jewelry box. It certainly would look nicer than that burlap-lined one I made out of a G4 tower that’s sitting on her dresser now.
And besides, what better way to hide your valuable jewelry than hiding it inside what appears to be valuable electronics. Double win!
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader psionic0001 for the tip!
[via Instructables]
MacBook hacked to add “right-click” in Windows
I’m always amazed at how much extra space seems to be inside the black and white MacBooks, given Apple’s obsession with slimming things down. First someone was able to add a second LCD screen behind the MacBook’s main one, and now InsanelyMac forum member jboy21 has crammed a usb mouse inside his black MacBook to add right click functionality.
“Basically ive taken a standard logitech usb mouse, hacked it down to its very bare essentials, inserted inside the case along with a usb hub.
Ive tapped into the usb connection between the motherboard and bluetooth module, attached the hub and rerouted the cable for the bluetooth module to the hub.
Ive placed a small piece of metal (which is attached and insulated on the L-bracket) underneath the right mouse button to make the contact.
All the boards are located in a spare ram module slot, ive already got the maximum amount of ram on one stick so i didnt need it anyway.”
An impressive feat of engineering. Of course, this hack would have been totally unnecessary if he hadn’t first ruined his Mac by installing Windows on it…
Apple’s girliest computer just got girlier
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, MacBook, Mods, design
Awww…. This is just adorable. At least as long as you don’t realize that there’s a bite out of that Apple, so she’s about 3 seconds from collapsing unconscious on the floor in a house with 7 guys.
This clever mod is the work of flickr user LübeckerJung‘
s girlfriend who made the design herself:
I found the artwork via google image search. She was part of the DVD-cover of Disneys Snow White. A little Illustrator here and a little Photoshop there and then i finally printed it at my local copyshop on a adhesive foil. “
[via design you trust]
Scrabble keyboard is triple-letter word score awesome!
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Mods, design
“Doc” (nice name, by the way) , over at Datamancer took on a custom Mac Keyboard request from some of his Scrabble-loving friends, and the results are pretty darn cool. Comprised almost entirely of genuine, hand beveled Scrabble tiles, the Scrabble Keyboard is a wonderful blend of art, engineering, and nerddom.
“Most of the keys are made from real Scrabble tiles that were all hand-beveled (truly an exercise in patience/masochism!) and built onto a USB, clicky, mechanical-switch keyboard. This keyboard was going into a Mac environment so I decided to use brushed aluminum for the casing and round all of the corners to keep with the sleek, simple Macintosh styling. Near the end of the build, I decided that the keyboard looked a little too minimalist so I added some silver hardware and a seam to put a slightly industrialized twist on the design. “
As if that wasn’t cool enough (and it IS), The Num, Caps, and Scroll Lock keys all have LEDs which Read more
Apparently it’s what’s on the OUTSIDE that counts
Yikes. Russian gadget customizer iCustom has done the unthinkable, (and probably the unsellable). They will now take your beautiful iPhone, rip off its shell, and replace it with a clear one, letting you and the world see what makes your iPhone tick.
Unfortunately, it looks like the somewhere in the process you will lose your camera, but hey, that sucked anyway.
[Gizmodo]
