Gamblers put even money on updated iPhone 4 tomorrow
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Opinion, Rampant Speculation, Rumors, Slow News Day
According to the good folks over at Bookmaker.com, who specialize in providing off-beat gambling odds, there’s an even chance that we might see a retooled iPhone tomorrow, among other things.
I’ll admit I am the worst gambler ever, having literally lost the shirt of my back at one point (a sweet Def Leppard Hysteria tour concert-only exclusive) but I would say the tweaked iPhone 4 is the LEAST likely to happen in my view, while a new iPod touch is all but certain. But then, who am I to argue with the folks who put together lines for television shows such as Project Runway and Dancing with the Stars?
What, no lobster mask?
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Celebrity Mac Chick, Slow News Day
Lady Gaga, or someone else with a horrible taste in fashion, stopped by Apple’s Cupertino headquarters today for a tour. I’m not sure whether or not it is a slight or a sign of respect that she didn’t show up in fishnets and a lobster mask, but I swear she walked out of there with 3 iPads hidden in her ‘fro.
FYI, if anyone wants to know what I’ll be dressing as for Halloween, I suddenly had a great idea for a Blonde Elvira in a garbage bag. Not sure why, but if you see me, I like Kit-Kats.
via 9 to 5
Facebook app rips off the MySpace experience
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Aimee for the tip!
Holy S#!@
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Slow News Day, WTF
Faithful Macenstein reader Brian writes:
“Dunno if you’ve seen this or not, but thought you might like this….”
MIGHT like it?!? Of COURSE I’d like it! In fact, it’s in my Netflix queue right now Brian, (and don’t any of YOU guys try to cut in front and steal it from me)!
Actually, for the first 20 seconds or so I was positive it was a College Humor parody or something, and even towards the end once I realized the horrible truth – that this movie actually WAS made some time in the early 1980’s – I STILL kind of expected an Apple II tie in or something.
Colbert: “You know who this suit would look good on? My LAWYERS”
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Humor, Slow News Day, Theft, video
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OK, that’s just eerie…
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Games, Slow News Day, That's Weird..., iPad
I suppose with the amount of Words with Friends I’ve been playing odds are I would eventually find words spelled out for me in my tile rack, but as a Mac geek, I thought this was pretty bizarre.
And yes, this was one of the few games I actually won.
Feed my Twitter Ego
I just logged in to Twitter and saw I am about 50 followers shy of 1000, and while I’m not usually one to get caught up in the numbers game, 951 is just a really stupid number. So if you aren’t already following me, please help me reach my meaningless goal which meant nothing to me 5 minutes ago and yet now is an all consuming obsession. Thanks.
Who would want to miss out on gems like this?
That’s either a very symmetrically placed piece of dust… OR….
Filed under: Rampant Speculation, Slow News Day, That's Weird..., design, iPad
OMG THE iPAD HAS A CAMERA!
OK, I won’t say the iPad is going to ship with a camera, or even that that is what we are seeing here in Apple’s iPad ad, but as faithful Macenstein reader Mike points out, that does kinda sorta look like the spot a camera WOULD go, if the iPad DID have a camera.
So, did they use a prototype for the commercial? Or is it simply a well-placed, (beveled) piece of dust? Is it the guy who hangs himself in the background of the Wizard of OZ? Why are we looking frame by frame at a commercial?
I don’t know, but it seems to only appear on that 1 iPad in the ad (about 4 seconds in). Weird.
Why does it seem that only old people win stuff?
Filed under: Cynicism, Opinion, Slow News Day, You Bet I'm Pissed
When it was announced yesterday that the winner of the iTunes 10 billionth song giveaway was 71 year-old Louie Sulcer, I was torn. On the one hand, I was happy for Louie – he seems like a nice fellow, easy going, and into Johnny Cash apparently. But on the other hand, I HATE Louie with a passion. Why? Because he’s OLD, that’s why.
Now granted, Louie appears to be more with it than your average 71 year-old in that he not only owns an iPod but actually knows how to purchase songs for it via the iTunes store. But let’s face it, odds are even if Louie bought two songs a day for the rest of his life (we’ll estimate he’s got about 13 years left, given his age and weight) he STILL won’t be able to go through that $10,000 in iTunes points.
The same thing goes for the big multi-state lotteries. I can’t remember the last PowerBall or Mega Millions that wasn’t won by someone over 65.
I’m not bitter about Louie’s win (although I AM bitter about losing all the Mega Millions drawings). I didn’t try buying an iTunes song Wednesday even though all the Mac sites predicted the winning song was going to be bought that day. “You have to be in it to win it” as they say, and I have long since switched to buying songs on the cheaper Amazon store. But something about seeing a 71 year-old win anything technological just pisses me off. I feel like he won a Slingbox, 50 feet of Cat5 cable, a Roomba, and an Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console.
I know I’m insensitive, but it just feels wrong. Am I crazy?
Attention Time Travelers: Your iPhone may not work in 1990
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, History, Slow News Day, iPhone, video
I knew there was a reason I didn’t throw out my Motorola MicroTAC 9800X!
Faithful Macenstein reader Colin writes:
I was bored and trying to find something to watch on Hulu when I saw this:
I thought you’d get a kick out of it, apparently going back in time 17 years totally screws with the iPhone.
Wow Colin. You know, I’ve been bored before, but I guess I’ve never achieved the “Let’s see if there’s any old Journeyman episodes on Hulu” level of boredom before. Of course if any of us went back in time 17 years the first thing we’d do is try to find a way to buy as much Apple stock as we could… unfortunately we would die of Facebook and Twitter withdrawal long before we could figure out how to invest without the internet.
