Attention Alien Hunters: Join Team Macenstein
Filed under: Aliens are cool, News, Not Mac - But Cool, Slow News Day
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Hollywood, it’s that aliens are always friendly. And as someone who has been unable to make HUMAN friends, I’ve recently cast my lonely gaze skyward, in hopes of finding someone who shares my love of tech, my obsession with cheeseballs, and who can help me build my own light saber. So I decided to join the SETI@home program, which, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is a scientific experiment run by the University of Berkeley that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). I assume the ultimate goal is to detect aliens so we can sneak up on them and steal their space oil, but I’m hoping to make a friend or two as well.
Basically the deal is you sign up, download the SETI program BOINC, and then set your computer to help search for ET whenever it is idle. You have full control over how much computing power you let SETI use, and when it uses it. So for instance, you can set it to only run at night, or you can set it to run whenver the Seti Screensaver runs. It’s up to you.
Never one to do anything half-assed (well, OK, I do everything half-assed) I decided to start my own Seti Team. So far the team consists of me and one faithful reader from the UK, Mr. Billy Cape of Yorkshire on Pudding. But I hoping by reaching out to my vast readership, we can make that number DOUBLE. So sign up (takes 1 minute) and join Team Macenstein. I have a feeling when we find alien life, everyone in the program gets a free jetpack or sex robot or some such other technological space wonder, so sign up now! (CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR TEAM).
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OK, well if you are having trouble figuring out how to join our team, do this
1 - sign up, download the BOINC app.
2- give it an e-mail address and a password
3- launch it, and choose the SETI@HOME project under “attach project”
4 - Next, go here “http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team.php”
5 - Search for “macenstein”
6 - Click JOIN TEAM (you’ll need to be logged into the SETI@home page first with the e-mail and password you set up in BOINC)
Profanity: When a 4 letter word just doesn’t cut it
Filed under: Humor, It's a joke, News, Slow News Day, iPhone
Ever wanted to curse someone out, but wanted something really creative, or just so flat out bizarre that the person will think twice about your mental state before crossing you again? Well check out Profanity (99ยข app store), the iPhone app that helps you piece together some fairly original, if not effective, curses.
Just give your iPhone a shake and out will pop some of the oddest assortment of would-be curses imaginable. While most of these 32 character epithets are a bit verbose and lack the punch of their 4-letter friends, they will certainly not go unnoticed.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader ubershinysheep for the tip!
Luxo blows a fuse
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Humor, Slow News Day, Steve Jobs, video
I know that Pixar news isn’t exactly Apple news, but it’s my damn site and I thought this was funny.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Jonro for the tip!
[via CollegeHumor]
God, I wish I cared about this event…
Filed under: Cynicism, Rampant Speculation, Rumors, Slow News Day, iTunes
Faithful Macenstein reader The Boston Spangler writes:
Hi Doc,
A friend of mine works at EMI music, and he just posted this pic up on facebook… Thought it might help fuel the Apple/ Beatles debate until we hear a real announcement today…
So, whaddya think?Thanks!
The Boston Spangler
Steve Jobs buys Marvel : Adamantium MacBook imminent
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Slow News Day, Steve Jobs
Hey, I can dream, can’t I?
Looks like we’ll be seeing unibody adamantium MacBook in a matter months, as Disney (aka, Steve Jobs) has just bought Marvel Comics (home of the X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man…. all sort of big, beefy men, basically) for $4 Billion.
If I had $4 Billion I probably would have done the same thing, if for no other reason than to stop the upcoming Thor movie from being made. But given that Apple has more or less run out of sexy cat names for its OS versions, odds are the opportunities for cross-promotional synergy is what caught Steve’s eye.
I’d buy it.
[via Bam! Kapow!]
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