Rumor: No new iPhone until June 24th?

May 12th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Say it ain’t so! Faithful Macenstein reader Art Vandelay writes:
After hearing about the iPhone Shortage, I decided to call and ask for myself, to see if I could squeeze out any information, and after pressing him [The Apple rep] as to when to expect the iPhones, he told me “June 24th”, or last week of […]

Picturesque 2 adds cropping, presets, 3-D rotation and more

May 12th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Above: Even already beautiful pictures can benefit from Picturesque’s effects
Acqualia has released version 2 of their super slick Picturesque software which lets you quickly add a variety of web-friendly effects to your images (reflections, shadows, glows, rounded corners, strokes, and more). Version 2 adds one feature I mentioned was lacking in version 1 – namely […]

Celebrity Mac Chick Sighting: Joss Stone

May 12th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

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Is it just me, or is that Joss Stone sitting pretty at the NYC Apple Store?

“Hi, I’m a Mac… and I’m a PC” circa the year 2700

May 12th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Above: No wonder Eve looks like an Airport Bast Station!
Fortune has an interesting article about how back in 2005, while planning the soon to be released Wall-E movie, Pixar’s Andrew Stanton called upon Steve Jobs (who was still Pixar’s head muckety muck at the time) for some art direction on Wall-E’s futuristic love interest, Eve […]

Write a caption, win a prize

May 12th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Think you’re funny enough to be the next Margaret Cho? Well, now’s your chance to prove it to the world. Write your best caption for the above photo. If we think it’s the most clever, we’ll send you off a $20 iTunes gift certificate.
The contest is open to everyone in the US (sorry, […]

Why Apple’s got the “.Mac/iLife 2008 rebate thing” ass-backwards

May 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Yes, my loathing of Apple’s .Mac borderline bullying tactics is well documented, but because I am half Vulcan, I can periodically detach myself from my emotional feelings towards .Mac for brief periods of time in order to evaluate the service objectively. To that end, I have analyzed Apple’s latest .Mac promotion and found it to […]

My firmware goes up to 11, beeyatch!

May 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

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3G? Big deal. MY firmware goes to 11, beeyatch!

Obviously having to wear gloves somewhat limits the iPhone’s touchscreen-based GUI, but the speed increase is well worth it IMO.

Warning! This song WILL get stuck in your head

May 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Ah HA! See?! All of you who pissed on our giving away a copy of Office 2008, look how creative you can be with Word if only you put your mind to it!

This video for “Again & Again” by the Bird & the Bee was made by filmmaker Dennis Liu using only the Leopard interface […]

Celebrity Mac Chick sighting: Michelle Rodriguez

May 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Wow. Looks like Michelle Rodriguez is so into her MacBook Pro that she is oblivious to that giant rat by her feet. (And yes, it appears we have finally found a celeb who owns a laptop case! Bravo, Michelle!)
[via That Other Blog]