Steve Jobs High School opening in Mexico

September 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Faithful Mexican Macenstein reader Christian alerts us that a new Technical High School will be opening in the city of Joquicingo, and it is being named after Steve Jobs (whether he likes it or not).
“In Joquicingo at Mexico State the state government built a new school called Steve Jobs… I wonder if the real Steve […]

Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (September 2008): Alice Blacker

September 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Alice Blacker

Redefining “refurbished”

September 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Overstock.com is selling what they call an Apple iMAC G5 Laptop (Refurbished). Not sure whether they refurbished an iMac into a laptop, or a laptop into an iMac, but either way, they went above and beyond what we normally expect when we hear “refurbished”.

The description reads: “Take your technology anywhere with this G5 desktop […]

Best… App Review… Ever

September 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Hmmm… Well, it IS a good app, but…

Maybe I’m just using it wrong.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Charles for the tip!

No way she worked on MobileMe

September 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Dan Lyons recently wrote about a mysterious blog posting he came across which appeared to detail the internal corporate aftermath of the MobileMe rollout/fiasco/debacle.
The mystery blogger, known only as Ethlite, laid out a scenario that could easily be interpreted as coming from Cupertino’s MobileMe HQ about 2 months ago:

“The predictable fallout ensued, with […]

Apple hits the big time – gets its own YouTube Channel

September 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Apple has finally gotten the biggest honor that anyone can hope for – its own Official YouTube page. Yes, they don’t give those out to just anyone. Apple now joins the exclusive ranks of Chris Crocker and The Potter Puppet Pals.

Is this an attempt by Apple to save some bandwidth costs by throwing […]