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That’s either a very symmetrically placed piece of dust… OR….

March 8, 2010 by Dr. Macenstein · 12 Comments
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.

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Why does it seem that only old people win stuff?

February 26, 2010 by Dr. Macenstein · 11 Comments
Filed under: Cynicism, Opinion, Slow News Day, You Bet I'm Pissed

grandpa

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?

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Attention Time Travelers: Your iPhone may not work in 1990

February 25, 2010 by Dr. Macenstein · 16 Comments
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.

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Surprise Surprise: Apple cameos abound in Toy Story 3 trailer

February 14, 2010 by Dr. Macenstein · 16 Comments
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Slow News Day, video

We’ve all seen Steve Jobs crowbar Apple products into past Pixar films, but given how many Apple cameos we can see in the brief two and half minutes of Toy Story 3’s trailer, odds are this thing is going to play like an Apple commercial. In fact, I don’t want to give too much away, but I’ve heard the ending takes place inside Apple’s 5th Ave Store while Yael Naim’s New Soul plays.