Apple’s most successful Hollywood product placements
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Celebrity Mac Chick, video
Speaking of beautiful celebrity Mac Chicks, I used to follow Alyssa Milano on Twitter, not only because she is still remarkably hot, but she is one of the true celebrity geek girls out there, as well as a die hard Mac Chick. However, being a celebrity apparently comes with a LOT of free time, and her near constant Tweets just kept me from focusing on my truly important ones, like the Big Ben Clock. So I reluctantly unfollowed her. But as Faithful Macenstein reader (and Alyssa follower) Xyber Druid recently reminded me, Alyssa often DOES share some pretty good Apple info.
Take her recent find of a Geek.com article on Apple’s Hollywood product placement. According to the article, for the past two years Apple managed to sneak its gear into nearly HALF of the top grossing movies. That’s not too shabby given Apple’s marketshare in the real world isn’t 1/5th as large.
Of course the fan boy in me likes to think that the reason those movies were so successful in the first place is that they had Apple gear in them. I mean, who’s going to pay $15 (plus popcorn) to see an HP? Anyway, check out this clip from The Awl of some of Apple’s most successful Hollywood product placements over the years, and to Alyssa, if you’re reading, I promise to follow you again if you agree to a short interview and a few nice pics of you with your Apple gear. Those are my demands.
Apple’s Greatest Cinematic Achievements from The Awl on Vimeo.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Xber Druid for the link!
[via The Awl via Geek.com via celebrity Mac Chick Alyssa Milano's Twitter]
Steve Jobs could totally bang Jolene Blalock
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Celebrity Mac Chick, video
If you’re a fan of Star Trek, odds are you know of the super hot Jolene Blalock - you know, the girl so hot she wasn’t just hot for a Star Trek chick (like Jeri Ryan) she was hot for a TV chick in general, which is saying something. Well, faithful Macenstein reader Dan sent us this clip of Jolene being interview on G4’s Attack of the Show, and not only describing herself as a geek, but a Steve Jobs-loving, AT&T-bashing Mac Chick to boot!
Some things are just so stupid that they’re awesome…
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Humor, It's a joke, Photos, Rumors, That's Weird..., iPhone, iPod Touch, stupid, video
… and some things are just stupid.
I am somewhat on the fence here about the Retro TV Dinner Turkey Corn and Mash Potatoes Gadget Case for the iPhone/iTouch.
Sure, it seems like a good idea for a joke gift, but at $20 it rivals the cost of many “real” iPhone cases that a person might actually use. Now, if it looked like bacon, that would be different. But as it stands, there are simply too many carbs for me.
[etsy via TUAW's twitter]
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.
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