Everything you ever wanted to know about Mac Rumors’ Arnold Kim
Arnold Kim‘s story is a truly fascinating one. A few years back Kim took a leap of faith and left his impressive sounding, chick-magnet job as a Nephrologist to become a full time blogger, and now his super-popular Mac Rumors site reigns supreme as the premiere repository of intel on all things Apple. Kim has since expanded his empire to include the iPhone gaming site Touch... Read More
Al Gore is going to fix FCP X
Don’t worry everyone, Al Gore is on the case. At least assuming this post by John Davidson on the Creative Cow Forums is legit. “I’m at Promax in NYC and got to meet and greet with keynote speaker Al Gore just a few minutes ago. Working up all my courage, I decided to sandbag him with complaints about Final Cut Pro X. Here’s how it went down. Don’t... Read More
What are the odds it would land “camera up”?
I guess 50/50, actually… Check out this video of an iPhone surviving an 800 foot drop during a Airborne Parachute jump (Starts about 30 seconds in). Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Mike for the link! Read More
A Guy, a Girl, and 3 iPhones
It seems like just yesterday bands were trying to make headlines by shooting their music videos on iPhones. Now, they’re actually trying to make waves showing their videos ON iPhones. “Hey Doc! I made this amazing music video with the talented Director Behn Fannin using 3 iphones. Its got 4500 hits in about 3 days. check it out! And please post it to your site after... Read More
Chinese teen is attempting to sell her virginity for an iPhone 4
I wonder why we don’t hear stories like this about Windows 7 and Droid phones? Horny American artist's conception In yet another story of people in China selling parts of their bodies for Apple gear, the Korea Herald is reporting that a Chinese teen is attempting to sell her virginity in order to get an iPhone 4. No word yet on what model of iPhone, or if the girl is... Read More
Angry Birds, domino style
When it comes the the YouTube Domino video world, Flippycat is a legend (yes, there IS a YouTube Domino world). In fact, his amazing clips inspired my son to make his own awesome domino videos when he was 3 (and by awesome, I mean adorably horrible), and I invite you to check them out here and here). But I’m not here simply to bore you with home movies, rather, to point out... Read More
“Yeah, good luck with that”
Upon news that Ron Johnson, Apple’s current President of retail, is leaving Apple to head up JC Penny, Apple released the following statement, stopping just short of saying “Ron’s dead to us”: “Ron is excited about this opportunity and we hope it goes well for him. We’ve got a great retail team in place and are actively recruiting for his replacement.” Wow.... Read More
Marco Tempest (the Virtual iPhone Magician) is at it again
I would imagine this probably took at least an hour (maybe two) to perfect. Well worth watching. Read More
Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (June 2011): Amanda Vanderpool
Welcome to Macenstein‘s “Mac Chick of the Month”. Each month we feature a different die-hard, Mac-loving girl who is (almost) as well designed as the Apple products they love. This month we present you with the lovely Amanda Vanderpool, a TV Host and Model, and of course, a die-hard Mac Chick! Amanda Vanderpool is the quintessential “girl next door,” who... Read More
Angry Birds Live
When I first saw this “Angry Birds Live” spot for T-Mobile, I immediately thought two things. : 1) Wow, this is cool. 2) Wow, they sure hired a lot of hip young attractive people for all the reaction shots. But, if you can detach yourself from the “forced” feeling of the crowd reactions (and the fact that it’s a T-Mobile spot using a game that’s... Read More
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