iPhone Engrish of the Day: HOKEN ICHIBA Kosodate Jinsei
Given that all the text in the actual game is apparently still in Japanese, I’m not sure why the developers bothered translating this game description into English. Actually, after reading it, I’m not so sure they did. Does your selection control child’s life? The iPhone version of “Kosodate Jinsei” that HOKEN ICHIBA for the insurance comparison... Read More
Snow Leopard’s wallpaper looks many times faster than Leopard’s
Hey, who says Snow Leopard doesn’t offer anything cool worth upgrading for? Check out this new wallpaper! Above: That’s easily $7.43 of the $29 upgrade price right there! Click to download Snow Leopard’s wallpaper. Yes, now even if you have an “ancient” PowerPC G5 system you can at least pretend you’re cool with the Snow Leopard Desktop Wallpaper!... Read More
The “Mighty Dead” mouse
Apple hasn’t updated the Mighty Mouse in quite some time, but those of you dying for a refresh can make your own out of things you probably have in your own home! All you need is and old (still functioning) USB mouse, and an old (NOT functioning) real one! That’s right, assuming you are a fan of taxidermy, Instructables.com has a tutorial on how you can turn that... Read More
FAIL: APPLE can’t get AT&T to turn on MMS, yet developers can
Faithful Macenstein reader Matthew writes: Hey Doc, I was just checking out Apple’s page on iPhone OS 3.0 and it looks like even Apple web designers don’t have access to MMS features in the iPhone 3.0 betas. Here’s a snapshot of the MMS screen with the little red exclamation points next to the picture they tried to send along with the link. those would show up... Read More
Interviews: The iconic art of Pocket God’s Allan Dye
I happen to be a huge fan of the iPhone game Pocket God, and I’m obviously not alone. So far over 1 million iPhone users have downloaded the pint-sized God-simulator in which you alternately punish and reward (ahh, let’s face it, you know you just punish!) your reverently adorable Pygmy islanders. And with nearly weekly updates since its initial release back in January,... Read More
Skulls are cool
Faithful Macenstein reader Roger clued us in to a pretty cool T-Shirt that both Mac geeks and fans of dead people alike will love. Not since Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney sat down together and wrote one of the worst songs in history have I beheld such a wonderful homage to racial harmony. (OK, so it has more to do with being bad-ass than getting along… but so what?) It’s... Read More
Well, at least we still don’t know exactly what the BACK looks like…
If only there were residents of Cupertino California willing to work for $10 a month, maybe then Apple would be able to plug some of these overseas leaks. Behold China Ontrade, a supplier of replacement parts for pretty much any device you can think of, including Apple’s as-of-yet unreleased 3rd Generation iPhone. Currently they are selling two iPhone parts, the front bezel... Read More
That’s a lovely iMac… FOR ME TO POOP ON!
Why design shoes from your iPhone? Because you CAN, that’s why!
We’ve all been there – It’s the middle of the night, you’re miles from a mall, and you need custom-designed footware STAT! Well, luckily Reebok has got you covered with their new Your Reebok app for the iPhone. Now you can design your own shoes from the comfort of your iPhone or iPod touch. The Your Reebok app doesn’t have all the functionality or shoe... Read More
Costco selling Dell running OSX?
Faithful Macenstein reader Ian writes: “Why is it that Costco can’t even put Vista screen desktop on a PC desktop? Nothing quite like promoting a sale of a PC with a Mac screen desktop since you know that’s what the cheap PC users really want.” Well, at least they hid the dock… [link] Read More
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