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Random Diversion: PooPourri

Well it’s Friday and since there is nothing Apple-worthy to write about (iPhone 5C pre-orders don’t count) here’s a fun little diversion to help start your weekend. The product is PooPourri, and believe it or not, it’s a real product. And since there’s a hot chick with both a MacBook AND an iPhone in the video, I feel I am allowed to post it. Enjoy. Thanks... Read More

Phoneblocs – The iPhone I wish Apple was making

If there is one thing Apple isn’t known for, it’s upgradeability. As a traditionally hardware-based company, it’s in Apple’s best interest for you to throw away your iPhone, MacBook, or iMac every 2-3 years or so if you decide you want something as simple as more storage space or even RAM. Long-time readers are likely sick to death of my call for more storage... Read More

How To: Restore your iPhone when you get the Error “Unknown Error 3000” or “An unknown error occurred (4027)”

Here’s another tip that probably will not benefit many of you, but hopefully for the few who run into this problem this post will save you some fraction of the time I wasted figuring this out. So today Apple released the Gold Master (GM) build of iOS 7 to developers, allowing those of us with developer accounts to get the final build a few weeks earlier than the rest of the... Read More

Apple’s September iPhone Event: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh

Apple today held a special event to announce their most-leaked hardware introductions to date – the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. And while I am such a fanboy there was really never a question whether or not I will be buying the 5S, that doesn’t mean I’m so easily blinded by shiny things that I can’t pick out a “meh” moment or two from the festivities... Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick of the Month September 2013: Megan Bernard

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 have the lovely Megan Bernard, a model and of course, a die hard Mac Chick! – Name – Megan Bernard – Location – New Orleans, Louisiana –... Read More

Happy Birthday to us! Macenstein turns 8 and we’re giving YOU presents!

My goodness, where does the time go!? It seems like only yesterday we decided to stop wasting our time reading Mac sites and instead waste our time running one, and now here we are, celebrating our eight year anniversary. And like most 8-year olds we are not nearly as cute as we used to be – lots of missing teeth and adult teeth too big for our mouths mixed in with creepy small... Read More

Finally, you can play Super Mario Bros. with a banana on your Mac!

I’m sure there are evil MIT graduates somewhere – ones with no sense of humor, plotting to use their giant brains to take over the planet and enslave us all, but I must say more often than not these MIT boys seem to like to blow off steam by making wacky-ass inventions. Like this one: MaKey MaKey. I’d explain what it does but this video does a better job than my dumb... Read More

Review DropCam HD

Considering I own almost nothing of value worth stealing, it’s odd I find myself so intrigued with remote home monitoring, yet I am. And while I’d like to pretend I enjoy the ability to safeguard my home for my wife and kids, really, I just like checking in on our new puppy Chewie, and making sure he isn’t eating our couch pillows while we are at the store or... Read More

Woman enters Boca Apple Store with “strange device strapped to her chest”, asks for help, – then vanishes

The Daily Mail has an Apple story so bizarre that I am DYING to make jokes about it, yet I think I probably shouldn’t on the odd chance it turns out to be serious. According to the Boca Raton Police Department, a woman entered the Boca Apple Store Tuesday dressed in a red hoodie and hat, then proceeded to the back of the store. After mistakenly entering the Men’s bathroom,... Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick of the Month July 2013: Kirstina Colonna

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 have the lovely Kirstina Colonna, a model, actress, and of course, a die hard Mac Chick! Kirstina Colonna is a Venezuelan, Italian glamour model and actress born in Northern... Read More