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Merry Christmas from Macenstein!

Don’t say we never got you anything! It is during this magical time of year, when we are spending time with our friends and family, that we all need to take some time out and reflect on how much we’d all really rather be spending time with a hot chick who owns Apple gear. Our good friend Mark Kuta sent along some holiday cheer featuring former Mac Chick of the Month... Read More

Geek up the tree with this paper craft Happy Mac

Thanks to “The Man” (the Fireman, that is) this year I have finally stopped using candles to light up my Christmas tree. Sure, it takes away from the strict 1800’s traditions I like to follow, but on the plus side it blows wide-open the opportunity for safely covering my tree in flammable paper ornaments. And what could be cuter or more flammable than this vintage... Read More

Review: HyperJuice Plug 10

If there’s one thing that the recent Hurricane Sandy taught me, it’s that I can’t live for more than 3 hours without power. Or more specifically, I can’t live for more than 3 hours after my iPhone loses power. While iPhone charging cases are nice and we are finally starting to see a few iPhone 5-compatible models, they generally can only provide one full... Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick of the Month December 2012: Lacy Jill

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 Lacy Jill, a Nurse, A (believe it or not) mother of TWO, and of course a Die-hard Mac Chick! – Name: Lacy Jill – Location: San Antonio, Texas –... Read More

Apple’s earliest collaboration with Disney and more on EveryAppleAds

Ok, so maybe not a full-blown collaboration, but Apple definitely used The Seven Dwarfs’ “Hi-Ho” song in this very bleak and depressing “Lemmings” commercial. That’s just ONE of the gems you’ll find on EveryAppleAds YouTube channel , a playlist lovingly curated by long-time Apple fan EveryAppleAds who claims to have tracked down every Apple... Read More

Games That Don’t Suck: Clash of Clans

There’s a part of me that hesitates to recommend any game that is number 1 on iTune’s “Top Grossing Apps” list, especially a “free” one, as you can assume that there is likely going to be a fairly intense push for you to buy in-game currency in order to enjoy the game. Clash of Clans (free: iTunes) does indeed follow your standard “freemium”... Read More

How to: Get LAN multiplayer working again in Minecraft

For many of us, the 1.4.4 Minecraft update broke the ability to host and play games locally on our home network. When choosing to “Start a LAN World”, we would be told our game was being hosted on “0.0.0.0:59922” instead of “192.168.1.7:59922”, and those people attempting to join us received “Connection Refused” errors. Mojang has... Read More

Finally, something that will convince my mom she needs an iPhone

For years now, I have been trying in vain to convince my mom to get an iPhone. No matter how much I go on about how it will improve her life, or how many times a situation will come up and I’ll tell her “You know, if you had had an iPhone with you you could have simply done blah bla blah”, she appears to have convinced herself that she would never have a reason... Read More

iPhone 5 ice cream looks deliciou – oh, wait…

Hmmm… I’m a fan of almost ANY iPhone-themed desert, however, I tend to steer clear of the ones that somehow have Internet Explorer in them. Seriously, if you are going to go so far as to not only write “iPhone 5” on your ice cream novelty, but also TRADEMARK the name, why not spend the extra effort and copy all the correct icons? Claiming your iPhone 5 ice... Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick of the Month November 2012: Leia Christiana

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 Leia Christiana, a stylist, a 2012 PLAYBOY’S CyberGirl of the Monthand of course, a Die-hard Mac Chick! Name: Leia Christiana Location: Bay Area... Read More