Furby and Siri: A match made in Gzerblens
Watching this video it’s easy to see why Furby was so popular. Just look at the life-like expressions and witty banter he comes up with. It was really like owning your own personal ALF. And seeing this 1980’s technology coming face to beak with with the latest in voice recognition takes me back to the days when the only way to fuck with Furby was to break out a Speak... Read More
Sweet desktop wallpaper of the Pudong Apple Store, Shanghai
Macenstein‘s senior Shaghai correspondent, Min Wei snapped this sweet nighttime panorama of the iconic Pudong Apple Store in Shanghai, and was nice enough to share it with us. Click the image to download the full sized 2560 x 1600 wallpaper. Thanks Min! Read More
We’re giving away a Vuzix Wrap 310XL!!
THANK YOU WE HAVE A WINNER – THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO FAITHFUL MACENSTEIN READER JEN. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been searching for a way to look as cool as the guy in the above photograph for YEARS. Well, now you can, thanks to our good friends at Vuzix who have provided us with a Vuzix Wrap 310XL to give away to ONE lucky reader! That’s... Read More
Steve Jobs portrait made out of 3,500 Apples
That’s right. Apples. Not Oranges, like you might expect. When he learned of the passing of Steve Jobs, artist Olivier Lefebvre made a last-minute change to his entry in the Quebec Land Art contest and decided to create this tribute to our beloved leader, made entirely out of Apples. The project took him about 50 hours in total to complete, but as you can see, the results... Read More
Watch out “Slide to Unlock Panties makers” – You’re about to get some competition
If there’s one thing Apple is known for, it’s its ability to analyze the problems in an existing product segment and dramatically improve that product via simplification and attention to design. That is why I am so excited to see what improvements Apple makes to the “Slide to Unlock” panties that people have been selling for the past four years now that... Read More
Trouble-shoot your WiFi network with NetSpot
Here’s a sweet little (AND FREE) tool that’s a must-have for anyone looking to trouble shoot their wireless network’s signal strength in either the home or office – it’s called NetSpot. Step 1: import a floor plan image NetSpot makes it super easy to diagnose areas of poor reception in your WiFi network, as well as diagnose troublesome areas of noise-generating... Read More
Microsoft knows the “keys” to getting an Apple-sized line at its store opening
And they’re BLACK! See what I did there? No? Well, watch this hilarious video of Microsoft’s latest store opening at University Village, Seattle. Yes, unlike every single Apple Store grand opening – where folks will often camp out overnight simply to be one of the first to cross the glass threshold of the new store and lay out their cold hard cash – it appears... Read More
MOOF!
OK, so it’s not quite Clarus the DogCow, but check out this naturally Apple-branded iCow from Holten in the Netherlands (near Amsterdam) sent in by faithful Macenstein reader Erik Gigengack. “”From its birth in 2006 it was clear that she was special,” says farmer Wim Reijlink “We therefore call it the iCow, but her real name is Sina 609”. via... Read More
Love the outfit choice
Faithful Macenstein reader and chalk artist Kelly Croy sent us this impressive timelapse video of a 6-foot by 8-foot drawing he did in tribute to the late, great Steve Jobs. And you have to admire his choice of outfit. Enjoy. Read More
Awww! She thinks she’s PEOPLE!
Is there anything cuter than little babies playing with iPads? Yes there is. But it’s hard to get bunnies to ride to bicycles, so we’ll take babies with iPads for now. Of course eventually there will be nothing unusual or cute about this at all, as eventually ALL babies will have iPads and be baffled by the non-interactiveness of traditional magazines. Now, as quick... Read More
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