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How To: Reclaim your function keys with FunctionFlip

Those handy little keyboard shortcuts for things like display brightness and iTunes playback which Apple has placed all along the top row of Function Keys on your laptop keyboard can be a real time saver, but they can also suck up the place when you just want to quick access to what a Function Key was supposed to do. Whether you’re a hard-core gamer (well, medium-core gamer,... Read More

How To: Get thousands of back issue comics on your iPad for pennies an issue

Comics and iPads – two extremely geeky things that go great together. And while I have the DC, Marvel, ComiXology, IDW, and Archie apps, one thing they all have in common is the digital issues don’t quite reflect the cost savings you would think would accompany ditching the printing, shipping, and restocking fees associated with going paperless. But this holiday season... Read More

How to make any text selection into a Stickie Note

Here’s something cool/useless I just picked up on Reddit, so I figured I would share the fruit of knowledge with you. Have you ever wanted to select a bit of text and immediately create a Stickie Note note out of it? No? Well, here’s how anyway! Read More  Read More

How To: Type the  symbol on your iPhone – revisited

Hmm… What’s that other app…? You may remember a couple years ago we told you how to go about typing the Apple Symbol  on your iPhone’s keyboard , and that subsequently Apple removed the ability to do so in a later update. While we never really could think of a good reason as to why you ever would WANT to type &#63743 back when you could, now... Read More

Seriously, I just noticed this

Yeah, I don’t RTFM, so sue me. And if you don’t either, then maybe you didn’t notice you could do this in iOS 4 either. One of the things I was missing most in iOS 4 is that in the “old days” or iOS 3 is that you could double click the HOME button on the iPhone to bring up the iPod’s music players controller when inside another app. This was a... Read More

How To: Use FaceTime without WiFi (sort of)

The braniacs over at DeviceKnit Blog have come up with a pretty clever work around for using FaceTime on the road when you’re away from WiFi. The catch? You need to create your OWN WiFi using your iPhone 4, a laptop, and your $15 a month tethering plan. You have all those things, right? Then read on! Turn on tethering in Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering on... Read More

Bang!

Thingiverse user juniortan has created the ultimate iPhone case for any wanna be geek gangster. Behold the Ruger LCR Revolver iPhone case. Sure, it’s a little bulkier than most cases, makes tapping the lower part of the screen a little trickier, and might send your iPhone flying if you “whip it out” too quickly, but the most important thing is looking cool,... Read More

I have a feeling SOMEBODY’S mom is gonna be pissed when they get home…

Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Florian for the tip!  Read More

Can’t afford a snowboard? Just use two PowerBooks!

These things may not be able to run snow Leopard, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have fun in the snow! Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Florian for the tip! [via Zweck Entfremder]  Read More

New book promises to make you as “Insanely Great” as Steve Jobs

Sure, we all want to be like Steve Jobs, but it takes more than a mock turtleneck and Pancreatic cancer to snag a Gulfstream Jet. What you REALLY need to wow auditoriums full of devoted followers is Steve’s legendary “Reality Distortion Field”. Unfortunately, conventional wisdom has it that Steve’s RDF is something he was born with, not something that can... Read More

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