Apple reunited with “Heroes” (via time travel, ‘natch)
Long before NBC ever dreamed of pulling Heroes of off iTunes, a young Milo Ventimiglia (aka Peter Petrelli) starred in an iBook commercial entitled “Middle Seat” as the most annoying airline passenger ever. Recognize that video editing hero? It’s funny, I totally remember this commercial, however it was not Milo’s outstanding acting that made it so memorable,... Read More
Minesweeper: The Movie
Although Microsoft couldn’t get its Halo movie made for budgetary reasons, thank God it looks like Minesweeper is a go! Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader ZIGGY for the link. Read More
Professors Jobs and Gore rock the iTunes U
Yet another inevitable sign of a 2012 Al Gore/Steve Jobs presidential bid can be found on Apple’s iTunes U, where Steve and Al hold the number 1 and 2 spots respectively. Steve’s 2005 Commencement Speech at Stanford landed him the top spot, while Eeyore Al Gore’s speech The Earth in the Balance (coincidentally also delivered at Stanford) landed him the number... Read More
OK, let’s try this again… Apple’s Insomnia Film Festival now open for voting!
Apple has uploaded this year’s entries for the Insomnia Film Festival to its site, and opened the floor for voting. If you are not familiar with the Insomnia Festival, faithful Macenstein reader (and Insomnia participant) Ryan Smith sums it up: “What makes this film festival different from other film festivals is that it takes teams of 5 high school and college students... Read More
Apple’s Insomnia Film Festival now open for voting!
[UPDATE: Well, looks like Apple may have launched the voting a bit prematurely, as now the site says voting is only available for fellow entrants. We’ll update you when general public voting re-opens. Sorry for the confusion.] [UPDATE 2: OK, it is up again now! Start your voting!] Read More
Bad dog! Bad, bad dog!
Incredible
Here at Macenstein, we try to give you the more interesting and off beat side of Apple news, steering clear of simple press releases and articles you might find on every site. The unfortunate side effect of adhering such a high standard of excellence (ahem) is that on days (or weeks) when there is nothing cool going on, we find ourselves desperately searching for something to write... Read More
Obama Girl disses the iPhone – Is the iPhone becoming the new symbol for wussiness?
Flavor of last month The Obama Girl has released a new video in which she, Leah, and Mims (man do I feel out of it) dis the iPhone. The new video, for their song “I Like a Boy“, centers around the girls’ love of a man in uniform. In the video, when approached poolside by 3 “yuppie” boys, the bikini clad girls sing (and I use the term loosely): “He... Read More
Woz re-creates his infamous Datsun 280z commercial for charity
Remember a few weeks back we mentioned Woz’s infamous Datsun z250 commercial? (and the even better Black Gold commercial?). Well, it seems Woz, perhaps inspired by the recent attention that commercial’s re-airing received, has gone ahead and created one of the funniest videos we’ve seen in a long time, and one that really shows off his sense of humor. Faithful... Read More
Video: Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” performed on the Theremin
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Faithful Macenstein reader ComputerNap turned me on to this amazing video of the Gnarls Barkley song Crazy being performed on the theremin. As none of you know, the Theremin was the first electronic instrument ever developed (back in 1919) and is the only instrument designed to be played without being touched. Check out the awesomeness. Yes, it inherently... Read More
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