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“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 15

[Thank you, we have our winner, this contest is now closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein reader SuperSam!] On the Fifteenth Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) A PowerDock 2 from Griffin! Above: Eh, What’s up, Docs? (Sorry, iPods/iPhones not included). Does your family own a family of iPod or iPhone models? Can you only find one charger when all of you need to recharge? Call a cease-fire with PowerDock,... Read More

I bet someone threw a Zune further…

Behold Roald Bradstock, former Olympic javelin thrower and current fashion plate. Here we see Roald set the world record for iPod throwing, and amazing 154 yards. Or at least we assume he is setting it. The filming is so disjointed, and there appears to be no one with any type of badge or even mustache officiating the event, but given that Roald has built his entire (sad) post-Olympic life around throwing random objects, we’re guessing this is legit. Amazingly, the iPod... Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 2

[Thank you – we have our winner, this contest is now closed. Congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Adam!] On the Second Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) A pair of Creative EP-830 Earphones! Do you hear what I hear? Well, you might, once you pop these bad boys into your ears! Ergonomically designed with 3 differently-sized earbuds to accommodate any ear (assuming you’ve never worked in a circus sideshow),... Read More

Santa Claus is coming to town… er, the Apple Store

Santa knows these days the kids don’t want wooden, elf-built toys, wagons and dolls – they want iPods, just like everyone else on the planet, and it looks like Santa and his friends will be hitting the Apple Store this holiday season to stock up. Above: The figures look quite similar to the Rankin/Bass-esque holiday “I’m a Mac” commercial of last year. Brooklyn-based company Lite Brite Neon has been tapped to construct some iPod-loving Santa... Read More

Tommy Smothers’ iPod charger invented

When Skynet becomes self-aware (at 2:01 am), odds are the robots will attempt to block out the sun so none of our solar-powered iPhone/iPod chargers will work, rendering us “tuneless”. However, one ingenious Swede has come up with the perfect foil for our soon-to-be robot overlords – may we present the iYo YOYO Induction Charger. iYO YOYO from Peter Muungano on Vimeo. That’s right. Thanks to inventor Peter Thuvander, now you can charge your iPod... Read More

Review: USBFever’s Bike Mount Holder for iPhone / iPod / GPS

I’m sure most “responsible” bike riders would tell you that listening to an iPod or iPhone while cycling is a somewhat dangerous affair, but I bet if you got those same people alone in a room they would also tell you you should wear a helmet, use hand signals, and have reflectors on your bike too. In other words, they value safety and living over looking cool. Well, for the rest of us, I give you the Bike Mount Holder for iPhone / iPod. Of course I’m... Read More

Review: The Dock Extender Cable from CableJive

There are many reasons you might want to use an extender cable to dock your iPhone or iPod – the most obvious of course being the Apple-supplied dock cable is too short for your needs. But for me a far more common issue is having an older accessory with a dock connection (speaker, car charger, stereo etc.) that I wish to to hook up my iPhone to, and it just doesn’t fit. That’s where the Dock Extender Cable comes to the rescue. Above: A thing of beauty. My 1st... Read More

The Let’s Rock event : My thoughts… in pictures

Like most Apple fanboys with no self control, I was unable to wait for Apple’s keynote stream to hit the web, and instead I nearly wore out my “refresh” finger reading the Engadget and Gizmodo feeds. So, now that it is all done, and I have had 3 minutes to digest it all, how do I feel about the event? Well, let’s find out as we take a tour, via stolen borrowed pictures from Gizmodo‘s and Engadget‘s coverage of the Let’s Rock event. photo... Read More

Birds do it, Bees do it, even Educated T-800’s do it

I haven’t heard much about Terminator 4, but this shot give a whole new meaning to “Rise of the Machines“. Nice to see that the iPod is still around, post-Apocalypse, and also that it is not opposed to a threesome. I wonder what they were listening to… I’m guessing either Barry White or Mr. Roboto. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Rowlings for the link. [via cszar’s excellent Make Love Not War photoset]  Read More

Finally, an iPod worthy of today’s horrible music

Faithful Macenstein reader Jessie came across this pretty cool iPod sculpture at thespacesbetween created entirely from trash, complete with what appears to be chewing gum earbuds. (Many is the time I have wanted to stick gum in my ears while my 6-year old cranks up the Hannah Montana in the car). I know what you’re thinking, “Wow, I want one, but what would I wear with it?” Well, luckily they’ve got you covered with some pretty sweet matching shoes. ... Read More