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Steve Ballmer admits his signature is worthless

I must admit that Steve Ballmer is one smart fella. Approximately 2 seconds after signing this kid’s MacBook he realizes that he’s ruined it, and the poor guy needs a new one. [via uselessuniverse.com]  Read More

No need for the tinfoil shield guys, you aren’t getting laid

I never really understood the whole “destroy tech on YouTube” thing, I guess I’m sort of missing the “attention whore” gene, but if I WERE to destroy a gadget on YouTube at the tail end of 2009, I don’t think I would use a product from 2007 to prove I was cool. Yet, that’s just what Jory Caro and the folks over at “Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?” did when they recently microwaved a 1st generation iPhone. Wow. There’s... Read More

A message from the iPhone to Droid and WinMo

One of the good things about having over 100,000 apps available on the iPhone is it more or less allows you to spell anything. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Xavier for the link [via imgur]  Read More

Microsoft Pitch-man Seinfeld upgrades to an iMac

Faithful Macenstein reader William writes: “Curb Your Enthusiasm had its “Seinfeld reunion” episode on last night. To help bring it to fruition, the production crew faithfully reconstructed the original sets, modernizing them with some updates, which they highlighted in the fall promo: a new refrigerator, an HDTV and granite counter-tops. One update they failed to highlight nevertheless made its appearance in several shots. Seinfeld’s commercials for Microsoft notwithstanding,... Read More

Family Guy takes a Jab at Windows 7, Mac OS X

Family Guy took a couple of geeky jabs at both Microsoft and Apple’s OS’s recently. One unforseen benefit for Apple in having under 10% of the computer market is that probably only about 10% of the Family Guy audience was familiar enough with OS X to even knew it was an Apple Jab, where EVERYONE understands Microsoft bashing. I also noticed that just like the two different brand philosophies, the Apple joke was more subtle, well designed, and “just worked”,... Read More

This is exactly why I won’t eat at Johnny Rockets

Man, I was JUST about to break down and go to the Microsoft store when luckily faithful Macenstein reader Chuck sent us this video of a COMPLETELY SPONTANEOUS AND UNSTAGED employee dance session. As with all Microsoft Store videos, the best part is watching the reactions (or complete lack thereof) of the hapless customers, who I assume were just there to get out of the rain or something.  Read More

This looks scary as hell

I have yet to see the film “Paranormal Activity”, but if it’s half as scary as this trailer for “PC Normal Activity”, well, then… well it won’t be all that scary, actually. (Although my inner fanboy did cringe a couple times). Enjoy! A bit of back story on the origin of PC Normal Activity is provided by its creator, Peter Yan . “I don’t understand why PC users hate Macs and Mac users so much. Those quotes were picked from... Read More

Riddle: How do you make a Timbaland song better?

Answer 1: Turn it off Answer 2: Use it to bash Windows 7. Thanks to sherv and ObamaPacman and everyone who sent this in.  Read More

Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party

Like many British skits, this parody of Microsoft’s “Host a Windows 7 launch party” video is pretty damn funny, right up until the very end where they obviously didn’t know how to end it. I almost would have preferred to see Monty Python’s giant Foot squash them, but still the concept is awesome, as is the first minute forty, so enjoy. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Phelim for the tip! [via Funny or Die]  Read More

Fake excitement reaches new levels as Microsoft Store opens

Faithful Macenstein reader Justin sent us this link of a video from the grand opening of the new Microsoft retail store in Scottsdale, AZ. I won’t go into the whole “completely copying the look of the Apple Stores”, the color coded shirts of employees, and the “high fives” of the first customers that we’ve seen in hundreds of Apple Store openings over the years. But what I would like to draw your attention to is just how sad and confused the... Read More