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6 degrees of Steve Jobs: Round 1 – Bill Cosby

Today being a slow news day, we thought we’d introduce a new feature here and see how it plays out. Many of you are familiar with the party game “6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon” (well, those of you who have been to really lame parties are, anyway). The point of the game is to try to link Kevin Bacon to another star in 6 steps or less, using their filmographies. We’d like to try something similar with Steve Jobs. Of course, since Steve isn’t an actor, the... Read More

How much money is there in the “Mac news” game?

My good friend Michael Johnston over at iPhoneAlley turned me on to a website that has me contemplating quitting my day job. CyberWyre is a site that can estimate the approximate value of your website by analyzing a number of factors – such as traffic levels and sources of potential income– and then spits out the approximate market value your site may be worth. Well, needless to say, when I saw that Macenstein is now valued at $117,105, I nearly spilled my Doritos... 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 has nothing to do with the Mac, but if we try hard enough, we can almost always find some way to... Read More

iPhone Guy vs. iPod touch Guy

Posted by iGor If you ever had doubts as to how well thought-out Apple’s marketing department is, you can rest easy. In conjunction with yesterday’s announcement of the new iPod touch, Apple posted a brand new guided tour video for the new device, a la iPhone. And like the iPhone’s video, the iPod touch is narrated by a black t-shirted spokesman who uses his hands as he talks. But what is really interesting is how Apple managed to match the look of the iPod... Read More

I hate Cover Flow

Posted by Dr. Macenstein How’s that for a headline? I know, it’s kind of like saying “I hate bunnies”, but hear me out. We all have our favorite way to interact with our data, and I am sure there are some people who use Cover Flow every day in their iTunes browsing, but my god, I sure hope it isn’t one of the big selling points of the new iPods at this Wednesday’s special event. For those of you who love Cover Flow, more power to you, and congrats... Read More

Anyone out there know WordPress?

[UPDATE: Thanks for the overwhelming response. We believe we have found our WordPress guru, so thanks for your offers of help, but it looks like we’re set. But perhaps we’ll come begging again for the Macenstein Version 3.0 launch!] We’re looking to update Macenstein‘s look, and we could use some help. We’ve come up with a look for the site (for better or worse), we just don’t know how to code a theme out of it. It would appear CSS is our kryptonite.... Read More

Trip down memory lane: Woz the car salesman

Posted by Dr. Macenstein “It… is… AWESOME”. – Steve Wozniak Long before he dreamed of dating Kathy Griffin, Steve Wozniak was bitten by the show-biz bug and agreed to appear in the 2nd best Datsun 280Z commercial ever. For those of you wondering, below is the best Datsun 280Z commercial ever.  Read More