The Creeps! updated – win a free code
Above: One of The Creeps! new under water levels. The Creeps!, a kick-ass Tower Defense game (and one of the few iPhone games that has stayed on my iPhone after 6 months) has just been updated, and to celebrate, Super Squawk Software was nice enough to give us a free game code to give away. Yes, it’s only a 99¢ game, and yes, Super Squawk is using this as a cheap way to get a $300 ad on Macenstein for 99¢, but hey, the game really DOES rock, the update is a substantial... Read More
Coincidencia? Or is the Mexican Government ripping off Apple?
Eagle eyed Faithful Macenstein reader Christian noticed a little potential Mac-infringement down Mexico way. “Doc, look at the image, its the pic of the infonavit (something like fannie mae or freddie mac, a house mortage corp operated by the government in mexico) they are using a variation of the finder logo in red -look center to the right the logo acts as an “A” inside the word contacto- the image is also used in printed banners and promos the web is http://contacto.infonavit.org.mx/ best... Read More
Finally! An excuse to rub the iPhone all over your body
We all know there’s an iPhone app for just about everything, but what about bodily hygiene? Can the iPhone help you out when you’re feeling not-so-fresh? Well, no, actually, but thankfully iPhone SOAP can! That’s right. Two Eggplants Company has created a 3oz bar of soap that looks just like the iPhone (more or less), complete with icons and home button. And it smells like Hazelnut Coffee! The $7.99 bar of geeky cleanliness ships in a clear plastic box with... Read More
Woz caught “Segway Flirting”
Faithful Macenstein reader Chris Griffith spotted Woz out and about in the Grove in Los Angeles yesterday filming something or other along with 20 of his fellow Segway buddies. Looks like Woz might be cashing in on some of that Dancing With The Stars fame. I mean, check out the arse on that gal he’s shmoozing! Easily the best I’ve seen on any Segway rider. Go Woz, GO! Read More
Apple flooding the App store with more useless Apps
To date, Apple’s iPhone apps have been fairly solid efforts, although the same cannot be said for the majority of 3rd party iPhone apps out there. However, it looks like Apple has decided to jump on the “bloatware” bandwagon. Check out this invite for the WWDC. Not only is Apple apparently using a jalbroken iPhone to hide the app names, but it looks like they plan on releasing no fewer than THREE new applications for the letters “E” and “R”.... Read More
NSFW: Virtual FU App for the iPhone
Man, I haven’t been hurting for “Stupid Mac News” like this since the “Stupid Mac News Famine” of ’02. Well, lucky for me I have both YouTube and my faithful Macenstein readers to keep me alive (if just barely). Making it a 3-in-a-row video post trifecta (and a straight box for fake Apple ads), comes this pretty sweet ad by Rob Alphonse for a Virtual “F— You” app for the iPhone. Sadly, given the way the app store is heading,... Read More
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Know when to fold ’em with Dollar Origami
Finally, a new way to piss off your waiter other than that thing where you put an upside-down glass of water on the tip. Dollar Origami is a new iTunes application that shows you step-by-step instructions on how to fold your paper money into a wide variety of shapes that ALMOST resemble things. From elephants to tie-fighters, you can now leave your tips in a range of crumpled up shapes. Above: Trust me, these look about as good as they can without some sort of cheating. The app... 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 real reason Apple went with the unibody enclosure
While poking around in Apple’s support discussion forums, faithful Macenstein reader Nicholas stumbled across what we think might be the real reason Apple decided to pour its research dollars into developing the new unibody construction technique used in its new MacBooks and MacBook Pros. The post, entitled “MacBook Pro pulls out arm hair“, details the painful and potentially litigious exploits of a Sasquatch-like MacBook Pro user by the name of bdichiara... Read More
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