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What if you could check Star Wars weather via the Dashboard weather widget?

Nov 19, 2010 - 2 Comments

If only the Mac OS X Dashboard weather widget could tell us the weather in distant galaxies far, far away from famous science fiction movies… wouldn’t that be nice? If you enjoy Star Wars, you’ll probably enjoy these images from Cristian Kit Paul, a graphic designer who also must be a Mac user and Star … Read More

iPhone Fail in Bed

Nov 12, 2010 - 8 Comments

You know how it goes; you’re reading something on your iPhone or iPod in bed while laying down, then you accidentally drop the device, and *smack*, it lands right on your face. Oh, that didn’t feel so great now did it. Yup, let’s just admit that hurt. This comic convinced me that it’s not unique … Read More

Project 3D Holographic Text & Light Paintings with the iPhone or iPad

Nov 12, 2010 - 4 Comments

Want to project holographic text and graphics over anything using your iPhone or iPad? Grab Holographium and your digital camera. Combining the two, you can create the appearance of 3D text and images by using the app and then dragging an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch in front of a camera with a long exposure. … Read More

Make a Mac Sing Songs

Nov 9, 2010 - 13 Comments
Finder icon on the Mac

I know you’ve always thought to yourself, wouldn’t it be great if my Mac could see me songs? Or wouldn’t it be wonderful if I could make someone elses Mac sing songs? Well, you’re going to be thrilled to discover that, yes, your Mac can actually sing, thanks to the text-to-speech engine and the intonation … Read More

Install Windows 3.1 on the iPhone

Nov 7, 2010 - 5 Comments

Want to run Windows 3.1 on your iPhone? I sure don’t, but hey just the fact that you can pull it off is neat right?

Funny iPhone decal makes you look like an idiot, puts front of iPhone onto back

Nov 6, 2010 - 7 Comments

This is one of the more creative and amusing iPhone decals I have seen. Called “Default UI”, the decal applies to the backside of your iPhone and replicates the default iOS GUI, home button, and camera. The end result being you’ll look like an idiot who is holding their iPhone backwards and talking into the … Read More

Mac Storm Trooper DJ’s Rocking Out!

Nov 5, 2010 - 2 Comments

How about a couple of Mac-wielding DJ’s wearing Storm Trooper helmets, presumably rocking out a crowd of fellow awesomeness to some awesome music? OK, I don’t know if this is was a halloween thing or what, but this is probably what you would see if Daft Punk were Star Wars fans and Mac users, and … Read More

iTunes Visualizer Fun

Nov 3, 2010 - 2 Comments

The iTunes Visualizer is a neat feature of iTunes that’s been around forever, more recent incarnations of the app have brought a more attractive visualizer which is a bit more fun to play around with. In fact, there’s some hidden commands that you can access while in iTunes Visualizer that modify the appearance of what’s … Read More

Alternate Mac OS X Names

Oct 28, 2010 - 6 Comments

Apparently Apple ran the gamut of the entire animal kingdom while deciding on a creature to brand their new operating system with. After taking a look at some of the options, they finally settled on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. OK not really, if you’ve followed Apple whatsoever you’ll know they’ve had a cat theme … Read More

iPad Setup: iPad for Couch Potatoes

Oct 27, 2010 - 1 Comment

How about a custom floating iPad stand that sits in front of your face while you’re lounging around in a lazyboy? Hmm, as if the iPad needed any help in being couch potato friendly, this comes along. I’m sort of speechless. More goofy pictures:

Why Flash is not shipping with new Macs

Oct 25, 2010 - 17 Comments

Were you surprised when Apple decided to stop shipping Flash pre-installed with Mac OS X? I wasn’t. I posted the above screenshot last year after I experienced the most epic Flash disaster my Mac had ever encountered. We know Steve Jobs hates Flash, and, well, Flash on Mac OS X is generally pretty awful. But … Read More

MacBook Air Humor: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Have a Chat

Oct 22, 2010 - 3 Comments

Remember those Steve Jobs and Bill Gates fake chat comics? Here’s a new one. I like the new MacBook Air, I really do, but this is too funny: You can see more of the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates fake chat comics. Some of them are really funny, poking on Windows 7, making fun of … Read More

Mac Setups: Mac Keg Server

Oct 22, 2010 - Leave a Comment

What better use for an old dead Mac server than turning it into a Mac Kegerator? It looks like this is on a tradeshow floor, maybe this awesome beer server made an appearance at MacWorld expo? Thanks to Ezra for sending this in.

Amazing Mac Uptime: 454 Days

Oct 21, 2010 - 14 Comments

Just when I thought my personal record uptime of 160 days on a MacBook server was exciting, one of our readers blew my uptime away… by almost a year!

iPad Shirt, Yes Seriously, Wear an iPad as a Shirt

Oct 18, 2010 - 8 Comments

The internet is always full of surprises, but this is quite unique, it’s an iPad shirt. Literally. It’s a shirt with a clear front pocket that you can slide the iPad into and wear it on your chest.

Transfer disk images to an Apple II from a newer Mac

Oct 17, 2010 - 3 Comments

New and old technology rarely work well together. In this case, not just the old, but the real old, the Apple II is pre-Macintosh hardware at it’s finest. If the urge to geek around with old Apple hardware ever strikes your fancy, you can use an app called ADT Pro that lets you transfer disk … Read More

What’s Your Record Uptime? 160 Days

Oct 16, 2010 - 35 Comments

What’s your machines record uptime? Uptime is the amount of days since the last reboot or boot up, and this can vary widely per user and per computer. I have an old MacBook that I use as a server of sorts, and as a third screen when working from home. I realized I hadn’t rebooted … Read More

MacBook Pro Theft Protection Plan

Oct 11, 2010 - 4 Comments

Worried about the security of your MacBook or MacBook Pro? Reduce the chances of theft by slapping a cheap PC sticker over the Apple logo! This is pretty funny but there’s actually an element of truth to the joke, since Apple logos are easy indicators of high priced goods. I knew someone who plastered stickers … Read More

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