Odds and ends

Friday Flickr Find: Unboxing an iPad, LEGO style

For many of us Apple geeks, unboxing your new product is *almost* as much fun as actually using it. And while there are several ways to show off the event, having the box opened entirely by LEGO minifigures photography is probably one of the most creative and interesting ones I’ve seen.

Enter the world of “ntr23″, [...]

Pennsylvania spycam case heating up

A student who says he was spied on by school officials on his Mac laptop has filed new claims in the case.

Harriton High School sophomore Blake Robbins claims pictures were taken of him while he was asleep and only partially dressed, and instant messages that he sent to friends were captured.

The Lower Merion school district [...]

Former Apple Store employee creates Iron Man’s J.A.R.V.I.S. using a Mac mini

Okay, there’s no HUD display like Tony Stark had and it isn’t voiced by iPhone to be made available on Verizon’s network. Many potential iPhone buyers have cited their distaste for AT&T as their primary reason for not jumping on the iPhone train, and the chant has been relentless for almost three years now: “We [...]

Check-in from an Apple Store on Gowalla, get entered to win an Ollie

Twitterrific iPhone app. When they created Twitterrific, they gave it an adorable icon of a little blue birdie. His name is Ollie. His popularity is always increasing. Of course, he is super cute, which helps. So super cute in fact, that the fellows at the Iconfactory have created a vinyl figure of Ollie.

Gowalla is [...]

Steve looked healthier at iPad event

make sure he’s healthy, his well-being is not really for us to judge. That said, they put a picture of Steve from last September iPad, if the rumors are to be believed, and so if this current run of work is helping him stay active and keep busy, I’ll be extra happy to support it [...]