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TUAW Jan 18 10
Filed under: Hardware, Humor, PowerMac G5
Cult of Mac comes up with yet another classic re-use of an old Mac: they posted about this PowerMac G5 sidepanel that's been turned into an office space Nerf basketball backboard. The cardboard setup apparently broke down, so they replaced it with this Apple logo-labeled sidepanel from an old PowerMac G5 that had been turned into parts. Beautiful!
Of course you should always recycle any old Macs you aren't using any more, and Apple has an official program set up for just that. But I would rather reuse a computer for something like this: simple, functional, and pretty darn ingenious.
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We're all busy people, and I'm sure that many of us missed the iPod/Apple TV SteveFest on the first.
The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Of Apple TVs and iOS 4.1, of new iPods and Pings.
Have you been to VersionTracker.com lately? If you try today, you'll be redirected to the CNET site, where you'll get a brief explanation that the venerable VersionTracker site is now a branded part of the CNET empire.
Apple's official iMovie app for iPhone has been updated to version 1.1. The new update requires iOS 4.
Whenever Apple releases new hardware, I start to anticipate iFixit's inevitable teardown. This time they've gotten into the iPod shuffle to show us the very small number of tiny parts that keep users rocking.
If you're an iPhone 3G user who has upgraded to iOS 4, you're most likely puling your hair out in anticipation of the bug fixes expected in iOS 4.
Sharing your files, photos, movies, and images with others through online services can sometimes be a hassle for Mac users.
Good news for 2nd generation iPod touch users! As reported by AppleInsider and MacDailyNews, the 2nd generation iPod touch will be compatible with Game Center, Apple's new gaming and social networking application, but the iPhone 3G will not.
My FTP app of choice, Cyberduck, has updated to version 3.6, and as you can see on the changelog, it's a nice, chunky update.
Along with the desktop version of Ping, you can also utilize Apple's new social network on your iPhone.