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mini imac, iphone and macbook pro for playing with your dolls

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Are you an Apple fangirl? Do you like playing with dolls? Then have I got a deal for you!

These pint-size acrylic Apple gadgets from LiLu are exactly the right size for setting scenes with those googley-eyed Blythe dolls. The Li Lu series of miniature electronics are perfect for geeky dollhouses everywhere.


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December 24th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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imac cs puts coffee maker, subwoofer and mac mini in a single package – kitchen sink not included

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This reworked iMac is defnitely the most over-the top Mac mods I’ve seen in a while. In addition to sporting a Mac Mini under the hood, the iMac CS has a coffee maker and a subwoofer inside it too.

Modder Klaus Diebel of Kiwidee built this whimsical all-in-one computer using the shell of an…


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December 23rd, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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touchscreen imac g4: a nice mixture of new, old and windows

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Earlier this year we featured modder Jonathan Berg aka Dremel Junkie’s Wall-E casemod. Now he’s back with a 20-inch iMac G4 with touchscreen capabilities and *gasp* a bag of hurt a Blu-Ray drive.

Berg encountered a couple of problems while modding the G4, the first being the proprietary connector that the iMac monitor uses…


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November 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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mic & mac prove that love knows no operating system

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Staunch loyalists of either Apple or Windows will not approve of the romance between Mic & Mac, two machines who fall in love with each other despite their differences. The Pixar-like video, created by a certain gverstraeten, is quite old but it’s still dawwwwwww-inducing.

While Apple zealots will no doubt deem the classic gray…


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November 10th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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rumornabob: new imac and macbook to be released “in the next several weeks”

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Research firm Wedge Partners recently claimed that Apple will unveil updates to the iMac and the MacBook within “the next several weeks” (like what, 64 weeks from now?) The MacBook redesign “is likely to be limited,” (perhaps it’ll just be renamed to macbook. or MaCbOoK) while the new iMac will have a “thinner, organic…


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September 24th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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3.5-inch floppy disk raid: why? why not?

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Welcome to the latest edition of Why? Why not?, where we look at concepts and creations that exist for no real reason. Yes folks, I’m talking about products of democracy, of free will, and most of all of too much free time. Our forefathers lay down their lives so that we may spend ours…


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May 22nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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imac shuffle: the simplest mac you’ll ever use

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Inspired by the simplicity of their recently released iPod Shuffle 3G, the fine folks of the Apple design team have done themselves one better – with the announcement of the new iMac Shuffle.

By removing the bulky screen, DVD drive, USB, firewire and display ports, it’s the thinnest iMac ever. Just a svelte layer…


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March 16th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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that’s no imac: dreamcast guts, apple form factor

imac mac sega dreamcast icast

No matter how beautiful (or in this case, large) a gaming console, it an almost always be improved upon in some way. In this particular case, the marriage of two classics has produced one harmonious construction that provides everything you need to get your Dreamcast on… and it’s all packaged up like an iMac.…


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February 28th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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touchscreen imac comes with a (sonic) chair

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Do you think that there are a lot of people who are just dying to sit inside a speaker? The makers of the Sonic Chair think so. It has 2-way speakers, a subwoofer, and the chair itself is a “sound membrane”. To entice even more people to part with their money, what with the wonderful…


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December 19th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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arcadimac: best use for an old imac [casemod]

Arcade iMac Casemod

Got an old Apple iMac lying around? Here’s a great way to put your computing dinosaur to good use.

Mac modder Napes took an original bondi blue iMac, built it into a custom cocktail-format arcade cabinet, and transformed it into a full-fledged arcade gaming system. Thanks to the scan lines on the iMac’s bubbly…


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October 8th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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averatec all-in-one pc looks nothing like an imac

Averatec All-in-One 2nd Gen PC

Korean PC manufacturer Averatec has tossed their hat back into the all-in-one computer ring with this new model that bears more than a passing resemblance to Apple’s latest iMac models.

The Averatec All-in-One (AIO) PC looks much like an iMac dressed in black. But under the hood, it’s all about Windows. The system sports…


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May 14th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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classic imac + vhs deck = ivhs [casemod]

iVHS iMac Casemod

Back in its day, the design of the classic iMac was pretty groundbreaking. Sure, by today’s standards, the original iMac was a little bulbous, but did it really deserve this punishment?

The mutant offspring of an old G3 iMac and a VHS deck, Cory Baker’s iVHS casemod is one of the ugliest Mac designs…


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May 9th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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