What's Worse: Windows or the Cult of Mac?

Posted by Alex in Blog & Internet, Funny, Science & Tech on September 29, 2009 at 1:44 pm

The argument of Mac vs PC (or more accurately, Mac vs Windows) is as old as time itself – that is, if time started in 1984, the year that the Mac was introduced.

Sure Windows is bad. Awfully bad (I’m looking at you, Vista) but according to Charlie Brooker of The Guardian, there is something worse than Microsoft’s operating system: the cult of Mac worshippers!

Consequently, nothing pleases them more than watching a PC owner struggle with a slab of non-Mac machinery. It validates their spiritual choice. Recently I sat in a room trying to write something on a Sony Vaio PC laptop which seemed to be running a special slow-motion edition of Windows Vista specifically designed to infuriate human beings as much as possible. Trying to get it to do anything was like issuing instructions to a depressed employee over a sluggish satellite feed. When I clicked on an application it spent a small eternity contemplating the philosophical implications of opening it, begrudgingly complying with my request several months later. It drove me up the wall. I called it a bastard and worse. At one point I punched a table.

This drew the attention of two nearby Mac owners. They hovered over and stood beside me, like placid monks.

"Ah: the delights of Vista," said one.

"It really is time you got a Mac," said the other.

"They’re just better," sang monk number one.

"You won’t regret it," whispered the second.

But never fear, dear Mac lovers, Microsoft is trying to brew its own cult by using Windows 7 Launch Parties propaganda: Link

 
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Folder Type Typography by Emilio Gomariz

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Video Clips on July 18, 2009 at 9:57 pm

Folder Type is a typography created by Emilio Gomariz out of 22,655 color-coded Mac file folders. And here’s the kicker: no script was used – he did it all by hand, which proves that his folder-fu is much, much stronger than mine and that he’s got a lot of time on his hands.

Hit play or go to Link [Vimeo clip] – via happy mundane

 
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25th Anniversary of Apple’s 1984 Ad

Posted by Queuebot in Advertising, Arts & Crafts, Gadget, Media, Movies & SciFi, Science & Tech on January 28, 2009 at 4:14 pm


[YouTube - Link]

On January 22nd, 1984, Apple Computer announced the January 24th arrival of its Macintosh computer with a clever ad during Super Bowl XVIII’s third quarter. Last week marked the 25th anniversary of the memorable ad.

- via i

From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by whitespace.

 
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Mac vs. PC

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on January 13, 2009 at 12:17 am

The age-old question, which is better: Mac or PC? is finally being settled mano-a-mano. Here’s a short yet highly entertaining clip by Dan Chianelli and Nick Greenlee. The production quality is unbelievable!

Don’t miss this one: Link [embedded YouTube clip]

 
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Gingerbread Mac

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on January 3, 2009 at 11:54 pm

No homebuilding slow down at my house. My two-and-a-half-and-don’t-
you-forget-the-half-daddy daughter is on a gingerbread house-building binge.

So when I was looking for inspiration online (read: wasting time in the guise of doing something productive), I ran across this fantastic gingerbread Mac by Flickr user minorbug.


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