it's here!!!!!!11111

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oops!

finally, i'm relieved of my guilt of never having listened to this piece:

This American Life has retracted "Mike Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory," the story that arguably started the recent spate of articles examining Apple manufacturer Foxconn, because a Marketplace reporter discovered Daisey had lied about the facts.  (via)

what am i doing this weekend?

this swedish moose ate too many drunk apples and somehow found himself stuck in a tree. he needed some of his friends to help him out, and probably ordered a pizza on sunday and drank a 2 liter of sierra mist. via

on top of things.

Apple and its partners started taking orders for the iPhone 4 on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, AT&T Inc., the exclusive carrier in the U.S., had stopped taking orders, saying it had to focus on fulfilling orders already received.

At midday Wednesday, Apple was accepting orders only for black models, and would only guarantee shipment by July 2. The white model was unavailable for order.

Tuesday's ordering was marred by two major problems: Buyers reported problems registering their orders and an apparent glitch in AT&T's website was steering some customers into strangers' accounts. Lines formed in stores as clerks tried to get orders into their systems.

"Many customers were turned away or abandoned the process in frustration. We apologize to everyone who encountered difficulties," Apple said in a statement Wednesday. (via)

hope you got yours, because they are now backordered up to a month, and they're not taking any more new orders "for a while." get it together, at&t.

fiona apple + jon brion

This fundraiser CD, titled Chickens In Love has covers of kids’ songs by artists like She & Him, Cold War Kids, Tim & Eric, Crystal Antlers, and Dum Dum Girls, but the best track from the album may be Fionna Apple’s cover with Jon Brion. The Gummy Bears’s “So Sleepy” has Arcade Fire-like lyrics (“I’m so sleepy, but it’s not my bedtime / We got bells / The bells, the bells keep me awake”), and a clanging rhythm. Apple and Brion transform the song into a jumpy, sweet anti-lullaby. Listen at 826LA’s Chickens In Love Facebook page, where you can stream the entire album. via

steve jobs live blog

steve jobs is giving the keynote speech at some conference, and revealing a bunch of new iphone shit.

netflix! farmville! guitar hero! read along here!

if you haven't heard...

...about that lost-and-found next generation iphone, you should take a gander at the whole story by gizmodo, who ended up with it and returned it to apple.

i want one

not the ipad. via.

funny april fools internet joke

so this blog took this article from 1996, in which the new york times announced they would start putting their news on the 'world wide web', and made a funny joke about the state of news media.

the article was unchanged, with the exception of replacing the phrase 'world wide web' with 'iPad' and 'web site' with 'iPad app'. an example of the result:

"The New York Times will begin publishing daily on the iPad, offering readers around the world immediate access to most of the daily newspaper’s contents.

The New York Times on the iPad, as the electronic publication is known, contains most of the news and feature articles from the current day’s printed newspaper, classified advertising, reporting that does not appear in the newspaper, and interactive features including the newspaper’s crossword puzzle.

The iPad App (address: http:/www.nytimes.com) is part of a strategy to extend the readership of The Times and to create opportunities for the company in the electronic media industry, said Martin Nisenholtz, president of The New York Times Electronic Media Company." (via)

the new york times later contacted them and asked them to take it down, but they said no.

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set your dvr

show me your fanny pack, i'll show you my fanny

come on and get it (up in dem guts) by zach galifianakis, featuring fiona apple

iPad?!?! ctm.

that sounds like an apple sanitary napkin is all.

follow this liveblog of the iTampon, being revealed as we speak!

looks like a big iphone to me. just sayin'.

holiday music countdown

did you see?

apple's new mouse. they redesigned a bunch of stuff.

how original

microsoft opens its first apple store

apple granted patent on these bad boys.

"Apple's innovation over previous head mounted displays is, in part, to separate the laser engine from the headgear, stowing the engine in a separate unit connected to the frames via fiber optic cable. Such an "iGlasses" setup, as our tipster calls it, would allow a more immersive television, gaming or conferencing experience when using, say, an iPhone. Or you could just walk around pretending to be a commando from the future, with frickin' laser breams attached to your head." (via)

thx g.

apple app wall

here is the app wall somewhere in san francisco. its got one icon for every app, everytime someone buys one, it pulses.

h2d apple.