Celebrity Buzz And here's a freaky preview. Remember when Beth Ditto was just the awesome lead singer from grimy little garage band The Gossip? You've come a long way, baby.
Culture Buzz Swedish graphic designer Viktor Hugo presents his take on Apple's classic “Think Different” campaign. Though the company retired the phrase in 2002, Hugo thought to himself that “it could be fun to elaborate with the concept and create a set with new ways of thinking.” (via flavorwire.com)
Culture Buzz It's called a Mirrorbook Air, obviously. Right now, it seems like this only place you can find one of these is on this French website. (via design-fetish.blogspot.com)
Culture Buzz Mike Matas, a former user interface designer at Apple, posted a series of photos of Steve Jobs testing the Mac's Photo Booth filters back in 2005. It's a nice look at the silly side of Steve. (via bestrooftalkever.com)
Tech Buzz Bill Gates on the passing of his peer and respected competitor, Steve Jobs.
Celebrity Buzz The new tell-all from Joe McGinniss—The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin—isn't even out yet, but the skeeziest bits are already oozing into the media septic tank. Here are the tabloidiest allegations leveled at Sarah and Todd Palin from The National Enquirer's report on the book.
TV Buzz Such a delightful guest. “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's” Charlie Day appeared on last night's “Conan” to discuss lost episodes of “I Love Lucy,” the upcoming “Sunny” season, and, of course, Mac's fat ass.
This may be a little geeky for some, but I love how hysterical and peeved this guy gets. Meanwhile, reviews on the whole for the latest operating system are mixed.
Tech Buzz Maybe. MacRumors has made renders based on all the leaked specs of the next iPhone, call it iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S or iPhone Harder. Even though they're just computer generated hocus pocus, they're still purdy.
Rob McElhenney's 50-pound weight gain seems to be the main narrative in the upcoming season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The “heart-pounding” sitcom returns September 15. (via aoltv.com)
Tech Buzz Thanks to some ballsy pranksters. The world's largest Apple Store is set to open soon in Hamburg, Germany. In broad daylight, two gentlemen pretending to be construction workers saunter up and attach a Windows logo to the side of the scaffolding.
Culture Buzz So you spent $500 and bought yourself an iPad — now what? You can do even better. Take a look at some iPad mods that, as mentioned, are awesome.
The people at Hunch Blog asked their readers to identify themselves as Mac or PC users and state their preferences on various topics. The result is this infographic about the differences between Mac and PC users. It basically shows that PC users are like your average Joe, and Mac users think they're special snowflakes. No surprise here.
Holy fan art, Batman! More geeky designs from the guy that brought you minimalist super heroes and Star Wars typography.
Culture Buzz There are some creepy similarities to Picasso's work and the Mac Finder Icon. Coincidence? I think not! There's a reason Macs are the industry standard for multimedia design.
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Despite the fact that most Americans have been doing it for at least a decade, buying a laptop is getting increasingly difficult.
Culture Buzz MAC is set to debut the Venomous Villains Collection, which is inspired from four Disney villains: Cruella De Vil, the Evil Queen, Maleficent, Dr. Facilier. I guess it's because evil people are beautiful? (Via)