Well at least I thought it was mad random. It turns out, though, that the acclaimed director behind Se7en, Fight Club & (the vastly underrated) The Game is a huge Mac-head (or whatever you call it) too. Fincher took some time out of his successful film career to direct "Break In," a relatively clever commercial that, most importantly, marks the debut television appearance of the gorgeous iPhone 3GS, the phone that mysteriously looks identical to my current iPhone but that I would literally murder someone for right now.
[via /film]
To those misinformed, confused or, merely, just curious, here is an excerpt from McSweeney's comprehensive guide to "Understanding Twitter," this first sentence perfectly answering the infamous "what is twitter" question in elegant, beautiful simplicity:
Twitter seems to be, first and foremost, an online haven where teenagers making drugs can telegraph secret code words to arrange gang fights and orgies.
As you can tell, this is well worth the read, but here's the rest of the paragraph so you can stay on my website a little longer:
It also functions as a vehicle for teasing peers until they commit suicide. In order to become a "follower" ...
Well, actually, it still is for a little while...but at least things are getting closer:
Sling Media to Demonstrate SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone at Macworld
San Francisco - Macworld - January 6, 2009 - Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation NASDAQ: SATS, is demonstrating a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone being developed for the iTunes store at this years Macworld. Sling Media will deliver a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone to Apple for certification in Q1.
[via SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone, SlingPlayer for Mac HD make debuts - Engadget HD]
Imagine your ringtone = this
Are you having trouble convincing your friends that you didn't actually just hop on the Phillies bandwagon immediately after the NLCS? Do you want to show that you've actually been a devoted Phillies fan your entire life, so much so that you have them as your ringtone? Or maybe you just had to leave for the Democratic Republic of the Congo 35 minutes before the start of Game 5 and end up having to watch them clinch by yourself in Central Africa, so now you feel that hearing Harry Kalas call the final strike of the ...