Dave Veloz built this wonderful steampunk mod of a Mac Mini as a wedding present for his soon to be wife. It really is a stunning piece of work! Lot’s more pics over at steampunkworkshop.com

This is pretty awesome. Bit on the pricey side (as all new Apple stuff is), but that’ll come down over time. I can see a point in 12 to 18 months when this is the standard Macbook. As a piece of design innovation though, it’s uber-cool!
Tech Specs: 

Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)
Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)
13.3″ Screen.
1.6Ghz or 1.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
2Gb Memory.
80Gb 4200-rpm PATA hard drive or 64Gb solid-state drive.
Oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology.
802.11n Wi-Fi and …

Want to keep the lil ‘uns away from your iPhone? Why not knit them their own!… Or get your mum to knit one like this guy did.
More info here

My iPod died…

I’m going to try the Apple Store at lunchtime, see if they confirm it, but the prognosis isn’t looking good…
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Semper Fi iPod, you served well…. (Daryl)

Amazingly handy things iPod… Even in a fire fight!
The story:

“My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.
The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was …

Found this pretty good video on youtube.com from CBS of Phil Schiller going through the iPhone features. I so want one…