A few weeks ago, I wrote this post about MacSaber 1.0, a program to turn your brand new MacBook into a lightsaber. To quote myself:
Really, I just can’t wait for a video to hit YouTube of some geek wildly swinging his MacBook around, fighting off the Dark Side.
Luckily, all of my wildest dreams have come true.
YouTube <3
Reminiscent of my previous post about exploiting the Sudden Motion Sensor in Apple PowerBooks and MacBooks, I’d like to share with you MacSaber 1.0.
Using your Mac’s sudden motion sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects. It senses speed for the lightsaber movement sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds.
Really, I just can’t wait for a video to hit YouTube of some geek wildly swinging his MacBook around, fighting off the Dark Side.
Someone has figured out how to utilize the MacBook’s built in Sudden Motion Sensor as a sort of “hot key”. A well-placed smack to the side of the screen triggers some action, in this instance switching between virtual desktops.
For the full effect, watch the video. For an even fuller effect, do what I did and watch the video seven or eight times.
This is probably the coolest hack I’ve seen in a while, and I might do it to my PowerBook soon.
Dell, attempting to copy Apple’s retail success, is opening up two brick-and-mortar storefronts in Dallas and New York shopping malls later this year. Notably, however, they will not carry any inventory. Some thoughts on why they will fail where Apple succeeded.
Dell, as a brand, doesn’t drive people to malls. People will not line up at 2AM to be the first into a new Dell Store. On a busy Monday before Christmas, Dell’s store will not draw more than a thousand visitors looking to go home with a late Christmas present and, even if it does, that’ll be a thousand disappointed customers when they realize that they can’t buy anything.
I personally think a better solution for Dell would be making computers that weren’t horrible.