John Moltz

Ooh, it's Mr. Big Shot Writer

Yep. I'm happy to announce that I've got a paying gig writing for Macworld magazine.

Yay, me.

You've been warned

Giant squid "taking over world" (link via Hack the Planet)

(For those who may not know, Giant Squid Productions is the name of the parent company of Crazy Apple Rumors.)

Well, FINALLY!

Just got a call from Apple legal. So, it took me two years to figure out where the line is.

With most people it doesn't take me NEARLY that long. I mean, sometimes it's like MINUTES...

They requested I take down an image I altered from their web site where I made it seem like... they were selling holiday stuff for porn aficionados.

Which they're not. Just for the record.

Well, technically, they are... I mean any computer is a nice gift for the porn lover in your family... it's just that they're not specifically targeting that market.

Yet.

Actually, the only reason I picked up the phone was I thought it had something to do with the iBook I have in for repair. If I had known she was with legal I never would have picked up.

No, I'm all to happy to comply with my evil overlords from Cupertino. I'm a big fan of their work. If I had really liked the joke I might have thought about it but, frankly, today I was phoning it in.

And... plus... Apple legal. I don't need that kind of trouble.

Gah!

The assinine complaints about the iPod battery non-issue touched off by that video continue to pop up. I've seen two Mac-centric sites link to the damn thing approvingly with "way to stick it to the man!" comments.

My little Crazy Apple Rumors jab at the dimwits who don't know how to Google "iPod battery replacement" was linked in comments at Kuro5hin. Read the replies to the guy who posted the link.

My sincere apologies to Stan Ng - I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to think my story was true.

You'd think the Neanderthal who appears near the end might have tipped them off, if not the character known as "Angry Scotsman." I guess when you're that interested in bashing Apple for no good reason you tend not to notice details like that.

ADDENDUM: Bill Palmer gets to the likely real motive behind the movie. Hmmmm... I feel another CARS entry coming on...

CARS

By the way, any of you Crazy Apple Rumors readers, I'll have some stuff up this coming week.

I don't know what, exactly, yet, but "stuff" should cover it pretty well.