Awesome Apple

They look a bit clunky, but Rainer Spehl’s oak wood laptop cases for the MacBook and MacBook Pro are more about style; they’re lined with leather and close with a magnetic latch.

Support your favorite geeky cult of personality: Steve Jobs Lives is a line of sharp, typographical tees for Apple fans with all profits donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Think Ocarina x 5: above is Stanford’s Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO) playing Stairway To Heaven with their iPhones and special glove speakers at The Crunchies 2008.

Trendsetter Hiroshi Fujiwara’s Fragment Design has collaborated with Incase for a limited edition iPhone 3G slider case; his working credits include Nike, Eric Clapton and Levis.

Apple’s 17″ MacBook Pro is finally here in unibody form; other specs: non-removable battery good for 8 hours, 9400M/9600M GT video, optional SSD and add-on antiglare screen.

iTunes is now 80% DRM free, with all 10 million going free by the end of Q1 2009; there will be three pricing tiers ($0.69, $0.99 and $1.29) as well as a 3G/Wi-Fi store for the iPhone.

The Onion is at it again with this Apple spoof of the MacBook Wheel; it’s similar to The MacTini but better produced. Best line: “I’ll buy just about anything if it’s shiny and made by Apple.”

Give your first or second gen iPod a second lease on a musical life by turning it into a 2.25″ speaker; DIYer Jordan Horwich details how to build a pair of your own for under $100.

The lack of a physical keyboard has been a downer for many iPhone fans, but Mat Brady’s proposal for a third party solution might do the trick; it’s sleek and also doubles as a case.

Exploded diagrams rock our geeky socks, so this Exploded iPhone t-shirt by Dion Briggs is a must buy; it’s printed with soft-hand plastisol on an American Apparel tee.

Made with a hand-crafted process that takes 45 days, Vaja’s ivolution Silver is lux all the way; this grainy cowhide MacBook Air case is offered in 15 outside and 37 inside colors.

Roth Audio’s MC4 mixes a bit of the old with the new; it’s both a tube amplifier and an iPod dock with s-video output; includes remote and a pair of OLI1 2-way bookshelf speakers.

Feelin’ the need to personalize your MacBook or MBP? Iamhuman’s tasteful, upscale-styled 3M adhesive covers resemble wood and fabrics; they’ll remove with no residue.

Madden NFL-era kids won’t care much for Mattel’s Football, but for 70s kids, LED Football 2 is a nostalgic iPhone app; it includes running, punting, field goals and passing.

Wazabee’s 3DeeShell is an unusual iPhone case with a lens that shows 3D images without special glasses; it also includes apps for creating, viewing and sharing 3D pics.

Bad memories of Apple’s infamous hockey puck mouse still give us nightmares, but we’re intrigued by this Multitouch Mighty Mouse concept by the good folks over at MacBlogz.com.

It’s too late to get one for Christmas, but Miniot’s iWood iPhone cases make an ideal belated gift; each is carved from a single piece of wood, including Oak, Mahogany, or Cherry.

As much as we love our iPods and MacBooks, this Mactini commercial had us in stitches; it’s a skit from the BBC’s Peter Serafinowicz Show and part of his Christmas special.

This laptop sleeve by dripmaster Krink is the result of a collaboration with Arkitip and Apple-friendly Incase; his signature metallic paint looks extra sweet on this limited run piece.

Revealed earlier this fall, Apple’s In-Ear headphones are finally available; better than the stock phones that come with your iPod, they include a remote, mic and three silicone ear-tips.

The iPhone finally gets tactile feedback with this amazing iPhone coffee table by iLounge readers; made with corrugated cardboard, the icons are actually built-in coasters.

Tired of waiting for Apple to release game-changing hardware, Mac|Life has dropped four crisply rendered (if fanciful) prototypes, including the triBook, GameDock, iCom and LMac.

The Simpsons’ penchant for cultural relevance shines as bright as an Apple store in yesterday’s Mypods and Boomsticks episode; it’s brimming with “Mapple” and “Steve Mobs” in-jokes.