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Found Footage: Good grief, NCIS, do you take us for fools?

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Jan 13th, 2009


I don't really watch NCIS, truth be told -- my wife does, and I nod appreciatively when the situation calls for it. I was half-watching tonight's episode when a familiar shape caught my attention... and then a jolt of cognitive dissonance surprise made me sit straight up on the couch and exclaim "What did he say?!?"

Resident NCIS geek Tim McGee (the same character who, in a past episode, managed to download a taxicab security video directly onto his iPhone) unpacks a boxful of his childhood computer gear; he proudly announces the computer you see above as his "Mac SE," when you don't need HDTV to know that it's a Mac Classic -- but if you do have an HDTV, you can clearly see "Macintosh Classic" printed on the front of the machine. McGee either can't read, or he has a delusional disorder of some kind that prevents him from properly recognizing vintage Mac gear. Later in the episode, he gets taunted for his childhood Macloverdom. It's just trouble from Jump Street on down.

McGee also unloads a PowerBook Duo and a nondescript PC laptop from his magic box. You can see the entire video, including the SE/Classic flub, in the continuation of this post.

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Tags: classic, found footage, FoundFootage, funny, ncis, SE

Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family, Portables, Cult of Mac

Rig of the Day: Mac, iPod, Newton

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Apr 13th, 2006



Here's a great shot of three siblings. JoeBob posts a photo of his SE, original iPod and Newton eMate, which seems to be running Newtonworks (?). Unfortunately, the SE is displaying the dreaded blinking question mark. Time to give that thing a little TLC, Joey.

"Old Iron" posted by JoeyBob.

For the month of April, the theme for our Rig of the Day will be "Vintage Macs" in honor of Apple's anniversary. If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. Let's see your vintage Macs (Apples and Newtons, too)! We'll select an image every day to highlight.

Tags: emate, ipod, newton, rig of the day, RigOfTheDay, se, vingate macs, VingateMacs

Filed under: Hardware, Cult of Mac

Rig of the Day: Bookshelf Macs

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Apr 10th, 2006



Today's rig shot features a MacPlus, SE, SE/30, and a Classic adorning a bookshelf. I have to say the look nice up there. I may have a to add a couple to the bookshelf in my own office. I just really like the look of these compact Macs.

"Old Macs put to good use" posted by targuman2002

For the month of April, the theme for our Rig of the Day will be "Vintage Macs" in honor of Apple's anniversary. If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. Let's see your vintage Macs (Apples and Newtons, too)! We'll select an image every day to highlight.

Tags: classic, classic mac, ClassicMac, compact mac, CompactMac, macplus, rig of the day, RigOfTheDay, se, se30, vintage mac, VintageMac

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