With only 2 days left for Smule’s Ocarina contest, I figured I’d bring out this old footage us ( phil, shaycarl, charlestrippy) playing the titanic theme song.

The ocarina is actually really easy to play, but for some reason getting it just right with 4 people was quite a challenge.

Anyways, the contest ends on the 10th and midnight so head over the actual youtube video here and rate it and leave us nice comments to help boost our chances of winning!

Oh… btw, if you want to download the Ocarina app for your iPhone it’s only 99 cents and can get it by following this wonderful link right here.

This was my last day at Macworld and sadly I still didn’t get to make it around to all of the booths I wanted to see. But, I did get a great shot here in front of the iWork sign right after Karen and I did an amazing workout video with our laptops — stay tuned for that.. shortly :)

Awesome view of the Apple auditorium. They yelled at us for doing our work out.

A great shot that Brad from Griffin took of Karen and I on our iPhones.

I spotted Sinbad hanging around the Fastmac booth.. stole a pic!

These are my new favorite microphones — small, compact and great audio! The black one on the left is the eyeball which also doubles as a webcam (see it sticking out of the side?). The one on the right is the snowflake. They have a ton of other audio gear too — check it out here. You’ll be a fan too.

That’s it — got a bunch of fun interview and coverage that I did with Macbreak and will post those as soon as they are live! Now, off to CES. See ya in Vegas!

Ooooo la la! The Youtube booth at Macworld was pretty hopping. They were there promoting the new Picasa app just launched for Mac! It’s about time, google. Seriously. I know you were really busy these past few years..

Anyways, you can download the new Picasa app here! Check it out if you’d like. It’s a lot faster than iPhoto, that’s for sure.

WOW, A 17 INCH MACBOOK?!?!??! WHAT?

I thought maybe if I used caps I’d get more excited about it.. but I’m not. Anyways, here’s some photos. Looks just like the newer Macbook Pros that came out not too long ago — just a bit bigger.

As a side note, I do love mine! Even if I would have had the option for the 17 inch at the time, I would have stuck with the 15. For traveling, that extra weight and size makes a huge difference. Think about it!

Here’s the specs of the 17 inch Macbook Pro:
(I stole right from Apple’s website — Thanks Apple! *high five*)

• 17-inch LED-backlit display
• 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
• 6.6 pounds; 0.98 inch thin
• NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics
• Three USB 2.0 ports
• FireWire 800 port
• ExpressCard/34 slot
• Built-in battery (up to 8 hours)
• Price starting at $2799

..and last but not least, Karen and I hanging out with them.

As we all suspected, nothing that amazing was announced this year at the Steveless keynote. Sad, but true. So, what all was announced by replacement Steve — Phil Schiller?

Let’s briefly review the highlights:

• Buy music over 3G on your iPhone (previously only wifi)
• New 17in Macbook Pro ships the end of this month (ooooo!)
• Starting today, 8 million iTunes songs are DRM free, end of quarter 10 million
• iWork.com — like google docs, but not.
• Mac Box Set software suite includes: Leopard, iLife, and iWork for $169
• Keynote remote app for your iPhone
• Garage Band 09 a new “learn to play” section where you can download artist lessons.. and get this, learn to play their song for 4.99 a lesson!
• Updates to iMovie 09 - titles, transitions, effects, auto stabilization, video effects, etc
• iPhoto update - auto face detection, geotagging, and places (maps with photos). Built-in upload support for Facebook and Flickr.

..and that’s about the only things I found interesting. Was really hoping for copy and paste on the iPhone. Hrmmph.. Maybe next year? At least my dream of having Fall Out Boy teach me to play their hit songs can come true.. Oh, wait.

Wow, what do you think? The day has finally arrive that I am able to interview my hero.. the one, the only — Steve Jobs.

iJustine and Karen reporting not live!

He’s got my back.. does he have yours??!!

Karen’s first meeting..

Muah!

..and a great pano by djsteen of Steve at dinner with us!

Yep, that’s kinda what I feel like. It’s been quite awhile since I’ve done the east coast to west coast trip and I forgot how rough it is. Two layovers and a day later.. I’ve made it back to San Francisco just in time for Macworld.

Yep, that’s right.. It’s Macworld time everyone! I’m getting my rest and will be ready to go bright and early tomorrow for the festivities.

Check back here and follow me here too for updates:

• Twitter — Follow me! This is the #1 way to get in touch with me at Macworld. If I’m not following you, send me an @ijustine message and I’ll do my best to follow you back or get in touch with you. I’ll be sending out updates throughout the day of my whereabouts.

• Qik — Live streaming from my cell phone! Visit my qik profile here and follow my qik twitter page here for updates everytime I broadcast life.

• Flickr — Mobiles updates throughout the day from various booths, events and fun people that I meet along the way.

• Justin.tv — Yes, bring it back old school style. If I do decided to broadcast live other than using qik, I’ll hop on here to say hi. I’ll let you know via twitter if I’m broadcasting so you won’t have to sit around and wait.

• Lastly, send me an email if you’d like to meet up to chat about business, covering your product, or even just to say hi :) justinex3 [@] gmail dot com!

Okay.. guess I wasn’t that tired. Most importantly, check back here for updates too! See you at the show!

My sister came home today with this amazing new panda t-shirt for me! She knows I’m a huge fan. Panda love!

I’ve always had a thing for panda bears and lately.. they are popping up all over the place in stores. The best part, some of these stores will actually donate a portion of sales to WWF (no, not the wrestling organization — World Wildlife Fund) when the above logo is used.

Check the tags for clarification of where the proceeds will go to, and/or ask someone at the store if they are participating! I found this above shirt at Forever 21 yesterday too. I’ve also recently spotted these in various colors at Virgin Mega Stores.

Where have you seen these shirts at?

I don’t shop all that often so feel free to share in the comments other places you might have spotted them. Save the pandas!

You can also get some select gear in their online store too.

Let me start this off by saying, I loved The Dark Knight.. and I’ll continue by saying this blu-ray is extremely over advertised!! It’s up there with the snuggie and shamwow!! Ahh!!!

It must have been effective because I was looking to find this as a gift and couldn’t find it — It was pretty much sold out everywhere. Now, I ended up getting this as a gift for Christmas, but the only problem is.. I don’t have a blu-ray player! Ooops!

Maybe I should get one? I don’t even have a TV let alone a player! Actually, come to think of it.. I don’t even have a real chair or a bed in my apartment yet.

If you have a blu-ray player, which do you have?

I’m sure most of you will say PS3 :) Let me know your feedback on any of the players you guys have. Would love to get one in the future. Maybe after I find something to sleep on first? Hmm.. could always use the box as a bed though..