As every blog and news site everywhere has already reported ( including Boing Boing ), the definitive biography of the late Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson , is out today. Actually, it’s out today in paper , but was released yesterday for download via Amazon and iTunes . I’m willing to bet it breaks some sort of download sales record. Last night’s edition of the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes was devoted entirely, 100%, to stories on Jobs and his products . As Mike Godwin noted on Twitter , Steve Kroft asks during the segment how Jobs, “who dropped LSD and marijuana,” goes off to India and returns to become a businessman. LOL @ “dropping marijuana.” The show sure does know their demo. At least they didn’t say he smoked acid. Snarking aside, the 60 Minutes pieces are worth watching. Here’s part 1 , here’s part 2 , and here’s 3 (!), on iPad apps for autism. In other news this week, Obama says we’re bringing troops home from Iraq, and Qaddafi’s dead. Related : Dan Lyons, former Fake Steve Jobs, on the backlash .

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Steve Jobs bio out early for downloads; "60 Minutes" devotes entire episode to book

I bought a MacBook Air right when they came out but ended up breaking it over my knee after getting sick and tired of its weightlessness. My laptop needs some heft , dammit, I need to feel like I’m hauling some serious shit around (and not just 500GB of pr0n ). The solution? A laptop bag half-filled with cinderblocks. My God do I feel like a man now. Plus — PLUS — the computer itself is still light enough to perch on my knees when I’m on the john (like I am now). Anyway, *flushing* this is a video of some guy exploding a *spraying air-freshener* MacBook Air with M-1000’s. At first I thought the explosion * sniffing, spraying more air-freshener* would be disappointing, but it actually does a pretty good job. Since the release of the new second generation MacBook Air, there really is no use for the old one. So we put two M-1000 dynamite sticks we got from Chinatown inside of our newly obsolete Apple product. The results are quite explosive. Haha, I thought those were Chinatown M-1000’s! I could tell because legal ones can’t even blow the legs off insects. And not mutant ones either, I’m talking about regular-ass crickets. Also, I was lying about the whole owning a MacBook Air thing. I just said it to sound cool but having reread it I realize I sounded like a fart echoing off a hard plastic chair. Forgive me? Hit the jump for the explosive action.

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Blowing Up A MacBook Air With Fireworks

Have a bunch of obsolete Apple products sitting around collecting dust? Trade them for gold ! Gold For Macs accepts iPods , MacBooks and everything in between and sends you cold hard cash gold in return. I just sent them 40 Dells with Apple stickers over the logo! Am I a genius or what? I am. I was also the first one to melt cheese in Ramen noodles. Youtube Thanks to Michael, whose friends made the video and shouldn’t be allowed to make any more. Kidding guys, go for it.

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Let’s Make A Deal: Gold For Macs Commercial

This Wi-Fi detecting car decal tips tailgaters off to available wireless connections . It was made by cutting the illuminated panel out of one of these shirts and sticking it to the car’s window. Which you’ve got to admit: for such a hardcore Apple fanboy (see license plate) is a pretty impressive feat of do-it-yourselfery. Provided, of course, he didn’t stab himself with the scissors. You forgot to take the shirt off first, didn’t you? *Nyuk nyuk nyuk!* Hit the jump for a closeup.

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Helping Others: A Wi-Fi Detecting Car Decal

I’ve been trying to avoid iPad related material because, damnit, I just don’t care. What do I look like, a tech blogger? Please. Anyway, I am posting this video of Pee-Wee Herman with an iPad because, well, I didn’t know he still made videos. Just don’t expect too much in the way of comedic relief, because there isn’t any. Of course, if you read Geekologie regularly, you should be used to it. Wait, did I just — gotdamnit. Pee-wee Gets An iPad! [funnyordie] Thanks to Reverend Faux and Joe Soap, who both know today’s secret word.

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I’ve Seen It All Now: Pee-Wee Gets An iPad

Looking for that perfect MacBook sleeve that says, “I’m not just a creative , I’m a pretentious creative ?” Then you’re in luck. Also, probably not that creative. Burned you just got burned. Called the BookBook, this $79.99 case literally transforms your MacBook into “an antique leather-bound book.” Not just for looks, “its hardback sides with reinforced corners protect from impacts [and] the vintage designed spine provide crush protection.” Nice. Now when somebody breaks into your apartment to steal your first edition Shakespeare they’re actually getting your MacBook. Haha, the joke’s on them! This Vintage Book Is Your New MacBook Pro Case [iphonesavior] and BookBook Case Turns Your MacBook Into Leather-Bound Book [techeblog] Thanks to Michael and Erin, who have MacBook cases that look like large-print crossword puzzle books.

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Sneaky: That’s No Book, That’s A MacBook!