Andy Ihnatko

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name = Andy Ihnatko

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Andy Ihnatko (pron-en|ɪ'nɑːtkoʊ) [cite web
url= http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/
title= Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth - The Business
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author= Andy Ihnatko
date= 2008-03-30] is a technology journalist for the "Chicago Sun-Times", [ [http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/index.html Chicago Sun-Times :: Andy Ihnatko :: ] ] and tech author. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. He frequently appears on Leo Laporte's podcasts, specifically MacBreak Weekly and TWiT. He's also a regular on the MacNotables podcast, hosted by Chuck Joiner where he often is paired with fellow technology journalist Adam Engst. Moreover, he is a weekly contributor to Scott Bourne's Apple Phone Show [ [http://applephoneshow.com/ The Apple Phone Show ] ] podcast by Podango [ [http://www.podango.com/ Podcast Stations & Podcast Advertising :: Podango ] ] .

Ihnatko has also appeared on the "CBS Saturday Early Show" on July 13, 2007, where he discussed applications for cell phones to imitate if not exceed the capabilities of the Apple iPhone. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/13/earlyshow/saturday/main3056385.shtml No iPhone? No iProblem!, Technology Expert Andy Ihnatko Explains How You Can Get iPhone Features On Your Cell Phone - CBS News ] ] He appeared again on August 25, 2007, to report his conclusions after testing several urban legends about recovering Mobile Phones that had been submerged in water.

Andy, for a brief time in July 2007, was believed to be the actual author of the satirical "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs" weblog, until his formal denial on July 24 in an article for Macworld. [ [http://www.macworld.com/2007/07/opinion/fakesteve/index.php Macworld | The truth about Fake Steve Jobs ] ]

Ihnatko's boisterous writing style is seasoned with references to US popular culture, P. G. Wodehouse, comic books, cartoons, and science fiction.

In the early days of the World Wide Web, Andy described a game called "Web That Smut" (possibly as criticism of the recently passed Communications Decency Act). "Web That Smut" was loosely based on the television game show "Name That Tune".

Also in the early days of the World Wide Web, it is believed that Ihnatko coined the term "Macquarium" to describe an aquarium made out of the empty shell of an early Macintosh computer. He wrote and distributed online the first comprehensive set of instructions [ [http://www.cs.tut.fi/~ace/macquarium.html MacQuarium ] ] to construct one.

On August 15, 2008, Andy Ihnatko received his Burger King Gold Card [ [http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/06/celebrities-get-free-burgers-with-burger-king-crown-gold-card.html Seriouseats.com] ] , thereby joining that elite group of celebrities and luminaries who are entitled to free food at any Burger King restaurant. [ [http://twitter.com/Ihnatko/statuses/888813118 TwitterPost] ]

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