discarding all the mail that comes in between now and then

Just recently I saw the following posting on boingboing by Cory Doctorow: Taking a cue from danah boyd, I'm discarding all the mail that comes in between now and then; that way I won't come back from holidays with a million emails shouting for my attention and harshing my mellow. It's a good way of managing holiday away-time, keeping work from creeping into downtime -- I'm seeing it more and more.

Cercle Deluxe in Vienna, Austria

From 11/29 to 2/12 the Cercle Deluxe, the invitation only gathering point for international business opportunities and premium brands takes place at Grand Hotel Wien and The RIng, Vienna, Austria.

invisible shield

The invisible shield for the MacBook provides invisible protection and makes it scratch proof, too. Cost is less than 55$.

Paris raises millions to keep out McDonalds

Straight from gadling, the traveler´s weblog: Paris Raises $42 million to keep out McDonalds.

book and CDROM about the archaeological past of Vienna, Austria

The German language book and CDROM Spaziergang durch die Wiener Altstadt aus archäologischer Sicht / A stroll through Vienna´s old quarter from an archaeological viewpoint is an interesting guide to the archaeological past of Vienna, Austria for 12 Euros and 50 cents.

DVD Assist lets Front Row access DVDs

DVD Assist for MacOSX is an Applescript "Stay Open" applet to enable Front Row to select VIDEO_TS folders stored on your hard drive, or any volume accessible from the Finder with adequate throughput.

Roboexotica in Vienna

From 11/22 to 11/25 the Roboexotica , the festival for cocktail robotics takes place in Vienna, Austria.

Luxury, please in Vienna

From 11/22 to 11/25 the second Luxury, please takes place at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.

RemoteBuddy 1.8 supports ElGato remote controls

With the newest version of IOspirits RemoteBuddy 1.8 you can now use quite a lot of the ElGato remote controls, that you get with the ElGato EyeTV TV tuners. It supports the iPhone/iPod touch as WiFi remotes, too. Cost is less than 20€.

MAKE, the best of

In MAKE, the best of, you get 75 projects from the pages of MAKE for less than 35$.

the Microsoftification of Apple?

Just found this at http://www.hackint0sh.org: Stocks & Weather apps send your IMEI (and more?) to Apple. Just sad. Hopefully the upcoming mobile phones with the Google/LinuxOS will arrive ASAP.
Update: Heise Online says it has confirmed that the information sent is not the IMEI, but rather just an identifier for the application.

ASCII Projektor for MacOSX

With ASCII Projektor you can present films using characters on MacOSX.

Sony UX prices dropping

At micropctalk.com you find the best deals on various Sony UX models.

Sandy, your free personal email assistant

Register for free at http://iwantsandy.com, which gives you your free personal email assistant, called Sandy. One feature I like most, is that you can send her an email to remind you via email at a given time of a given task. Very convenient, if all your life is organized around email communications. One of the best ideas, I saw this year.

NovaMedia software compatible with MacOSX 10.5 Leopard

Most of the software from NovaMedia, including launch2net, is already compatible with MacOSX 10.5 Leopard. BTW: they will exhibit at the coming Macworld Expo in San Francisco at booth 1338-14 in the Apple Developer Pavilion.

Edward Albees Virginia Woolf live on stage in Vienna, Austria

If you happen to be in Vienna, Austria, and understand German, take a look at the newest production of the Volkstheater, Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Woolf?, the German version of Who´s afraid of Virginia Woolf from Edward Albee. Starring Maria Bill, Katharina Straßer, Till Firit and Günter Franzmeier. If it is just half as good as the performance I saw in London a few years ago with Diana Rigg, it will be unforgettable event.
Picture © Nathalie Bauer.

Take Control of Sharing Files in Leopard

Just got a chance to read through the newest ebook from the Take Control series of TidBits Publishing called Sharing Files in Leopard. On 89 pages the author Glenn Fleishman covers everything you might want to know about setting up your Mac as a file server. Available as PDF for 10$ and in a printed version for 20$. Highly recommended reading!

Open Handset Alliance Releases Android SDK

This just came out: the Open Handset Alliance Releases Android SDK, so if you are interested in developing software for the upcoming Google phone aka gPhone, you can start right now. The SDK runs on Linux, Windows and on Intel based MacOSX.

The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide

The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT set includes a variety of powerful electronic parts (motors, sensors, and the programmable NXT microcomputer) and lots of building elements. With these parts you can create thousands of unique, intelligent robots. The The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide helps you to harness the capabilities of the NXT set and effectively plan, build, and program your own NXT robots. Cost: 30$.

Viennatime

From 11/9 to 11/11 the Viennatime, Austria´s biggest and most important watch exhibition takes place at the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria

Klangbilder in Vienna

From 11/9 to 11/11 the annual Klangbilder , the innovative event-presentation of music and film on high-end-equipment takes place at the Hotel Hilton Vienna Danube.
Update: as every year it was a great show, including the 103 inch Panasonic Plasma screen!

Pixar short films on DVD and BlueRay

Pixar brought out most of their short films on DVD and BlueRay DVD, now even in German. I have seen some of these at Xerox PARC at the end of the eighties and I was blown away.

Personal Austria in Vienna

From 11/7 to 11/8 the Personal Austria, the exhibition for human resource management takes place at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria. Keynote spech by Matthias Horx!

Maybach Landaulet with CD-changer

Maybach just showed the study of a Landaulet version of their Maybach 62S limousine. The tech specs seem to be pretty impressive, but the really funny thing on the press release is, that it mentions a six times CD-changer. How cool is that?

Wraparound for MacOSX

Wraparound is an application primarily intended for users with large and/or multiple screens, which allows the mouse cursor to "wrap" around the screens. Rather than spending time and energy moving the cursor across the screen, from one side to the other, simply drag it off one edge and it immediately appears on the other side.

Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Cannes

From 11/4 to 11/8 the annual Gartner Symposium ITxpo takes place at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

Art and antiques fair Vienna

From 11/3 to 11/11 the annual Art and Antiques Fair takes place at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.

EyeTV 2.51 compatible with MacOSX 10.5

The newest version of EyeTV, namely 2.51 from ElGato, is fully compatible with MacOSX 10.5. It now supports Quick Look including Cover Flow, iChat and Spaces.

International art and antiques fair in Vienna

From 11/1 to 11/11 the annual Wiener Internationale Kunst & Antiquitätenmesse, the international art and antiques fair, takes place at the Palais Ferstel and Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna, Austria.