Alexander Goebel Silverstershow

On 12/31 at 7.30 pm Ausgesprochen Goebel, the Alexander Goebel Silverstershow, with finest comedy and concert starts at the Raimundtheater in Wallgasse18-20 in Vienna, Austria. Alexander Goebel a German born Austrian became famous as an actor and singer starring RiffRaff in the Rocky Horror Show at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna, Austria.

Nokia Map Loader for Mac

The Nokia Map Loader for Mac finally allows you to load maps to your Symbian60 map enabled device without a Windows PC, just using a Mac.

Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts

Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts provides carefully selected Ruby scripts that are immediately useful. Learn how to streamline administrative tasks like renaming files, disabling processes, and changing permissions. After you get your feet wet creating basic scripts, author Steve Pugh will show you how to create powerful Web crawlers, security scripts, full-fledged libraries and applications, and much more. All for less than 30$.

where to buy an iPhone in Europe without contract

If you are interested in buying an iPhone in Europe without contract, this German language PDF tells you the interesting details.

survival straps

Very practical and stylish: survival straps. Most of these items use enough paracord that you could actually unravel them and use the cord in an emergency situation.

Fabsearch travel and going out guide

Fabsearch is the ultimate travel and going out guide. Thinks of it as your private secretary who reads glossy magazines, speaks with local trendsetters and then reports valuable info to you.

First teddie bear astronauts conquer space

Just found this one on gizmodo.com: First teddie bear astronauts conquer space. Finally!

dog jacket

The Austrian coffee retailer Eduscho/Tchibo sell a dog jacket for less than 23 Euros.

dog carrying bag

The Austrian coffee retailer Eduscho/Tchibo sell a dog carrying bag for less than 30 Euros.

Filmladen sells HD movies via download

At filmladen.at you can buy an interesting mixture of movies, e.g. "We feed the world". Some of them are available in high definition, and NONE of them are crippled with DRM, so you can play them back on any video capable device. To combat widespread illegal distribution there are watermarks embedded into the video files.

Workers in Argentina taking over dead factories and running them

Great news from boingboing.net and Naomi Klein: Workers in Argentina taking over dead factories and running them democratically.

Advantageous MP3

With Advantageous MP3 you can find music from the iTunes Store on Amazon MP3.

Designing gestural interfaces

The new book Designing gestural interfaces, touchscreens and interactive devices by Dan Saffer is available now as a printed book for 50$, as an ebook (paperless, immediately available, and DRM free!) for 40$ or both combined for 65$. If yo want to get started in new era of interaction design, this is the reference you need. Packed with informative illustrations and photos, Designing Gestural Interfaces provides you with essential information about kinesiology, sensors, ergonomics, physical computing, touchscreen technology, and new interface patterns -- information you need to augment your existing skills in traditional websites, software, or product development.

Hacking VoIP

If you plan to implement a VoIP system, the book Hacking VoIP reviews the many possible VoIP attacks and discusses the best defenses against them for both enterprise and home VoIP solutions for less than 45$.

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders

If you like LEGO Mindstorms, the book LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders might be for you. Gives you ten inventions to spark your imagination for less than 30$.

Apple announces last year of christmas

First we heard, that Steve Jobs won´t do the next keynote and that Apple won´t attend Macworld expo 2010 in San Francicso. Then it was revealed, that Apple expo in Paris won´t happen in Paris in 2009 and now this:

Apple announces last year of christmas:

Apple today announced that this is the last year for Christmas. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, spoke at a joint press conference held with Santa Claus at the North Pole this morning. He announced: Apple has been honored to work with the North Pole the last several years to make Christmas possible, however, we have decided together that this is the last year for Christmas.

Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, Christmas has become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers. The increasing popularity of Apple’s Retail Stores, which more than 3.5 million people visit every week, and the Apple.com website enable Apple to directly reach more than a hundred million customers around the world in innovative new ways, throughout the year.

Apple has been steadily scaling back on holidays in recent years, including Valentine's Day, Columbus Day, President's Day and Grandparents Day in Japan.

Berlin and Beyond film festival San Francisco

From 1/15 to 1/21 the 14th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, the annual German language film festival with movies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, takes place at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.
Update: and don't forget the opening party on the first day at 6.30 before the first movie starts at 8 pm.

another DVB-T mobile phone

In November 2008 LG will introduce their newest DVB-T mobile phone , the KB770. Compared to the KB620 it wil have a 400*240 screen and a brick design.

DVB-T mobile phone

At phoneArena.com I just found this review of the Eten V900 , a Windows Mobile phone with built in DVB-T receiver, WLAN, Bluetooth and VGA screen.

Mac software from Nokia

At this Nokia website you find software to use your Nokia and Symbian devices with MacOSX. From iSync plug ins, to multimedia transfer software to tips on using a Nokia device as a modem.

MacPlus emulator for the Apple iPhone

Absolutely amazing development: the mini vMac emulator now runs on jailbroken iPhones with OSX 2.X, so I can finally run Hypercard directly on my iPhone!

Automotive event calendar

From the New York Times: the automotive event calendar

Southern California car show and events calendar

For car enthusiasts in Southern California: the Southern California car show and events calendar.

ILTM in Cannes

From 12/8 to 12/11 the ILTM, the International Luxury Travel Market 0 takes place in Cannes, France.

Dell M109S mini projector

The Dell M109S is a mini projector with 858x600 native resolution, 50 ANSI lumen, 800:1 contrast, VGA and composite connector for 500$.

Dell 7609WU WUXGA projector

The Dell 7609WU is a WUXGA projector (1920*1200) with 3850 ANSI lumen brightness and 2700:1 contrast. Sports 2 VGA ports, HDMI and displayport interfaces. Cost is 5000$.

Optoma pico projector

The Optoma pico is a quiet, battery powered LED DLP projector with 320*480 pixels resolution, that is smaller than an iPhone and costs less than 350 Euros. Pretty amazing! One of the best peripherals for the iPhone, that I have seen this year. The optional Apple connection kit includes a 30-pin adapter for the iPhone and a small cable to connect iPods and iPhones directly to the Optoma pico projector.

disable autocorrect on iPhone

To disable the autocorrect funtion on your jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch: rename /System/Library/TextInput/TextInput_yourLanguage.bundle/ to something else or you choose a keyboard, where there is no autocorrection available like Lettisch or use the Cydia based utility askb.

HanBase for iPhone

With HanDBase for iPhone you get a light and fast relational database manager, which offers data entry, searching, sorting, filtering, printing and synchronization across a wide variety of handheld computing devices, PDAs, smartphones and desktop computers. Available at the Apple AppStore for 10$.

Vibrus for iPhone

With Vibrus you get tactile feedback for the iPhone keyboard and dialer. Available for jailbroken iPhones via Cydia.

Instapaper for iPhone and iPod Touch

With Instapaper for iPhone and iPod Touch you can read previously saved websites, even when you are offline. One of the best apps for the iPhone I have seen until now. Highly recommended.