Demonstration against genetically modified foods in Vienna

On 2/28 at 2pm there will be a demonstration against genetically modified foods at Ballhausplatz in Vienna, Austria.

ZipCarton for Apple AddressBook

ZipCarton is a plugin for your MacOSX AddressBook that tries to find the ZIP or postal code for the city you entered in your contact details. Free, but MacOSX 10.5 only!

Don Gil shop opening

On 2/26 Austrian fashion retailer Don Gil opens a so called "Gil Couture" shop on Kohlmarkt 7 in Vienna, Austria with Pret-à-porter fashion from John Galliano, Givenchy, John Richmond, Kenzo by Antonio Marras, Paul&Joe, René Caovilla and Sigerson Morrison.
Update: very stylish store with extremely friendly and knowledgeable sales people. BTW: they have a special wall decorated and serviced by the French champagne company Veuve Cliquot.

Safari 4 hidden preferences

On 2/24 Apple announced the availability of Safari 4 for MacOSX and Windows and within hours Random Genius published about the hidden preferences in Safari 4.

VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes

From 2/24 to 2/26 the VMworld Europe 2009 takes place at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

PrintTherapy

FixAMac.net has various applications for MacOSX to diagnose and repair problems that can occur with the Mac OS X printing system. Shareware starting at less than 30$.

LG Bluetooth keyboard with display

The LG LBA-C300 Bluetooth enabled Qwerty Card is a Bluetooth keyboard with display for remote control of Bluetooth phones.

Duck family tree

The complete Duck family tree. Available as a high res PDF, too.

Free high res images of earth

From boingboing.net: Free high res images of earth.

Halta Definizione

Halta Definizione. The Italian masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era viewable online at a stunning resolution. Free.

Thomas Bernhard, Meine Preise

Just received the new (German language) book from Thomas Bernhard, Meine Preise. Written in 1980, but never published before, it just came out on the 20th anniversary of his death. I will read it in the next few days and publish an update here.

Der neue Mann von Welt, Geist schlägt Geld

If you understand German and like great writing, the new book from Helmut A. Gansterer, Der neue Mann von Welt, Geist schlägt Geld might be for you. It talks about the not so new fashion, that brains, wit, manners and style are more important than money. All for less than 20 Euros. Great investment!

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

From 2/16 to 2/19 the annual Mobile World Congress, formerly called 3GSM, takes place in Barcelona, Spain.

No fear, growing up in a risk averse society

The book No fear, growing up in a risk averse society is available in a paper based version for less than 10 Pounds or as a free PDF. No Fear joins the increasingly vigorous debate about the role and nature of childhood in the UK. Over the past 30 years activities that previous generations of children enjoyed without a second thought have been relabelled as troubling or dangerous, and the adults who permit them branded as irresponsible. No Fear argues that childhood is being undermined by the growth of risk aversion and its intrusion into every aspect of children’s lives. This restricts children’s play, limits their freedom of movement, corrodes their relationships with adults and constrains their exploration of physical, social and virtual worlds.

Installing Windows 7 beta on a Mac with Sun VirtualBox

Great article from AppleInsider: Installing Windows 7 beta on a Mac with Sun VirtualBox.

Man On Wire

On 2/13 the movie Man On Wire starts in Austrian cinemas. It tells the real story of Philippe Petit, who on 7th of August 1974 walked for more than an hour on a wire 417 meters high between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Must be seen!

Emoji icons on non Japanese iPhones

Great tutorial on how to enable Emoji icons on non Japanese iPhones. You just have to download the free Spell Number appliaction from the Apple AppStore, enter 9876543.21 into the app and afterwards enable the Japanese Emoji keyboard in your settings screen.

OpenSky

OpenSky is a free service provided by Gizmo5 which allows any mobile phone, web browser or IP aware phone network (SIP, asterisk, etc) to communicate with Skype users. OpenSky supports sending text messages and voice calls.

SideTrack

SideTrack is a replacement driver for Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro, PowerBook and iBook trackpads. With SideTrack installed your standard trackpad becomes a powerful multi-button scrolling mouse including support for vertical scrolling at the left or right edge and horizontal scrolling at the top or bottom edge of your trackpad. All for 15$.

Mini Display Port adapters

At MonoPrice.com you can buy Mini Display Port adapters for VGA, DVI and HDMI for less than 15$ each.

free iVPN for MacOSX

At this link you can find the iVPN 2.4b source code, which still maintains the 3-clause BSD-style license in the source files. iVPN is a GUI used to configure vpnd, Apple's L2TP/PPTP VPN daemon on OS X client installs. Attention: newer versions are NOT free anymore and cost around 30$.

Pioneer DVR (SuperDrive) firmware

If you have a Pioneer Superdrive in your Mac: this Pioneer DVR (SuperDrive) firmware removes the region lock and makes your drive region-free. Update: link broken, but you may google for DVRFlash_v2

MacOSX netbook compatibility chart

If you plan to install MacOSX on a netbook, take a look at the MacOSX netbook compatibility chart from boingboing.net

Simone de Beauvoir: Das andere Geschlecht

Time flies like a banana, as Groucho Marx said. The book by Simone de Beauvoir The Second Sex turns 60! Also available in German as Das andere Geschlecht.

Imagina in Monaco

From 2/4 to 2/6 the annual Imagina, the 3D community event, takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Hello, Android

Just received Hello, Android, the introduction to Google´s mobile development platform. Cost is less than 42$ including a PDF of the complete book.

iPhone SDK application development

Another book on iPhone SDK application development from Jonathan Zdziarski. This one is for building applications for the Apple AppStore for less than 46$ including a PDF of the complete book.

Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone

The book Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone, Creating Compelling Dynamic User Interfaces by Bill Dudney covers Core Animation programming for less than 44$ including a PDF of the whole book for reading on your preferred PDF reader.