Let's be friends

The weblog Let's be friends shows touching photos of unusual animal friendships.

Jazz Fest Wien

From 6/29 to 7/9 the annual Jazz Fest Wien takes place in Vienna, Austria.

Dates to iCal

Dates to iCal is a replacement for Apple's birthday calendar for iCal in Leopard. It has a range of features to allow the user to choose what, and what not, to sync to iCal from Address Book. Cost is 3 Pounds.

Vienna film festival

From 6/27 to 8/30 the annual film festival takes place at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria.

Donauinselfest 2009

From 6/26 to 6/28 the annual Donauinselfest takes place in Vienna, Austria. Expect around 3 million visitors and Antonello Venditti live on stage!

Gartenpflanzen vermehren

The German language book Gartenpflanzen vermehren shows you how to breed new plants from your existing ones for free. Especially handy when you rather want to spend time and not money for new plants. All for less than 11 Euros.

Mac Gems Superguide

The PDF ebook Mac Gems Superguide from Macworld and TidBITS Publishing covers more than 240 software bargains for MacOSX for less than 13$.

SIMunlock for iPhone 3G with iPhone OS 3

Less than one week after the availability of iPhone OS 3, which finally brings select/copy/paste among lots of other improvements, there is UltraSn0w, the SIMunlock for iPhone 3G (but not for the new iPhone 3GS, as there is no jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS, yet). Update: just restored my iPhone 3G to iPhone OS 3 via iTunes 8.2, used RedSn0w for the jailbreak and activation and UltraSn0w for the SIMunlock. Works like a charm! BTW: wikisrvd is compatible with iPhone OS 3, so I will have my offline Wikipedia in various languages on my iPhone again soon.

UK Photographers Rights Guide v2

If you like taking pictures in the UK, the UK Photographers Rights Guide v2 is right for you.

Legal Handbook for Photographers in the US

If you like taking pictures in the US, the Legal Handbook for Photographers is a must read.

Webjimbo, remote access for Yojimbo

With Webjimbo you can remotely access Yojimbo, the personal information manager for the Mac from Bare Bones software with a web browser or a free iPhone app for 30$.

FarFinder for MacOSX

With FarFinder from Flyingmac.com you can connect to your Mac from anywhere on the internet with just a web browser or a free iPhone app. You can mail files from afar without even downloading them first and look through your Mac's camera, all for 35$.

Android Application Development

The book Android Application Development from Oreilly is less than 40$ for the paper and less than 44$ including the ebook version. It provides the concepts and code you need to develop software with Android, the open-source platform for cell phones and mobile devices that's generating enthusiasm across the industry.

LISP outside the box

Nick Levine is writing a new book called LISP outside the box and O'Reilly is going to publish it.

MAKE volume 18 available

The newest issue of MAKE (volume 18) is available right now.

Science Fiction im Park

From 6/15 to 6/20 Science Fiction im Park, the film nights of the Viennese district Margareten take place at Bruno-Kreisky-Park in Vienna, Austria. Free entry.

Take Control of Troubleshooting your Mac

When something goes wrong with your Mac, use the PDF ebook Take Control of Troubleshooting your Mac by Joe Kissell from TidBITS Publishing to discover the solution for 10$.

Take Control of Maintaining your Mac

The PDF ebook Take Control of Maintaining your Mac by Joe Kissell from TidBITS Publishing contains simple steps you can take to keep your Mac humming for 10$.

Griffin noise-reducing audio cable

The Griffin noise-reducing audio cable features an in-line dual-element noise filter to eliminate electrical interference, 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo mini-jacks for connection to car’s Aux-In port and a 6 feet (1.8 m) long cable for less than 20$.

Griffin iKaraoke

The iKaraoke all-in-one microphone/processor isolates the lead vocal track in your favorite music and fades it, giving your voice room to move up front and make that favorite tune yours. Plug iKaraoke into your home or auto stereo through your stereo's Auxiliary Audio In (sometimes called Line In). Use iKaraoke's mic to start, stop, skip and repeat the music, control volume. It's your tunes as only you can sing them. Works with most newer iPods including iPod touch, but not with the iPhone. Cost is now less than 35$.

Google SketchUp Missing Manual

If you plan to use Google SketchUp, the Google SketchUp Missing Manual is a good starting point for less than 35$ for the paper version. Available as an ebook for less than 28$ for PDF, iphone, Kindle and Sony Reader.

Apple WWDC announcements

On 6/8 Apple announced the following news during the keynote of their WWDC (world wide developer conference) in San Francisco:
 
13" MacBook Pro with Firewire 800, SD slot (bootable!), 8GB RAM maximum, combined AudioI/O port like on the iPhone (but no digital Audio In anymore)
15" MacBook Pro with Firewire 800, SD slot (bootable!), 8GB RAM maximum and no ExpressCard/34 slot
17" MacBook Pro with Firewire 800 and ExpressCard/34 slot
 
MacBook Air faster and cheaper, but still limited to 2GB RAM and no internal 3G slot
 
MacOSX 10.6 only for Intel Macs, available in September starting at 29$
MacOSX 10.6 Server only for Intel Macs, available in September for 500$ with unlimited clients (half price!)
 
iPhone OS 3.0 available 6/17
 
iPhone 3G 8GB available 6/19 for 99$ plus 2 year contract
iPhone 3GS 16GB available 6/19 for 199$ plus 2 year contract
iPhone 3G 32GB available 6/19 for 299$ plus 2 year contract
(iPhone 3GS: better battery life, faster, electronic compass, 3.2 Megapixel camera with autofocus and macro)

WWDC San Francisco

From 6/8 to 6/12 the annual WWDC, the Apple world wide developers conference takes place at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, USA.

Pirate Party takes two EuroParl seats

Fresh from boingboing.net: Pirate Party takes two EuroParl seats. BTW: The Pirate Party (Swedish: Piratpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. It strives to reform laws regarding copyright and patents.

Illuminati book

As the movie just came out in Europe, Bastei Lübbe just brought out a new paperback version of the German translation of Dan Browns bestseller Angels and Demons called Illuminati for 8 Euros. BTW: they have an illustrated hardcover version for 25 Euros, too.

Programmieren fürs iPhone

The German language book Programmieren fürs iPhone from Markus Stäuble is an introduction into software development with the Apple iPhone SDK for less than 35 Euros.

Pearl sell DVB-T mobile phone

Pearl sell the Gigabyte GSmart T600, Windows Mobile based smartphone with built in DVB-T tuner, VGA screen, Bluetooth and WLAN without SIMlock for less than 200 Euros.

Les Voiles d Antibes

From 6/3 to 6/7 the annual Les Voiles d Antibes takes place in Antibes, France.

WolframAlpha

In May 2009 Stephen Wolfram launched WolframAlpha, a computational knowledge engine. Give it a try!

publish Hypercard stacks on the iPhone app store

With the help from TileStack you can publish Hypercard stacks on the iPhone app store for a one time fee of 35$.