Menu engineering

If you need to determine the prize of a product or service, then take a look at this excellent article from GigaOm, What We Can Learn About Pricing From Menu Engineers. Also interesting, if you run a restaurant.

Internet Summit Austria

On 9/29 the Internet Summit Austria takes place at the Austrian academy of sciences in Vienna, Austria.

Seasteading 2009 annual conference

From 9/28 to 9/30 the annual Seasteading conference took place in San Francisco, California, USA.

AutoStitch iPhone

AutoStitch iPhone is a fully automatic image stitcher for the iPhone. This application unleashes the power of your iPhone's camera to create wide-angle views and panoramas with any arrangment of photos fpr less than 2$. One of the best and most easy to use apps for the iPhone, that I have ever seen!

Mobile Camp Vienna, A1 InnovationDays

On 9/26 to 9/27 the Mobile Camp Vienna, A1 InnovationDays takes place at Lasallestraße 9 in Vienna, Austria.

Octoberfestival Vienna

On 9/25 at 6pm the Octoberfestival Vienna takes place at the Heuriger Zimmermann in Vienna, Austria.

iPhone Bibel

The German language iPhone Bibel covers the iPhone and the iPod touch on more than 300 pages including a CDROM with more than 50 programs for less than 10 Euros.

Hochseilklettergarten Gaensehaeufel

The Hochseilklettergarten in the Gaensehaeufel in Vienna, Austria is open from April till October. If you like physical activities, this is one of the best places in Vienna to go.

IZD tower run over 630 steps

On 9/22 at 5.30 pm the annual IZD Tower Stiegenhauslauf takes place at the IZD tower at Wagramerstraße 19 in Vienna, Austria. Running 630 steps up within a few minutes can be pretty exhausting.

Mobile Monday Austria

On 9/21 Mobile Monday Austria takes place at the Naturhistorische Museum in Vienna, Austria.

information evening pirate party Austria

On 9/20 at 6pm there is an information evening of the pirate party Austria at the Seminarzentrum Weltsprachen, room 5 at Johannesgasse 4/Kärtnerstraße in Vienna, Austria.

Mobilitaetsfest

From 9/19 to 9/20 the Mobilitaetsfest takes place at the Friedrich Schmidt Platz behind the Rathaus in Vienna, Austria.

Plastic Planet movie

On 9/18 the movie Plastic Planet starts in Austrian cinemas. It says, that if you´ve seen this movie, you won´t drink from a plastic bottle again. Highly recommended!

Pixar Up movie starting in Austria

On 9/17 the newest movie from Pixar, Up, starts in Austrian cinemas in a 3D and a standard version. In addition to the original English version there is a special Austrian synchronisation with Otto Schenk titled "Oben". BTW: the opening sequence of Ellie and Carl spending their life together is one of the most moving scenes, I have ever seen in a movie. The art of making movies can´t get any better than this. Must be seen!

Pwnage3.1 released

Fresh from iPhoneHacks.com: Dev Team Release PwnageTool 3.1 to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1. PwnageTool 3.1 supports iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 1G, but not iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 2G and iPod Touch 3G.

Nespresso opening in Vienna

On 9/15 at 6.30 pm there was the official opening of the newest Nespresso shop at Graben 10 in Vienna, Austria.

Ruby One-Click Installer for OSX

Ruby One-Click Installer for OSX.

Letterbox for MacOSX 10.6

Finally: Letterbox for MacOSX 10.6!

Freiheit statt Angst

On 9/12 the international action day Freiheit statt Angst takes place in Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck, Austria.

Circus Roncalli in Vienna

From 9/9 to 10/18 the famous Circus Roncalli will be at the Rathausplatz in Vienna, Austria.

Apple announces new iPods

On 9/9 Apple introduced new iPods. The iPod classic now has a 160GB hard drive in the same thin case as the 120GB version before, the iPod touch gets a new 64GB model and the iPod nano now has a microphone, a video camera, a pedometer and (finally!) a FM radio.

International boat and yacht show in Cannes

From 9/9 to 9/14 the International boat and yacht show takes place in Cannes, France.

European bike week Faaker See

From 9/8 to 9/13 the annual European bike week takes place in Faak, Carinthia, Austria.

PowerBridge

Another great design idea from Yanko Design: the PowerBridge eliminates the need to hide wires in order to make the room look neat or safe. This sturdy strip has the plug-slots beneath the bridge for better plug management. An indicative light on each plug outlet also displays the amount of power being used by that particular device, making you aware of the energy consumption. A refreshing approach for the wires-issue by designer Hyukjae Chang.

Road Atlas Austria

Freytag & Berndt has a new Road Atlas Austria for less than 20 Euros, so if you are travelling by car in Austria, take a look at this one.

Agip Rallye di Vienna

On 9/5 the Agip Rallye di Vienna takes place in Vienna, Austria. At 2pm you can see all the cars at the Heldenplatz. If you enjoy beautiful old cars, this is the event for you.

Montmartre Vienna

From 9/4 to 9/6 the annual Montmartre art festival takes place at the Türkenschanzpark in Vienna, Austria.

Phone Amego

Peter Sichel from Sustainable Sustworks introduced his new software called Phone Amego, a modest application that provides Address Book to Google Voice and Bluetooth phone integration in Leopard and beyond for 20$. Right now you canuse it with one Bluetooth mobile phone, but the next update should support more than one mobile phone.

problem with repeating events (and birthdays) on iPhone

There is a problem with repeating events (and therefore birthdays) on the iPhone. The Calendar app on the iPhone right now supports a maximum of 75 repeats. If a birthday starts in 1934 it repeats 75 times until 2009 and not any further. So in 2009 all birthdays before 1934 are not shown. Next year, if Apple doesn´t fix this bug, all birthdays before 1935 will not be shown.

Install MacOSX 10.6 from a USB stick

Great hint from Maciverse: Install MacOSX 10.6 from a USB stick. BTW: if you name the USB stick the same as the DVD (Mac OS X Install DVD), you should not get any error messages from using the USB flash drive instead of the DVD.