Saturday, February 28, 2009

Demonstration against genetically modified foods in Vienna

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.

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Friday, February 27, 2009

ZipCarton for Apple AddressBook

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!

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Don Gil shop opening

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.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Safari 4 hidden preferences

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.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes

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.

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Monday, February 23, 2009

PrintTherapy

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$.

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

LG Bluetooth keyboard with display

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.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Duck family tree

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

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Friday, February 20, 2009

Free high res images of earth

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

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Halta Definizione

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

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Thomas Bernhard, Meine Preise

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.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Der neue Mann von Welt, Geist schlägt Geld

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!

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

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

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

No fear, growing up in a risk averse society

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.

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Installing Windows 7 beta on a Mac with Sun VirtualBox

Friday, February 13, 2009

Man On Wire

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!

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Emoji icons on non Japanese iPhones

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.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

OpenSky

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.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

SideTrack

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$.

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Monday, February 09, 2009

Mini Display Port adapters

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

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Sunday, February 08, 2009

free iVPN for MacOSX

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$.

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Saturday, February 07, 2009

Pioneer DVR (SuperDrive) firmware

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

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Friday, February 06, 2009

MacOSX netbook compatibility chart

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

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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Simone de Beauvoir: Das andere Geschlecht

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.

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Imagina in Monaco

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

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Hello, Android

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.

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Monday, February 02, 2009

iPhone SDK application development

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.

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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone

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.

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