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From 10/17 to 10/20 the annual Dragon Saint-Tropez takes place in St. Tropez, France.

Labels: Cannes, event, France

From 9/20 to 9/23 the annual Viennafair, the international contemporary art fair focused on CEE tkaes place at the Messe Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Labels: art, event, Vienna

From 4/19 to 4/22 the annual Top marques Monaco takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Labels: Cannes, event, France

From 4/12 to 4/15 the annual Antibes yacht show takes place in Antibes, France.

Labels: Cannes, event, France

On 3/24 the annual 900 Nautiques de Saint-Tropez starts in St. Tropez, France.

Labels: Cannes, event, France

From 3/10 to 3/18 the annual Wohnen und Interieur, Austria´s largest fair for dream interiors, design, accessories, home entertainment and garden takes place at the Messe Wien, in Vienna, Austria.

Labels: connectivity, design, event, Vienna

From 3/9 to 9/18 the annual Festival ArMeN takes place in St. Tropez, France.

Labels: Cannes, event, France

From 3/3 to 3/11 the annual WIKAM 2012, the Vienna international arts and antiques fair, takes place at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna, Austria.

Labels: art, event, Vienna

From 3/1 to 3/4 the annual Austrian Boatshow takes place in Tulln, Austria.

Labels: boat, connectivity, event, Vienna

The iOS 5 programming cookbook with solutions and examples for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch apps by Vandad Nahavandipoor is available in print for less than 50$ and as an ebook version (ePub, PDF, mobi) for less than 40$.

Labels: book, DIY, iOS

Bookle is an ePub reader for MacOSX for less than 10$.

Labels: book, Mac, software

The German language book Zwang by Birgit Mosser-Schuöcker is a dystopia about a dictatorial EU in the year 2029. The paperback with 232 pages costs less than 15 Euros.

Labels: book, change, hope, money, Orwell

The Sewell InjectIR extends the signal from your remote controls (for Blu-Rays, DVRs, set-top boxes, etc.) by sending the remote control's IR (infrared) signal over your HDTV's existing HDMI cable. Cost is less than 45$.

Labels: connectivity, hardware, HDMI, IR

If you like to read about animals in German, then the books from Mariposa Verlag might be for you. I just read Lauren, about an american dog in Paris and Schlaumeier with lots of weird stories about dogs and humans. And last but not least: most of their books are available as ebooks without DRM, too.

Labels: animal, book, dog

sceye, the scanning eye, is an innovative document scanner for any professional desktop. Capture documents instantly, even whilst they are being read!, Place your document onto the area of your desktop, which is outlined by a patented laser projection and sceye will automatically take a snapshot, straighten the image and crop the scan to the correct document size - all in one take, with no mouse or keyboard actions required! Software is available for MacOSX and Windows. Now sold by Kodak, too.

Labels: hardware, Mac, scan, software, travel

The Original Sacher-Torte is sold online, too, in four different sizes. Cost is between 20 and 41 Euros. Delicious!

Labels: food, Vienna

From Lifehacker.com: How to calibrate your HDTV.

Labels: DIY, TV

With ExpanDrive you can access online storage 8FTP, S3) just ike an USB drive. Cost for MacOSX and Windows is less than 40$ each.

Labels: connectivity, DIY, Mac, software

With Panic Transmit you can mount FTP and S3 as volumes on MacOSX. With the new Transmit Disk feature, you can now mount any of your favorites in the Finder itself, even if Transmit's not running. These volumes are real: drag files to your SFTP server, save a small graphic to your Amazon S3 bucket directly from Photoshop, or roll your own iDisk-like backup volume. It's all possible in T4 for 34$.

Labels: connectivity, DIY, Mac, software

On 2/16 at 8pm there is a live concert of Mo & band with Andy Baum as special guest at the Metropol in Vienna, Austria. They both started their music careeers at Vickerl Adam´s Hallucination Company, where Falco and Hansi Lang made their first steps to stardom, too. Update: nice concert. Mo is a really good musician, but when he interprets classics like Ben E. King´s "Stand by me" he is exceptional and gives me goose bumps while listening! Really great!

Labels: art, event, music, Vienna

The Apple museum is dedicated to the history of Apple and shows lots of prototypes, too.

Labels: Apple, art

At Wibit.net you found find free progamming tutorials.

Labels: DIY, software

SSH tunnel for Android is a free SSH tunnel app for Android System, based on Connectbot and Dropbear / OpenSSH (Beta Branch). With this app and a configured server (typically configured with sshd and nginx / squid), you can easily browse internet through a SSH tunnel on your android devices. Root required for advanced feaures!

Labels: Android, connectivity, DIY

Mosquito hammock sells various hammocks that protect against mosquitos and rain.

Labels: hardware, travel

With the Ergo hammock you can lie perfectly flat for less than 130$.

Labels: hardware, travel

From Gizmodo.com: A tent for your hammock for 120$.

Labels: hardware, travel

The pocketHolster is THE stylish way to carr your 7inch tablets for less than 80 Euros!

Labels: handheld, hardware, travel

The slyFox 7inch is a soft neoprene pouch, perfect to protect your 7inch tablet PC or ebook for less than 27 Euros.

Labels: handheld, hardware, travel

Juliette Greco turns 85 today. Congratulations!

Labels: art, France, music, Paris, woman

Shrine of Apple attempts to showcase every product ever built by Apple.

Labels: Apple, art

If you are interested in LISP, then take a look at the Symbolics LISP machine museum provided by Ralf Möller.

Labels: art, LISP

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for 390 million Euros.

Labels: Austria, connectivity

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for 900 millions Euros.

Labels: Austria, connectivity

Directly from Gadling.com: best truckstop restaurant in Italy, about an hour north of Rome.

Labels: food, Italy, travel

From 2/1 to 2/5 the annual Retromobile takes place at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. The fair is a living museum showcasing the history of the motor car and presenting vintage machines lovingly maintained by car builders, clubs and federations alike.

Labels: art, car, connectivity, event, France, Paris

iBallz is a shock absorbing harness for iPads and other tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note, that uses rubber balls to protect your device for less than 20$.

Labels: iPad, travel

video camera by i4software is the first all-in-one, movie-making application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that lets you record, edit, and preview in real time! Up to 8 cameras can be used simultanously in the same WiFi network for multi camera, multi angle recording and editing. All for less than 8$ right now. Won easily a best of show award!

Labels: DIY, iOS, software, video

Boinx announced iStopMotion for iPad starting at less than 5$.

Labels: art, iOS, iPad, Mac, software

From 1/28 to 2/1 the annual MIDEM, the destination for music business connections and knowledge, takes place in Cannes, France.

Labels: Cannes, event, France

RunRev didn´t have a booth at Macworld expo, but hosted a get together for their users in a bar two blocks south of the Moscone center. Much more important: you can use their LiveCode, which started as a Hypercard clone on various UNIX systems, to develop software for Mac, iOS and Android in a way that ordinary users can use it to develop their own software. Highly recommended! Licenses start at less than 100$.

Labels: Android, DIY, HyperCard, iOS, Mac, software

nivio has some amazing software to access Windows from anywhere; your mobile, tablet, PC, Mac or Windows. And they hosted the absolutely best party during Macworld expo 2012 in San Francisco. Great location (art gallery!), food, that would have amazed in Paris, wonderful music and the most interesting people! Stunning!

Labels: connectivity, event, SF

With Splashtop remote you can enjoy all that your computer has to offer – remotely from your mobile devices. Includes full screen, full motion video and sound. Clients available for MacOSX, iOS and Android. The streamer (server) for MacOSX and Windows is free, the clients are payware.

Labels: Android, connectivity, iOS, Mac, software

From 1/24 to 1/25 the Node summit, the two-day conference about node.js, takes place at the Mission Bay conference center in San Francisco, California, USA.

Labels: connectivity, event, JavaScript, SF, software

The Dynatron hardshield nanotech screen protector is a liquid that you apply to the screen of your mobile gadget, which makes it scratch resistant.

Labels: Android, handheld, hardware, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, travel

Noisebridge in San Francico is a space for sharing, creation, collaboration, research, development, mentoring, and of course, learning. Noisebridge is also more than a physical space, it's a community with roots extending around the world. There is even a Android app to open the entry door!

Labels: art, connectivity, DIY, SF

From 1/21 to 1/26 the annual SPIE Photonics West, the world´s largest photonics and laser event, takes place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, USA.

Labels: connectivity, event, SF

Ted Nelson at the Internet Archive! For the first time in my life I was speechless with awe. When I asked him, how he got the idea of hypermedia (in 1963!), he simply told me: it was obvious! Another quote by Ted Nelson: I hope, that in our archives and historical filings of the future, we do not allow the techie traditions of hierarchy and false regularity to be superimposed to the teeming, fantastic disorderlyness of human life.

Labels: art, design, event, hope, idea, SF