• is there a way to automatically import my twitpic photos to facebook and/or wordpress? #
• Wow: Arcade Fire’s Experimental New Video Shows What’s Possible with HTML5 http://is.gd/eMhWT #
• can you tell it's september? #schlegeis http://twitpic.com/2k77ys #
• snowman. what else were we supposed to do? #schlegeis http://twitpic.com/2k7faf #
• tired. #
• innsbruck airport opens at 05:00, the first flight leaves at 06:00, checkin by 2 hours before the flight. #fail http://twitpic.com/2kelvj #
• RT @SleepTalkinMan "If Jesus loves me, he can join the queue with everybody else." http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com #
• master's thesis proof-reading fun ("how to find the exact value?" + professor's note) http://twitpic.com/2kj6l4 #
• spider kill #fail http://bit.ly/9g56SW #
• nicely done tipp-ex campaign: hunter shoots a bear. http://is.gd/eROLf (via @olidax) #
• just activated gmail's priority inbox. http://is.gd/eSbiE excited! #
• checkfelix gewinnspiel: reise nach vietnam http://is.gd/eT4Zv #
• Neu im Blog: Rückblick: 1. Grüße aus Kenia http://bit.ly/buU4GT #
• RT @qikipedia Facebook lawyers try to copyright words 'face' and 'book' http://tinyurl.com/33nls7y #
• there's a decision ahead of me that i feel i'm going to regret, no matter what choice i take. #
• listening to ef – sons of ghosts. such tranquility at 04:35 http://is.gd/eWuSx #

in accordance with my new series “the best android apps (according to me)”, i’m also starting “the best htc desire accessories (according to me)”. they’re hardly ever limited to the desire, but that’s what i use (and test) them with.

first up is the tunebug vibe: it’s a tiny, portable sound system that uses other surfaces to transmit sound. in other words, it turns almost anything -- from an empty cigarette packet to your fridge -- into a speaker.
i didn’t expect it at first, but tunebug actually creates beautiful sound which is rich in both treble and bass.

i’ve tested it with …pretty much every potential resonance body in my apartment, and outside, and it has lived up to its promises.

tunebug vibe comes in a chrome finish, is compatible with every digital device that features a 3.5 mm headphone jack (such as the htc desire, htc hero, many other smartphones, and pretty much every mp3-player), and plays music for 5 hours before you need to recharge.

it’s not only a cool gadget, but also a piece of applied basic physics in pure form: you probably know the changing shapes that sand grains form on a flat surface, depending on the excitation frequency.
the same principle is at work when you try different sizes of boxes/surfaces and get slightly different acoustical results. the size of the box, and the position of tunebug on the box, pretty much acts as your equalizer.

i’m really fond of this product!

i found the tunebug vibe over at StyleMyPhone, who offer a wide range of iphone and smartphone accessories.

• "Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." (W. Allen) (via @ArminWolf) #
• external hdd, 2 TB, USB+eSATA, 99 euro. sold out at two stores just 30 minutes after they opened. #
• RT @newscientist Top 10 videos – from 3D supernovae to exploding moss (not Kate) http://bit.ly/byaHGZ #
• RT @mashable Facebook Dislike Button is Fake [WARNING] – http://mash.to/2q6Ns #
• RT @gab_div "The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed" – William Gibson #
• take a moment, if you will, to remind yourself that nothing's to be taken for granted. #
• wohooo! i just found the song that i've been searching since MARCH! http://is.gd/ekFYB it's "guster – the captain" http://is.gd/ekG4i #
• i am sooo happy! (as in http://is.gd/ekGzQ ) #

• beaver roadkill on the highway :( #
• the beaver is so endangered and strictly protected in austria, even owning a stuffed one requires a license. #
• i'm having a food allergy test today, and i'm dressed accordingly. :) http://twitpic.com/2d346c #
• girl quits job on dry erase board exposes farmville boss called her hopa http://is.gd/ecKA7 (via @ihatepink) #
• "markets of britain" by lee titt (via @serafinowicz) http://j.mp/dBfpIy #
• turns out "girl quits job on dry erase board" was a hoax. good one, though. http://is.gd/edtjS #
• cake pan size trade #fail http://is.gd/edtrG #
• i just came across somebody's request for a software "cereal number". #
• i'm on an actual scavenger hunt for reimbursements. if i manage to find all the clues, i might just get my money back. #
• oops, watching the *perseid* shower of course. is anybody taking care of the goat? http://youtu.be/y42gX1ASlEU #
• word of the day: porometer-parameter #
• amazing: the new google voice actions will make driving so much safer (for me, anyways) http://youtu.be/gGbYVvU0Z5s and http://is.gd/egzWX #
• squirrels rob liquor store. "we're just after the nuts!" http://youtu.be/5YZ_ryQE2IU #
• if my little brother can post pictures from arzler alm bike trips, so can i. ;) 70 mins from 7wege http://twitpic.com/2f1lvt #

• RT @zefrank mini pencil lead sculptures! :: http://bit.ly/9Rw8l6 :: wow! #
• holy crap. litterally! http://jum.bo/bXNkGx #
• "Sounds like you need an escape goat. With ropes on its horns and a headlight. And no fear of tunnels." http://is.gd/e0550 #sleeptalkinman #
• very cool: oewf "Sommerzeit" interview (in german). http://fb.me/Erig75PU (via @oewf) #
• i've submitted my first geocache! http://is.gd/e3QyL #geocaching #
• i couldn't possibly agree more: austria's most important invention http://twitpic.com/2cfcu4 #
• european commission says standard mobile chargers coming in 2011 http://is.gd/e7XDI #
• i think it's funny that right now, jailbroken iphones (w/ pdf warner installed) are more secure than non-jailbroken iphones. #

(this is the english translation of my earlier post android datenroaming problem mit bob, telering, …)

if you’ve tried to use your brand new android smartphone (e.g. the htc desire, motorola droid, …) with a SIM card of one of the really cheap mobile providers, you may have noticed that no data connection is established even if you’ve entered the correct credentials.
instead, (if anything) there is a notification popup that says:

You have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming turned off.

in the US, this problem occurs with a total of 48 individual mobile network providers.
in the UK, there’s a total of 19 MVNO, including virgin mobile, asda mobile and tesco mobile.

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with more than 100.000 applications in the android market (2010-07-30), it’s getting hard to find good apps by just browsing the market. in “the best android apps (according to me)”, i’m going to introduce my favourite applications for android handsets.
i’m using an htc desire with android 2.2 (froyo), but as far as i know, all of them are compatible to all android versions down to 1.5 (cupcake).

if you have any thoughts/questions/suggestions, please let me know in the comments.

today’s category: productivity

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