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MobDex: Read eBooks on your mobile phone

I have read several books on my Pocket PCs using Microsoft Reader. Adjusting the back light properly there is no problem reading for 4-5 hours on a train or plane trip. I've got a SD Card full of books from Project Gutenberg  although I'm still waiting for Acrobat 7.0 to read DRM protected PDFs on my PPC as well.

MobDex by Russell Beattie goes one step further as it allows you to read free eBooks from Project Gutenberg on you mobile phone. Cool if your employer pays your phone bill or you have a mobile phone plan which allows you to navigate for free.

Via [Read/Write Web]

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Google Suggest

AutoComplete for Google with Google Suggest:

I thought it would only be useful for the average user but I'm impressed. It also looks up strange keywords like rijndael instantly.

Wonder who I have to bribe to get AutoComplete for Cool Or What...

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Christmas gift idea: Lord of whatever

Buy a gift has a lots of cool Christmas gift ideas. What about going for a spin in Silverstone with a Ferrari, flying a Mig 25 or a Top to Toe Day at Champneys Tring. But, what really caught my eye was the Lord or Lady title:

For £29.00 it's a cool gift for anyone: a real Lady, posh friends or pompous assholes

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New blog betas

I'm on vacation for a few days and things happen in the blog community:

• MSN Spaces has been released. Scobleizer points out the shortcomings which convinced me to stick with .text for now. I have reserved my space on Spaces and will continue to play around with it for a while.


• Scott Watermasysk (the guy behind .TEXT) has released Community Server beta 2

I want to spend my Christmas opening cool gadgets, not testing, so the latest blog software will have to wait for next year. The only exception may be Kevin Daly's Pocket Blogger if he updates it during his “vacatation“

 

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RyanAir flies to more destinations

RyanAir will start flying from Milano (Bergamo) to Oslo (Torp) in 25th of February 2005. Booking early I should be able to bring my family to Norway and back for 100 euro instead of the 2.000 I have to pay for this Christmas.

Snowflake only flies to Copenhagen or Stockholm so I need another full price ticket. Sterling flies to Oslo but costs 1.200 euro in low season :-(

Way to go RyanAir!

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No Secretary? USB Vibe to the rescue

No Secretary? No problem!

The USB Vibe Personal Massager makes sitting at your computer easier.  From long airplane trips to being trapped behind a desk, the USB Vibe vibrates away stress, pain and fatigue. Multi-surface massage head oscillates at 3600 vibrations per minute - 60 vibrations per second.

Note: Not to be confused with the USB VibraExiter

Via [ExtremeTech]

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1.6TB external USB 2.0 disk

It costs a small fortune but it should solve your personal data storage problems for a while:

The "HDZ-UE1.6TS" will be made to order at a price of 294,000 yen. Supported operating systems are Windows Me, 2000 and XP. The drive contains four 400GB Maxtor HDDs which are recognised as a single drive. Support interfaces are USB2.0 and IEEE1394.

Via [TechJapan]