Month: April 2005
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Google redraws world according to George Bush
“Here’s something quite sinister for armchair conspiracy theorists: it appears that US prez George Bush has final approval on the the UK version of Google Maps and has decided to redesign the world in a way that more adequately reflects his own particular vision.” http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/29/google_bush_map
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South Florida Underwater Photography Society
“The South Florida Underwater Photography Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of underwater photography through its membership. “ http://www.sfups.com/about_us.cfm
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More Ryanair Stories
“Ryanair, the leading European low-cost airline, reversed on Monday its previous guidance for a steep fall in average fares this winter and announced much better-than-expected financial results for its third quarter” http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7a45eda0-735e-11d9-b705-00000e2511c8.html Maybe the best one yet… “A Ryanair pilot has asked the High Court to imprison his company’s Chief Executive Michael O’Leary for suspending…
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Damaged cruise ship back in New York
“A cruise ship struck by a freak seven-story-high wave that smashed windows and sent furniture flying returned to New York Harbor on Monday and docked at its berth on the Hudson River.” http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/04/18/ship.diverted.ap/index.html
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A photograph from Chania
Crete, a man fishing at Chania Harbour with the Venetian lighthouse in the distance. © Paul Roberts 2004
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Bon Coiffure, barber shop signs from West Africa
“Indigo Arts presents a collection of painted signboards from barber shops and hair-dressers in Ghana, Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, and Togo.” http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_barbersign_main.html
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High Court Asked to End Religious Teatime
“Government says New Mexico Christian group’s ceremonial drink violates federal controlled substance laws” http://www.law.com/teatime.html
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Photo Noise, Internet Art by Steven Read
this is interesting if dubious from a copyright point of view http://www.stevenread.com/photonoise/index.php
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Ryanair charges £4 for tap water
With no-frills air fares advertised as low as 99p, Ryanair has made a fortune out of offering passengers a cheap deal. But when the drinks trolley rattles down the aisle there is little chance of a bargain – but every chance the airline will make more of a profit. http://www.thisismoney.com/
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Size matters to the Royal Mail
The Royal Mail’s controversial proposal to introduce size-based pricing. http://db.riskwaters.com/public/showPage.html?page=215829
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Google Sightseeing
Google Sightseeing takes you to the best tourist spots in the world via Google Maps’ satellite imagery. http://www.googlesightseeing.com
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Travel News
Peru calls on U.N. funds “Peru will submit a $132.5 million plan to the United Nations’ cultural body on Tuesday to preserve the famous Inca citadel, Machu Picchu, from the ravages of tourism” http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/04/12/machupicchu.reut/index.html
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Some Ryanair stories
Ryanair refuses order to quote all-inclusive fares "Ryanair this week said it would continue to defy advertising authorities which insist the airline include taxes and charges when emailing customers with its latest offers”http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-1516446,00.html Ryanair Web site row takes off "Ryanair is attempting to discover the identities of pilots said to ha= ve made remarks about…
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email posting test
Well I’m now up and running on wordpress, and have set up the modified wp-mail.php email posting hack (http://blade.lansmash.com/?p=156#comments and http://www.economysizegeek.com/?cat=13), so I have every thing blogger gave me but faster. I even got all the old posts transferred over without much hassle. The only fixes I’d like with wp-mail.php are with the conversion of…