???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?You’re settled into seat 20D when you hear a sniffle, sniffle coming
from seat 20B and a rumbling cough erupts from the occupant of 21A.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚??
Link: http://edition.cnn.com
Month: January 2006
Central Park The Complete Guide
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?CentralPark.com – Your first stop for information on Central Park and The Central Park Zoo! Including extensive event listings, maps, attractions, sports, activities, history and the CentralPark.com store.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚??
Link: http://www.centralpark.com
Picasa Template for Todd Dominey’s Slideshow
I’ve just discovered Todd Dominey’s Flash Slideshow and made a Picasa template to generate the images and the xml file for the show.
Download: slideshow_picasa_template.zip
[note:] I can’t get this to work in wordpress at the moment, possibly due to the paths in the xml file, something I need to look at.
Johor to mount hunt for ‘bigfoot’
“The government of the Malaysian state of Johor says it is to organise
an attempt to track down a legendary ape man reputed to roam its
jungles.”
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Weighty fees for Ryanair passengers
Weighty fees for Ryanair passengers – News and Comment – Times Online ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Ryanair will soon make passengers pay ???€š?‚?£5 per piece of checked luggage, or ???€š?‚?£2.50 per bag if it has been registered in advance on the airline’s website – an initiative the budget airline claims will mean only 25 per cent of its passengers losing out financially.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚??
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Ryanair, Europe’s largest no-frills airline, is to allow passengers to by-pass airport check-in if they have previously checked in on the carrier’s website.”
Of course it wouldn’t be Ryanair without a catch, ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?passengers checking in baggage on flights booked after March 16 will now pay a fee — ???€š?‚?£2.50 stg (???¢?¢?‚¬Å??‚?¬3.50 eur) per bag, per flight, if booked in advance on the website, or ???€š?‚?£5.0 stg (???¢?¢?‚¬Å??‚?¬7.00 eur) per bag, per flight, if presented unbooked at the airport.”
Link: forbes.com
Some pictures of the GT travel advisors at the 2006 Adventure Travel & Sports Show
Buzzword of the Year: Ecotourism
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Running a country that has giant-winged bugs, toothy reptiles lurking in soupy water and enough humidity to frizz-out anyone’s hair? No problem. You might have a great money-maker on your hands.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.nytimes.com
This is a little shocking…
“Konica-Minolta today revealed it is to quit photography business
after more than 103 years – with the loss of 3,700 jobs worldwide.”
Link: theregister.co.uk
As part of the Russian festival in Trafalgar square, there was an ice sculpture of St Basil’s Cathedral (Moscow), it had melted a bit by the time i got there.
[kml_flashembed movie=”wp-content/photos/rus-festival.swf” height=”360″ width=”480″ /]See the rest of the pictures here.