Author: Paul Roberts

  • More ryanair fun.

    This sounds good… Ryanair bets on in-flight gambling http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/11/03/bt.ryanair.gamble.reut/index.html

  • Interactive Free-Space Display

    Interesting: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/index.php?p=495

  • Digital to 35mm Slides

    I usually finish off the end of a roll of slide film by making a few maps of where I’ve been, have a look at this tutorial to see how to go about it, it does work and it’s fairly cheap to do. http://www.crystalcanyons.net/Pages/TechNotes/ShootYourMonitor. shtm The best value lab I’ve found at ??Æ’?¢?‚¬Å????€š?‚?£1.25 a go…

  • a bundle of ryanair stories

    THOSE two bare-knuckle sky-scrappers, easyJet and Ryanair, were both under stock market pressure yesterday. http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1117232004 EasyJet to challenge Ryanair on home turf. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/108228/1/.html http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3c13479c-0d49-11d9-a3e1-00000e2511c8.html http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1117782004 http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=565158 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9077-1275883,00.html

  • More on Ryanair

    Ryanair sending out the wrong signals on ‘hand’ luggage

  • Travel News – Wednesday, 22 September 2004

    From cnn.com: Lake Champlain: Historic wrecks beckon divers

  • Travel News – 12 August 2004

    From bbc.co.uk Turkish rail collision kills six Caribbean storms trigger alerts At least two dead in China quake From cnn.com Full planes, not fat profits for EU carriers SkyEurope expands in Poland Air traffic: BAA, Finnair and SAS

  • What a week…

    MailWasher Pro processing summary 4430 Emails Received, 3336 Spam Filtered So 75% of my mail is spam or bounces from spammers using my address. Well I’m glad I use mailwasher

  • Even More Ryanair

    Some good ones here, Concorde and toilets… BBC NEWS – Ryanair faces £1m court battle Airport operator BAA says it will take discount airline Ryanair to court over £1m in unpaid landing fees, but the airline prepares a suit of its own. http://news.bbc. RTE News – Ryanair to axe Derry to London flight Ryanair has…

  • Travel News – 22 July 2004

    From the BBC: Local people 'to preserve nature' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3916213.stm Sun's rays stronger than thought http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3913085.stm Tour firms 'could pay health tax' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3915391.stm US travel curbs spark Cuba rush http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3852821.stm From CNN: French flock to Paris Beach http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/21/paris.beach.ap/index.html Southwest Airlines passengers find love in next seat http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/07/15/airlines.love.reut/index.html Reverse air rage on Russia flight http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/21/reverse.air.rage.ap/index.html

  • Malaria

    Notes on Malaria taken during Dr Jane Wilson-Howarth’s talk at the adventure travel show 2004 Not all mosquitoes carry malaria SE-Asia day biting mosquitoes are not malarious but carry Deng fever etc Many mosquitoes carry more illnesses Prophylactics Larium has had a bad press If Larium suits you it is fine but is not suitable…

  • Interesting

    Travel writing with Rolf Potts http://www.rolfpotts.com/index.html

  • Travel News – 19 July 2004

    From the BBC: Flick mosquitoes away say doctors Whaling moratorium under review???€š?‚?  The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society???€š?‚?  ‘Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age’???€š?‚?  Tanzania probes flamingo deaths???€š?‚?  Bolivians ‘back gas export plans’???€š?‚?  From CNN: See the world, protect the earth???€š?‚?  Monorail opens in Las Vegas after months of delays???€š?‚?  UK changes tack on travel…

  • Ryanair to add routes to Eastern Europe

    It seems Mr O can’t make up his mind, one minute he wont then he will… http://www.iht.com/articles/528655.html

  • Something to do – if it rains !

    From: RICHARD CURTIS I’ve just read a piece about the Millau viaduct and just got carried away searching for other “grand” projects – the Foster site is fun ! best wishes, Dick http://bridgepros.com/projects/Millau_Viaduct/ http://www.fosterandpartners.com/internetsite/html/ take your choice – wembley or millau viaduct etc The Millenium Tower in Japan for example http://www.oeresundsbron.com/index.php?obj=1000029 bridge tunnel link between…