Taxi fares to rise 8% from midnight
Taxi fares are set to become more expensive from midnight, when an 8.3 per cent price increase comes into effect. The rise, which was announced by the regulator in September, will see the cost of hailing a cab rise to €4.10 at the standard rate and €4.45 at the premium rate, which applies from 8pm to 8am each day, and all day on Sunday and bank holidays.
Smartparts SP3200WF Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame
Smartparts SP3200WF Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame is claimed to be the largest Wi-Fi digital photo frame in the world. Measuring 32 inch, it comes with a natural wood frame with espresso finish and museum quality beige mat. The digital photo frame can also display hundreds of digital photos on a slideshow format.
Features of the SP3200WF include :-
- 1,366 x 768 resolution
- 16:9 widescreen format
- Natural wood frame with espresso finish and museum quality beige mat
- Supports video playback
- SD, MS, and Compact Flash memory card slot
- RF remote control with 100ft operating range
- Can display PowerPoint slides, PDF files, and most picture and graphic files
Relive Your Old Photos With A Digitizer
This neat little gadget by ION Audio is a 35mm slide digitizer known as SLIDES 2 PC. This USB-powered gadget lets you work your way through a sheet of negatives or a carousel of slides. Its five-megapixel scanner with a four-glass optic element won’t give you the results of a professional counterpart but it get the job done in a fraction of the time and money. You just simply push a slide into the box, push a button, and the slide is scanned in less than a second turning them into 5-megapixel image files.
Joke: Poor Fool
“Honey,” said this husband to his wife, “I invited a friend home for supper.”
“What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I didn’t go shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don’t feel like cooking fancy meal!”
“I know all that.”
“Then why did you invite a friend for supper?”
“Because the poor fool’s thinking about getting married.”
Toshiba’s Tiny 250GB 1.8′ Hardrive
Toshiba’s MKxx29GSG is a 1.8 inch hard drive that offers 250GB of storage capacity. Measuring at only 8mm thin, this 3Gbps SATA hard drive targets netbooks or laptops. There is also a 120Gb and 160Gb version in Toshiba’s MKxx29GSG series hard drives. Goes into production in November 2008.
Joke: The Art Of Selling Toothbrushes
The President of Acme Toothbrushes is packing up his files and papers in anticipation of his Friday afternoon round of golf, when suddenly his desk intercom buzzes. “There’s a gentleman here to see you, sir,” his secretary says. “He’s here for the sales position.”
Grumbling unhappily, the President tells the secretary to send the man in. In walks this man — short, ugly, balding, and speaking with a strange harelip.
“I’m here for the job,” he says.
“Fine” says the President. “You have a one-week trial period. Pick up the toothbrushes outside.” With that, he leaves.
One week later, the short man shows up again.
“Well?” says the CEO.
“Not so good, sir. I only sold 5 toothbrushes. But give me one more week! I’ll do better! I’ll be the best damn salesman in your company!”
“Fine. Go and sell them then.”
The following week, the short man shows up at the office again and proclaims, “I sold 2,000 toothbrushes!”
“What?! How did you do that?”
“Well, it was quite simple. I went to the airport, you see, and I set up a table for the people coming off the plane. I had a bowl of chips at one end, toothbrushes in the middle and dip at the other end. They would take a chip, walk past the toothbrushes, and get some dip. I’d ask them, ‘How’s the dip?’ They’d say, ‘It tastes like ****!’ And I’d say, ‘It is! Want to buy a toothbrush?”
