Showing posts with label interweb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interweb. Show all posts

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Gentlemen, Start Your Comparisons

There is nothing like a bit of global comparison to get a sense of proportion in your life. Here are two sites to help with that.

The Global Rich List is a site where you enter your annual income and see what percentile of the world's population you are in.

Those in search of more specific comparisons should go to WorldMapper. This was developed by University of Sheffield’s Social and Spatial Inequalities Research Group. It displays maps of the world but with country sizes made proportional to some data such as income over $200 per day or population or number of tractors.

Friday, December 8, 2006

Sure They'll Never Notice. Grrr

Contact Lenses

6-months extended wear contact lenses
Specsavers.co.uk: £83.50 or €124,
Specsavers.ie: €155

Price Difference between UK and Ireland: 25%

Baby Toys

Baby Sit N Step - Bubbles
Mamas&Papas.co.uk £99 or €146.26 + £5 delivery
Mamas & Papas Irish store/catalog €160

Price difference between UK and Ireland: 9%

Books

Amazon to the UK: Free Delivery for orders over £19/€28
Amazon to Ireland: £5 for first book, £1 per each additional, regardless of total amount spent

Price Difference On One Book Costing £19: 26%