Monday we reported on how MTA was postponing important subway upgrades promised prior to the fare hike due to economic conditions. I guess these same economic conditions had absolutely no effect on their spending thousands of dollars on custom wrought-iron lamp posts and handrails in 3 distinct styles to personally reflect historical origins of the [...]

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Train pictures are usually more of a rail enthusiast thing – and although that isn’t the focus of our blog, I certainly don’t mind serving up a train photo or two for our crossover readers. (Warning – as some of these links which follow are to unmoderated Usenet content, some may be Not Safe For [...]

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Wifi wireless public hotspots are an elusive beast that will never realize their original potential. My business partner owns a large regional ISP, and has experimented with virtually every wireless internet technology and business model out there – he’s even attempted to sell internet via infrared transmission and lasers (yes, they both exist in commercial [...]

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