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MTA Public Meetings Available Online as Webcasts

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Hey you learn something new every day. Today I was digging around the MTA site, and found out that they videotape their meetings and put them on the website – that’s great! So, I watched the latest Board Meeting dated 05/28/2008 (well, most of it, it can get kinda boring). It started with everyone congratulating [...]

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Tags: MTA · Transit Planning · Uncategorized

M8 Prototype to Be On Display In Grand Central Tommorrow Morning

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments

UGH! Once again, I have learned the time and date of the M8 prototype’s next fleeting appearance HOURS before it happens. Thanks to VictorM on SubChat: “The M8 Mock-Up will be on display at Grand Central Terminal this Thursday, June 5 near track 25, from 8 AM to 4 PM. ” Of course, if you [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Apple Store Coming To Greenwich Avenue?

June 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Rumors are that Apple is looking to open a new store on Greenwich Avenue, in the location previously occupied by the now defunct Clearview Cinema. Although neither Apple nor the property owner will comment, an Apple logo on submitted zoning documents and off-the-record comments from contractors seem to confirm the suspicion. Apple likes to stay [...]

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Tags: Mobile Entertainment · Mobile Gear · Mobile Productivity

Car Hit By Metro-North Train In Poorly Named New York Town, No Injuries

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

OK, first I want to apologize that I have never heard of the town of Southeast, NY. Actually, maybe I have heard of this town. For all I know, I have heard of it many times. How would I even know? Because the name of the town is freaking ‘Southeast’!!! I want to take this [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Metro-North · MTA · Safety and Accidents

Office Worker Flips Out In Complete Meltdown [Video]

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Office Worker Goes Absolutely Insane – Watch more free videos Some office worker ( I think its an Asian office), caught on security camera video completely losing his mind. He hits a guy over the head, throws a CRT at a woman, and somehow gets ahold of something that looks like a sledgehammer. The first [...]

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Tags: Safety and Accidents

Top 10 Tips For Working From Home

June 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

(ed. – Pardon the gratuitous stock photo, somehow all the other ones seemed boring. The best part of having your own blog is not having any editorial oversight or needing to qualify anything you do) For the last 13 years, I have worked from home both occasionally as an employee and as a self-employed. I [...]

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Tags: Commuter Services · Uncategorized · Working From Home

Eleanor Holmes Norton Pondering Photography Rights Legislation

June 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I have a very strong feeling that the era of ambiguous rail photography harassment in the US is reaching a tipping point which will lead to its demise – and we have a Washington, DC Union Station security guard to thank for it. Like most of the MTA system and stations, DC’s Union station has [...]

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Tags: Photography Rights