In the wake of the attempted bombing on the Delta flight, an absurd amount of ‘security theater’ has inevitably resulted. Steps that attempt to do nothing more than advertise ‘some kind of’ bureaucratic action. By far the most absurd and insulting humanitarian inconvenience recently implemented is the inability of passengers to use the lavatory during [...]

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A while back we talked about how incoming MTA chief Jay Walder was going to do all kinds of cool stuff like putting realtime arrival signs on subway platforms and what-not. Will that happen? I dunno, but ‘cool new stuff’ seems like a pipe dream following today’s revelation that MTA would be slashing services deeply, [...]

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Recently there has been a lot of press about banks being gratuitous in their overdraft fees. Unlike customers services, which must be priced to compete in the market, service industries have a long reputation of arbitrarily pricing customer penalties for non or late payment. But lately, in this economy, the policies and pricing of penalty [...]

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Recently I have been looking at ways to reduce energy usage around the house. One long overdue way was to put my always-on loaded 300w PC Desktop to sleep and migrate its server duties to an always-on Mac Mini, which probably idles around 16w. Despite all the cool stuff it does, the mini is still [...]

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2009 Gift Guide Despite the fact the economy is still hurting, we still spared no expense in compiling the StationStops 2009 Gift Guide. Two of the items on the list however, can pay for themselves and then some – read on to find out which! Apple iMac Core i5 27-Inch Desktop Once in a while, [...]

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Residential electricity costs more in Connecticut than any other contiguous US state (only Hawaii’s is higher). As of August, 2009, the average retail cost of electricity to Connecticut residents was $.2038, which includes the actual cost of the kilowatt of electricity plus the delivery charges and fees. As far as I know, you are pretty [...]

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MTA worker Juan de los Santos, 43, anonymously exposed waste in the agency last year by identifying labor practices that had track workers working only 2-4 hours a DAY during 8-hr work shifts. Now del los Santos has identified himself and says that he was pushed onto the subway tracks, possibly by another worker in [...]

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