[Note, I had a lot of drafts piling up, so this post is a little late and some criticism of Train Time will seem out of place in previous posts] Wow, I have so much going on lately I really can’t take the time to write the detailed post this announcement deserves (yet) – but [...]

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The worst part of Windows for me is *activation*. Activation is the secret mojo in Windows which gets all pissy if you change hardware in your computer too often and makes you disgrace yourself by literally making a phone call to Microsoft headquarters and asking their permission to keep using it. First, you have to [...]

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Earlier this week I discussed Wednesday’s problems with Metro-North Train Time, part of MTA’s impressive new launch of web, mobile, and social media customer services. After re-contacting the passengers in Greenwich and Cos Cob who reported the issue, I found out that in addition to the cancelled train not being reported in Train Time – [...]

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About 12 years ago I went to my first of (admittedly few) Linux User Groups Meetings in Silicon Valley. I was new to the Valley, and a bit bright-eyed (that would fade FAST). For a new transplant, I was looking forward to visiting the holy Cisco campus and hanging out with other developers of the [...]

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[UPDATE] – Metro-North was refreshingly prompt and helpful in getting me info about this issue today. That agency is CHANGING I tell you! Evidentially, the cancelled train was just cancelled, so there was no period where it was simply late, which Train Time would have caught. As for the subsequent late train, Train Time only [...]

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