Stamford Talk fessed up to the catalyst for her blogging career this morning, so I figured I would share mine…
When I first moved to Fairfield County and started taking Metro-North (my first adult foray into regular public transportation), I was surprised at how bad Metro-North was (New Haven Line).
The cars are gross.
The A/C doesnt work.
The [...]

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According to my checks of AT&T’s online coverage tool, this map should be pretty accurate as far as AT&T’s 3G coverage over the Metro-North area. However, this is not official, so double-check with AT&T if you’re not sure.
Before you go to your local Apple or AT&T store on Friday morning to get the new 3G [...]

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One major advantages of the rise in gas prices you have probably heard about is the increase in use of mass transit. One of the biggest winners in this game are bus lines, which have seen their first increase in ridership in 50 years!
As this transportation market re-emerges from its slumber, new businesses are [...]

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(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 have [...]

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Update: In answer to some emails, the video was created with a Canon HG10 HD Digital Camcorder, a Canon SD870IS for the stills, edited with Pinnacle Studio 11 on Windows Vista Ultimate. A Shure SM57 Microphone was used for the voiceover narration, connected to the PC via Creative Labs X-Fi .

The embedded version [...]

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The Stamford Advocate reports that a replica of the new M-8 Metro-North train cars which are scheduled to go into service very slowly beginning in late 2009, is enroute via a slow boat from Japan.
When it arrives, people will be able to sit in the cars, watch the doors open and close, and be told [...]

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Guys, don’t be a noob – if you are going to hook up with a $4300 call girl, don’t be all sweet and arrange for her train from Washington to New York – there are *plenty* of fine prostitutes right here in good ‘ol NYC. Especially when you are governor, if you are going to [...]

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