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Monthly Archives: November 2007
The Disoriented Express
A party in Gotham had me on the 6:53 p.m. into the city Saturday night, one of the very rare occasions when I’m on the train outside of typical commuter hours. It’s quite an experience, the train packed with people drunk … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: CHATTERBLOX
CHATTERBLOX: CHAT urr BLOKS \noun\: The act of covering one’s mouth with one’s hand while speaking on the cellphone on a crowded train. Usage: I was getting the stink-eye from my fellow riders on the 5:46 to North White Plains … Continue reading
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My Official Escort to the Train Station
Woke up to some snowfall this morning–not enough to really be a pain, but just enough to keep my station bike docked in the garage. I set out on foot, leaving just enough time to catch the train, as per … Continue reading
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iPass Passes Muster With Conductor
Eric From Bronxville, inventor of the downloaded photo of the monthly pass on his iPhone, attempted to use the digital image as his train ticket last Friday. He writes: As the conductor approached, I readied my iPass, positioning it on … Continue reading
The iPass
A reader with a supercomputer for a brain, as opposed to my Commodore VIC-20, took our suggestion to keep the monthly train pass in your iPod holder several steps further: He downloaded a photo of his November pass into his … Continue reading
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(Almost the) Worst. Commute. Ever.
I was sitting on the platform bench in the boonies this morning, thinking about how Metro-North’s various strategies geared towards combating the autumnal tyranny of Slippery Rail seemed to be working. Here it was less than a week before Thanksgiving, … Continue reading
Posted in iPod, Waterworld
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iTicket
The technology wizzes who design the wonder devices of tomorrow are hard at work tackling the topic of convergence–squeezing together your phone, music player, computer, TV, photo album, beard trimmer and pants-press all in a single device. (Reportedly there’s something called … Continue reading
I Thought My Commute Sucked Vol. XI
First it was the TV writers, then it was the Broadway stagehands. Now it’s strike three, as we say around these parts, as the French transit workers have walked off the job, locking up much of the country in an … Continue reading
Posted in Bike to Work, Uncategorized
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The Big Board Rendered Small
We’re not big on repurposing content here at Trainjotting, but we’re bringing this back by popular demand. It’s compliments of G. Francis, who found out that the MTA had buried a real-time Web version of the Big Board–the Departures board … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: FREMIX
FREMIX: \FREE miks\ noun: The aural overspill from a fellow subway rider’s portable musical device, usually identified by thumping bass grooves. Usage: I turned off my iPod on the 6 train because the Jay-Z cranking from the guy across the train’s … Continue reading
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