Category Archives: Blackberry

Digital Man

The minute-by-minute breakdown of how the man across the aisle from me on the 6:59 spent his 33 minutes on the train. 7:01 Makes cellphone call, tells pal “I can get to White Plains in 23 minutes.” Accent hard to … Continue reading

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News You Can Use

Since many find the MTA’s service advisories to be delinquent enough to not even be useful, the Times reports on Clever Commute, a free service with Blackberry updates on delays for New Jersey Transit, Metro-North and the L.I.R.R. Clever Commute was started … Continue reading

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Duke’s and Duane Reade Owe Me a New Blackberry

I knew this day was gonna come. The Blackberry–the magic talisman through which I’m able to sit through a 45-minute (or 90-minute, should it rain a little) train ride, shat the bed last night.  It’d been a late night at … Continue reading

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Word of the Week: ICLOD

ICLOD: \AYE-klodd\ noun: A person who holds up the line on the train platform or staircase because they’re checking emails on their Blackberry or searching for the perfect song on their iPod. Usage: I would’ve made the 6:52 to Mount … Continue reading

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Little Big Board

Your guest editor is of a geekier bent than your regular virtual conductor, so here’s my favorite train-related tech tip. Did you know that the MTA’s Web site contains its own version of the Big Board — the Grand Central … Continue reading

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Paradise by the Blackberry Light

Much has been made of the demise of the newspaper: people get their news from Google and Yahoo, their jobs and used tennis rackets from Craigslist. But Gorgeous Francis of Mamaroneck posits another reason why the paper is going the … Continue reading

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Here’s a Guy I’d Like to “Baseline”

In my long-weekend giddiness last week, I forgot about this guy. President’s Day weekend had officially begun on Friday’s 5:27. The guy across the aisle–40, non-descript, flashiest thing about him his Burberry scarf–was yapping on his cellphone while quaffing a gigantic coffee from Junior’s … Continue reading

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