kalimba at Pape, 15 Dec 2011, 18:16
I think his name is Achilla Orru, and I’ve heard him twice before.
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it’s a transit routing algorithm!
– from MyTTC.
time hasn’t been kind to them
Found these on top of the fridge during a cleanup.
I remember thinking they looked pretty cool at the time.
harshing on the TTC at Osgoode
TTC Trip Planner
The TTC Trip Planner seems to be live, after some digging by the Spacing folks.
It works with a bunch of small browsers I’ve thrown at it – w3m, mobile Safari, Blackberry – so I know I can use it from a handheld. Yay!
Only minor annoyance is that for subway journeys, it only shows the direction of travel in the summary (“YONGE-UNIVERSITY-SPADINA TOWARDS DOWNSVIEW” – and yes, in all-caps) and you have to click through to the details to find out which station you need to get off at.
It does seem to get deeply confused at Kennedy Station; I live just south of Kennedy, and it expects me to take the 43 Kennedy north to the junction to Eglinton, then walk south. Everyone here uses Transway Crescent …
Update: how could I have missed the prettier and much less capslockier MyTTC?
Update 2: The official TTC site appears to have moved here http://www3.ttc.ca/Trip_planner/index.jsp?useplanner=true. Let’s see if it still works with mobile devices.
like 8-bit on a green screen
Saw a forces type wearing CADPAT on the subway. He looked like old-school 8-bit, so I thought I could improve on the design:
The return of Arthur
Pretty much since the new year, I let me hair just go. This was mostly because I’d lost the coordinates for Arthur, the Scottish barber who first dealt with my hair in 2006, and I’d been following him from location to location. I have weird hair, and Arthur knew just what to do to make it behave.
A couple of weeks back, I was wandering idly along the Danforth, and after looking into a barber’s window, cursed the fact that I’d lost touch with Arthur. I walked a little further and — as if by magic — met Arthur. It seems he’s moved to the neighbourhood, so now we’re back in touch. The haircut I got on the weekend is awesome.
Arthur now does house calls (preferably near TTC stops), and is looking for some new clients. He’s been doing this for longer than you’ve (likely) been alive. I hesitate to post his phone number, so please contact me and I’ll pass on the details.
ttc kalimba again
I love this busker’s sound.
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i wish i had my camera with me
The semi-skilled busker with the snoozing-in-the-guitar-case spaniel was performing at Osgoode tonight.
mystery profile
On a windowsill towards the rear of TTC streetcar #4106, there is a paint chip in exactly the profile of Afrika Bambaataa circa ‘Planet Rock’. You may begin to worship …
wheeee!
I got the Super Galaxy back from Cogs yesterday. They’ve done a great job of fitting slightly raised bars and thumbshifters, and repacking all the ancient bearings. It rides like a dream; I was only planning to ride from Gerrard back to Broadview TTC, but I zoomed all the way along Gerrard to Main St station. And this was me having hardly been on a bike since last year.
I think the rear derailleur may be on its way out, ‘cos it still makes clonky noises in lowest gear. But it’s looking great, and running great, and best of all, Cogs did the work for a very reasonable price. I am happy.
first groundhog of 2007
Seen at Warden TTC — spring’s here!
new tokens
I rather like the new TTC tokens. Their swirly pattern makes them look asymmetric, but it’s a trick of the light.
Wish I had one of the pre-1975 “SUBWAY” tokens, but alas …
beautiful bike
Sorry there’s no picture, but there’s a beautiful Pedersen parked outside Chester TTC. It’s the original tallbike.
when chitin isn’t enough
An interesting beetle, crushed by the wheel of a TTC bus.
snow fair
We get a little snow, and the TTC goes borked again. Gahh!
TTC: Platform Video Screen Survey
Take the TTC: Platform Video Screen Survey. Those video screens suck.
Toronto Subway Station GPS Locations, now in GPX
Further to Toronto Subway Station GPS Locations, I now have them in GPX format: ttc.gpx. Google Earth reads GPX files, but loses some of the metadata.
It would seem that someone has done this before, but using a different approach. I did search the forums, but there were no stations in the community overlay — honest, guv.
Toronto Subway Station GPS Locations
After seeing the various nifty web-enabled transit maps, I realised I had the data handy to get things started. A while back, I georeferenced the TTC Ride Guide, and digitized all the station locations. I cleaned them up today, and in the hope of being useful, here are the files:
These are simple three-column CSV files, stating latitude, longitude, and station name. They should be in order of stations. Locations are probably within about 50m of real life, but don’t bank on it.
I’ll get these into more useful formats soon, like GPX and KML. For now though, if you can use ‘em, go ahead and do something.
TTC Subway: Pape to Chester, 4pm
TTC Subway: Pape to Chester, 4pm (MP3).
A man was reading the Autos section of the Toronto Star in a testy manner.
Recorded on iRiver H120 + cheapo iRiver mic, and Rockbox firmware.