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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.

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🦋 Directions by train

This is pretty cool -- something that has always annoyed me about Google Maps is the automobile-centric nature of the directions you get there. So now by way of Blog About Town's blogroll, I discover HopStop: directions via public transit and walking. Nice! So far they only cover the NYC area (including NJ, Long Island, and MetroNorth's sphere), Boston, Chicago, San Francisco (this must be shorthand for "the San Francisco Bay Area") and Washington, DC -- that is plenty for me at this point in time.

posted morning of Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Actually Google does do public transit, in cities that allow access to their transit data. See.

posted morning of October 4th, 2008 by Randolph

Oh -- that's interesting. I hadn't noticed that option before. Cool!

posted morning of October 4th, 2008 by Jeremy

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