Saturday Feb 23 2008
Technology on wheels: Select San Francisco’s Muni buses now feature Wi-Fi and touch screen maps noting the schedules of connecting and intersecting lines.
I like the idea - and hopefully it will be simple enough for travelers to use and figure out, saving time for both visitors as well as commuters.
Some critics say it’s money being spent in the wrong places - and that the touch screens and various on-board technologies will be targets for vandalism. Hopefully this won’t happen. ok won’t happen to a level where it wasn’t worth the installation.
It would also save energy for some if the screens had an option for “Spare some change?” And then the screen could display the many variations of “Sorry man, No.”
“This is a smart bus in every way, shape and form,” Newsom said. “You can download music, you can play video games. It’s a bus where you are connected. It’s constantly generating information about your connection to the rest of the Muni system.”
The bus, part of Muni’s hybrid electric bus fleet, is painted green and black with a picture of Mother Earth and an electronic display panel boasting “270 tons of CO{-2} saved” and other “green” messages. But what really makes the bus different is inside.
SF Gate article. More at Cisco at www.theconnectedbus.com
Last year I posted a short brief on
It’s not often you come across intelligent humor writing. It’s less frequent to find a sharp witted blog that makes you laugh out loud. Most bloggers attempting to be funny are simply referencing and pointing out ironic or hypocritical situations in popular culture and the news. But to deconstruct something down to the smallest detail and make it satirical not only takes a humorous eye but intelligence as well.
It’s Sunday, so most likely you’re not at work. For that reason I’ll share this week’s NSFW content! NSFW means Not Safe for Work. Eventually this moniker will take hold without necessitating explanation. But for now it’s just as annoying as Rachael Ray constantly blurting “now add some EVOO: That’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil.” Yup, if you have to explain it every time you should probably just skip the acronym.
And for those not into tiny gay leather characters and thumping club beats here’s
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On the subject of Spanish, I came across this irony on the Topix message board. 


