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For a truly soulless evening, take yourself down to the BestBuy at Scarborough Town Centre. STC is a mega-mall, with the obligatory huge concrete and asphalt deadzone around it. Its current sales...
View ArticleMorning GO Trains, Union Station, Toronto
Union Station, Toronto – Platform 3B: 2005/09/02 08:40
View ArticleToronto 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...
View ArticleToronto 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,...
View ArticleHow to dismantle an nuclear power station
… [the] process is only projected to be completed by the end of this century, as it is not considered safe to start dismantling the highly radioactive core until the 2080s — BBC NEWS | Science/Nature...
View Articlethe wide democra sea
Well, I voted, the first time as a Canadian. My world is unlikely to change much. I was the 71st person to vote at that station. FWIW, I voted Miller (mayor), Russell (councillor) and Pan (school board).
View ArticleAll the printers I’ve ever owned …
An ancient (even in 1985) Centronics serial dot-matrix printer that we never got working with the CPC464. The print head was driven along a rack, and when it hit the right margin, an idler gear was...
View ArticleGO Transit, you suck!
I discovered last week that GO don’t have a central announcement system. That means that unstaffed stations like Kennedy and Exhibition always leave their passengers in the dark. Plus, the e-mail...
View Articlesurely I’m not alone … ?
Ottawa VIA Rail station has a circular spiral ramp that leads down from the concourse to the platform level. It has a smooth channel for a handrail which looks perfect for racing marbles or toy cars...
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