Brendan Nee
@bn.ee
Developer, transportation geek, owner of a retired, articulated MUNI bus. blinktag.com founder.
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October 11, 2025 is a milestone in comedy history. Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the 1st SNL, today is also the final new Dr. Demento show. After 55 years, Barret Hansen is hanging up his top hat. Please go to drdemento.com to hear his all time demented top 40 countdown special.
Dr. Demento
drdemento.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
October 11, 2025 is a milestone in comedy history. Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the 1st SNL, today is also the final new Dr. Demento show. After 55 years, Barret Hansen is hanging up his top hat. Please go to drdemento.com to hear his all time demented top 40 countdown special.
Starting off the 2025 #ridecontest today with a MUNI ride on Market St. ridecontest.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Starting off the 2025 #ridecontest today with a MUNI ride on Market St. ridecontest.com
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It’s the 75th anniversary today of a circus owner deciding that the best way to publicise his business would be to take an elephant on a suspension railway. ‘Tuffi’ responded by charging about in the suspended carriage, breaking through the side and falling 40 feet into the river below
July 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s the 75th anniversary today of a circus owner deciding that the best way to publicise his business would be to take an elephant on a suspension railway. ‘Tuffi’ responded by charging about in the suspended carriage, breaking through the side and falling 40 feet into the river below
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I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
aresluna.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
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Cannot wait for San Francisco to finally unite around our greatest strength: preventing something from being built.
May 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Cannot wait for San Francisco to finally unite around our greatest strength: preventing something from being built.
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TRAINing top
Arriving in 3, 15
Arriving in 3, 15
February 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
TRAINing top
Arriving in 3, 15
Arriving in 3, 15
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Inspired by this, I made a website to easily create these types of visualizations. wbholland.github.io/trainspose
Trainspose
wbholland.github.io
February 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Inspired by this, I made a website to easily create these types of visualizations. wbholland.github.io/trainspose
Gorton: a font that you probably haven’t heard of but definitely have seen on a daily basis. aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
February 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Gorton: a font that you probably haven’t heard of but definitely have seen on a daily basis. aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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You can run this accessibility check on any agencies GTFS using the web-based validator validator.blinktag.com or the library: github.com/BlinkTagInc/...
GTFS Accessibility Validator
Check the accessibility of a GTFS feed
validator.blinktag.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
You can run this accessibility check on any agencies GTFS using the web-based validator validator.blinktag.com or the library: github.com/BlinkTagInc/...
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We wondered how the well Bay Area's 40+ transit agencies have implemented accessibility fields in GTFS, so created this dashboard to keep track.
accessibility.bayareatransit.org
It includes checks for wheelchair boarding info, color contrast, pathways and text-to-speech fields.
accessibility.bayareatransit.org
It includes checks for wheelchair boarding info, color contrast, pathways and text-to-speech fields.
Bay Area GTFS Accessibility Validator
Status Report on Bay Area Transit Agency GTFS Accessibility
accessibility.bayareatransit.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We wondered how the well Bay Area's 40+ transit agencies have implemented accessibility fields in GTFS, so created this dashboard to keep track.
accessibility.bayareatransit.org
It includes checks for wheelchair boarding info, color contrast, pathways and text-to-speech fields.
accessibility.bayareatransit.org
It includes checks for wheelchair boarding info, color contrast, pathways and text-to-speech fields.
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This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
February 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
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THE NUMBERS ARE IN.
WE DID IT! 24 HOURS EXACTLY.
WE DID IT! 24 HOURS EXACTLY.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
THE NUMBERS ARE IN.
WE DID IT! 24 HOURS EXACTLY.
WE DID IT! 24 HOURS EXACTLY.
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"While our cross-border bond with the City of Detroit remains strong and important to us, as Mayor, I cannot in good conscience have Windsor taxpayers subsidize transit service to a country that is currently threatening our livelihood."
The Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Bus will be no more.
This was the only regular schedule local public transit bus to cross an international border control in the world. A sad day for Canada - US relations.
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
This was the only regular schedule local public transit bus to cross an international border control in the world. A sad day for Canada - US relations.
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
Windsor-Detroit Tunnel bus service loses financial support from Windsor city officials
Windsor's mayor vetoed city council's decision to continue financial support for the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel bus.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"While our cross-border bond with the City of Detroit remains strong and important to us, as Mayor, I cannot in good conscience have Windsor taxpayers subsidize transit service to a country that is currently threatening our livelihood."
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As you think about the CA fires, consider this:
January 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
As you think about the CA fires, consider this:
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Still our FAVOURITE line in any #Christmas movie:
“I don’t want to be a princess. I want to be an urban planner!”
In the 2005 movie “The Legend of Frosty The Snowman.” Later, the young girl creates a redesign for her home town made out of snow.
Instant classic, obviously. #HappyHolidays
“I don’t want to be a princess. I want to be an urban planner!”
In the 2005 movie “The Legend of Frosty The Snowman.” Later, the young girl creates a redesign for her home town made out of snow.
Instant classic, obviously. #HappyHolidays
December 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Still our FAVOURITE line in any #Christmas movie:
“I don’t want to be a princess. I want to be an urban planner!”
In the 2005 movie “The Legend of Frosty The Snowman.” Later, the young girl creates a redesign for her home town made out of snow.
Instant classic, obviously. #HappyHolidays
“I don’t want to be a princess. I want to be an urban planner!”
In the 2005 movie “The Legend of Frosty The Snowman.” Later, the young girl creates a redesign for her home town made out of snow.
Instant classic, obviously. #HappyHolidays
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Caltrain's F40s and gallery cars are headed for Lima, Peru apparently
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
Caltrain equipment is bound for Peru - Trains
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Caltrain’s diesel-powered commuter rail trainsets will find a new life in Peru.
The commuter rail operator announced that it has completed an agreement to send 19 locomotives and ...
www.trains.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Caltrain's F40s and gallery cars are headed for Lima, Peru apparently
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...