Comments on: Silcon Valley's high-tech bus commuter lines visualized http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 14:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1542075 awjt Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1542075  I feel eviscerated by this post.  I feel eviscerated by this post.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1542038 Nathan Hornby Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1542038 You should check out their map tiles - I use them frequently! You should check out their map tiles – I use them frequently!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1541957 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1541957 ... …

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1541928 devophill Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1541928  It's Caen.  It’s Caen.

]]> By: Neo Displacer http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1541738 Neo Displacer Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1541738 Hurumph.  It's just the Mission. Adding district is a painful affectation. We, who suffer through cold summers, wet winters, filthy sidewalks, chronic inebriatants, and shameful government insist on all that is proper. There is no NOPA, only the Western Addition, we begrudgingly cede Eureka Valley, everything south of Army Street is Sanazay, San Fran only exists in the minds of flight attendants, it is the City, the surrounding counties are the suburbs, we are out west and are from back east, our freeways are 80 and 101, the 101 and the 5 are in another world that we will always want to beat, hella is superlative, and it is really OK to say Frisco, may Herb Cain rest in peace. Hurumph.  It’s just the Mission. Adding district is a painful affectation. We, who suffer through cold summers, wet winters, filthy sidewalks, chronic inebriatants, and shameful government insist on all that is proper. There is no NOPA, only the Western Addition, we begrudgingly cede Eureka Valley, everything south of Army Street is Sanazay, San Fran only exists in the minds of flight attendants, it is the City, the surrounding counties are the suburbs, we are out west and are from back east, our freeways are 80 and 101, the 101 and the 5 are in another world that we will always want to beat, hella is superlative, and it is really OK to say Frisco, may Herb Cain rest in peace.

]]> By: Brad Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1541681 Brad Johnson Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1541681 Haha. I work in their building. Always wondered what Stamen does. Looks nice! Haha. I work in their building. Always wondered what Stamen does. Looks nice!

]]> By: Doug Black http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1541623 Doug Black Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1541623 Stamen Design, eh?  With a name like that, their work is bound to be ... [whips off sunglasses] hot as a pistil.  YEAAAAHHH!! Stamen Design, eh?  With a name like that, their work is bound to be …

[whips off sunglasses]

hot as a pistil. 

YEAAAAHHH!!

]]> By: Joe Buck http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1541622 Joe Buck Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1541622 This isn't new, Silicon Valley has had a backwards commute forever: the big employment centers have been in the area from Menlo Park down through Santa Clara (with Mountain View roughly in the center) for decades now.  The younger crowd has commuted down from San Francisco and the middle-aged techies and managers with houses and families have commuted north from San Jose and the West Valley. Only a few companies are in a position to provide private service, though, and Caltrain moves far more people than all the private lines put together. A lot more companies have shuttles to Caltrain stops, though. This isn’t new, Silicon Valley has had a backwards commute forever: the big employment centers have been in the area from Menlo Park down through Santa Clara (with Mountain View roughly in the center) for decades now.  The younger crowd has commuted down from San Francisco and the middle-aged techies and managers with houses and families have commuted north from San Jose and the West Valley. Only a few companies are in a position to provide private service, though, and Caltrain moves far more people than all the private lines put together. A lot more companies have shuttles to Caltrain stops, though.

]]> By: Don Hosek http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/183400.html#comment-1541621 Don Hosek Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183400#comment-1541621 Maria Semple's recent book Where'd You Go Bernadette has some amusing accounts of the Microsoft bus service (plus it's a fun book in general to read). Maria Semple’s recent book Where’d You Go Bernadette has some amusing accounts of the Microsoft bus service (plus it’s a fun book in general to read).

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