Jim's Journal

10/28/2010 02:07 #53020

I Love Portland

The Portland metro area has a bunch of awesome datasets

from about a dozen governmental organizations.

They basically release everything geo-tagged or as structured text files.

So different from when I was trying to get access to City of Buffalo data for (the now defunct) Buffalo Feed site.

And the local bus/mass-transit organization TriMet has a full-on API:

The West Coast gets tech.

tinypliny - 02/01/11 05:18
Jim, you don't post anymore. I miss your posts. :(

tinypliny - 02/01/11 05:18
I like the idea of Public transport for everyone. The minute public transport attracts everyone, that's when you know that transit authorities are successful progressive thinkers - or maybe you know that gas prices are insane and that the city's traffic is even more insane or maybe both

paul - 10/28/10 19:20
Wow that's totally awesome, I'm jealous. In terms of the transit API, I think a major differencce is that public transit there seems more for everyone. Here it seems mostly for people who can't afford cars and those few green people. Not necessary a tech heavy group.

10/23/2010 18:49 #53004

Thriller Re-enactment
Category: mobl

sina - 11/04/13 02:40
wow!! awesome

james - 10/24/10 14:08
No Paul. You can't be a weekend warrior zombie and just play dress up. Being a brain-hungry zombie is a calling. One you must pay constant attention to.

paul - 10/24/10 11:52
Was james in that?

metalpeter - 10/24/10 09:52
Awesome!

10/21/2010 18:37 #52992

*All* 150 years?
Category: mobl

metalpeter - 10/22/10 17:25
At first it does seem odd since they bombed us and then we nuked them twice. But if you think a bit past that once we won there where all these rules and laws (that I don't know) but it keep there army small and they rebuilt after the war and went on to great prosperity and look at us. You could say that the losing the war was the best thing that happened to them and you would be right, but still kinda odd. Oh yeah and now we buy anime and porn off of them not just their steel and electronics......

tinypliny - 10/22/10 09:18
Heh, it just says relations. They are just being democratic and remembering the good and the bad.

uncutsaniflush - 10/21/10 22:53
(e:jim) - that is a really good point. It does seem weird to commemorate the years the U.S. and Japan were at war.

jim - 10/21/10 22:08
Period covers WW2, so commemorating the whole 150 year span just struck me oddly.

uncutsaniflush - 10/21/10 20:55
Yes, if memory serves, March 31, 1854 was the day when Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. to open Japan to American trade. Most historians think that the Japanese government agreed to the treaty because they didn't want to be attacked by Commodore Matthew Perry and his black ships. For most practical purposes, there were no relations between Japan and the U.S. before that date.