I just recently started using nextbus.com to tell me when the next N Judah was coming to take me downtown. I pull up the page a few minutes before I plan to leave the house, just to see how far away the train is. If it says "2 minutes" I have to leave right that second and run the whole way, and occasionally I can make it. If it says "5 minutes" or more I'm good, and I can take my time.
But now I'm in the habit of checking the bus arrival times for the stop near my apartment when I'm at work. Just as something to do. And I imagine the train pulling up, letting people off, and then going onward, out to the beach. It makes a really pleasant rumbling noise, with a few electrical "whisk" type noises from the cables.
Posted by Ethan at March 15, 2004 03:57 PMheh, yea, i made a script on my box that tells screen scrapes and tells me when the three routes near my house leave next. but the best i've done and actually caught the bus is 4 minutes lead time.
Posted by: john on March 15, 2004 10:50 PMethan - remember that time you wanted me to write you a screenscraper script that you'd be able to get the bus schedule on your cellphone? and then we looked on the website and they already had it.
good times.
(well, ok it was WAP based and we wanted SMS, but still)
Posted by: adam on March 16, 2004 10:05 AM