Recent blog posts
Creating rail maps with Cytoscape.js
Since I've begun blogging semi-regularly I've learned that having visuals
helps especially when it comes to talking about different locations and their
relation to each other. It can be difficult to judge the space and distance
between two streets in a city or two cities in a country without some
familiarity with the location. A problem I come across frequently when reading
transit-related article
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Create rail timetable graphs in R
Timetable or schedule graphs visualise railway traffic on a route during a set
time. Typically when these graphs are shared online they look like they've
been created using jTrainGraph although I find it very difficult to get
started. I attempted to use both Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc to some
degree of success but only achieved what I wanted through by using R. This was
made possible by a
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CAF trains for the MerwedeLingelijn
The MerwedeLingelijn stretches 49km from Dordrecht to Gorinchem across the
Drechtsteden, Molenlanden, and Gorinchem (DMG) regions in Zuid Holland. The
line is mostly single-track with passing opportunities at most stations. Like
other public transport modes in the area, the trains on the MerwedeLingelijn
are operated by Qbuzz. They began providing public transport in the DMG
regions in 2018, takin
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RSS: You should use it.
As a long-time user of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to consume media, I
thought I'd write a short post about it. The first specification was released
on 15 March 1999, so it _did_ celebrate its 25th birthday yesterday after all.
Subscribing to RSS feeds allows you to receive updates on new posts to a
website, it's used by news aggregators to get you articles from different
sources, and most fam
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Recent toots
@hbuchel Coincidentally also went to the office only to be greeted by a fire
alarm. After a while of waiting downstairs we were ushered back up just in
time for a second alarm to go off.
That was my cue to head home. :revblobfoxangrylaugh:
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Sometimes people get surprised when I mention this so worth sharing here:
You can follow new YouTube videos through RSS. Just paste the channel URL in
your RSS reader and it'll pick up the feed URL.
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@smveerman NS station shops too https://nieuws.ns.nl/ook-stationswinkels-ns-
zaterdagavond--3-minuten-dicht/
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Managed to catch the Train Charter Services Alsthom 1700 yesterday passing
Weesp and pulling passengers to Norden.
Coincidentally also crossing paths with an LTE operated Siemens ES64F4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghoykbP9a2Y
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Is an Obsidian user really an Obsidian user if they don't tell you they're an
Obsidian user?
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@e_nomem I'd like to suggest a 4th standard error type to standardise the
other stand error types...
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@coffeegeek Nice!
Shows up as number 1 for me too.
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