{"id":1931,"date":"2015-06-13T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T21:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ralphstraumann.ch\/blog\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2015-09-29T21:42:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T21:42:27","slug":"finds-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ralphstraumann.ch\/blog\/2015\/06\/finds-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Finds I"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2192 The real reason American passenger trains are so bad<\/a><\/h4>\n

“It’s not just that these services aren’t the best in the world and don’t deploy the most cutting-edge technology available. They are often truly abysmal, with travel times worse than what was possible 100 years ago.”\u00a0<\/em>[Vox]<\/p>\n

Matthew Yglesias gives some interesting insights into the reasons for the state of US\u00a0passenger rail, some historic, some geographic and many of them quite surprising to me.<\/p>\n

[Matthew Yglesias, Vox]<\/p>\n

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\u2192 Apple Watch’s Activity app UI\u00a0is the same as the\u00a08-yr-old PolarClock screensaver’s<\/a><\/h4>\n

It’s all in the title.<\/p>\n

[Dane Baker, via Eli Schiff<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\u2192 The Shadow in the Darkness<\/a><\/h4>\n

In this short film, Joe Bollard, who is blind, talks about his relationship with his guide dog.\u00a0[Video, 7:22mins]<\/p>\n\n

[BlackBox Documentaries,\u00a0via kottke<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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(Under the\u00a0Finds<\/a><\/em> title I collect links that I have found interesting, relevant or inspiring for some reason, but that don’t squarely\u00a0fit into\u00a0the core themes of this blog. It’s only an experiment as of now.)<\/p>\n

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