notjustbikes

notjustbikes, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

Tomorrow (Saturday June 1st) I will be joining Master Hellish and his friends for a network game of OpenTTD!

I'll be on the stream for the first game, from about 1000 to 1400 CET.

It's a fundraising stream for the Cancer Research Fund, so come join the chat and donate for a good cause!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M_OPl5Vz_4

notjustbikes, 10 days ago to random

The new Prime Minister of the Netherlands has a degree in urban planning, so that's something, I guess.

I'm just glad it's not Wilders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Schoof

notjustbikes, 13 days ago to random

These guys actually tracked down a copy of Archie (including the source code) and now have a public Archie server back online!

Archie was the Internet's first search engine (before the web existed). I remember using it in the early 90s.

It's pretty funny how usable 90s tech is: imagine, a search engine that just gives you direct links to file downloads without any other nonsense involved!

https://youtu.be/CUwR9xdEuZI

notjustbikes, 13 days ago to random

Also in "old people news", ICQ is shutting down on June 26th.

https://icq.com/desktop/en#windows

notjustbikes, 16 days ago to random

Beste {voornaam|Babboe eigenaar}

I see that Babboe applies the same attention to detail to their emails that they do when designing their cargo bikes. 😂

I also love how I put in the frame number of my bakfiets into their website and it says it's not a valid frame number. Cool. Cool.

I'm curious to see what they actually do about our bakfiets.

notjustbikes, 20 days ago to random

[surprised pikachu meme]

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/14/nearly-all-major-car-companies-are-sabotaging-ev-transition-and-japan-is-worst-study-finds/

notjustbikes, 25 days ago to random

This is a nice touch on the Taipei Airport Metro. Wireless charging!

notjustbikes, 25 days ago to random

It's fascinating how many times I've recieved almost this exact same comment

In order to write this, you need to fail at so many levels:

1. not understand an obvious joke in a satirical video
2. believe that I could miss "3.6L V6" literally WRITTEN ACROSS THE ENGINE in that scene
3. believe that this is purposeful deception on my part
4. not read the other hundred comments saying exactly the same thing

I guess some people's burning desire to "Well, ackshually" overrides all common sense. 🤦

notjustbikes, 26 days ago to random

TIL that there's been a trend towards "4x4" in Drum'n'Bass music lately. Which, uh, kinda defeats the purpose of DnB?

I dunno about you, but this just sounds to me like Happy Hardcore with a softer kick.

I mean, I'm not complaining, artists can make whatever they want, but it's funny to me that this song is on the channel "UKF Drum & Bass".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZVJojeCv-Y

notjustbikes, 28 days ago (edited 28 days ago) to random

I'm getting some quality footage for my upcoming video about Japanese trains.

notjustbikes, 28 days ago to random

I am on the weirdest train yet.

I booked the HIGH RAIL train, which is billed as a stargazing train.

I thought I was getting a train where you look at the stars from the train.

But no, it's a train where you go to the station near the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, get out for 40 minutes, and try to see stars from the parking lot.

Oh, and there's a detailed guided explanation in Japanese. And a small planetarium on board.

Weird.

At least they have good beer! 🍻

Star-themed train seat turned towards the window

notjustbikes, 28 days ago to random

I can't believe I'm in Japan when the Aurora Borealis is in the Netherlands.

Good thing I've already seen them before in Yellowknife.

https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/112422344899892103

notjustbikes, 28 days ago to random

I love that I can get a Shinkansen back to Tokyo at 10PM from a city with less than 100K population.

The drive would be 183 km and take 2h23m but this train will get me there in 1h10m.

It's included in my JR East train pass, too.

♥🚄

notjustbikes, 29 days ago to random

Tokyo has BBBase, a train designed for road cyclists to take their bikes out of the city for a ride.

It has big, comfortable seats and special racks for road bikes.

I am an old white guy with no bicycle. I'm sure everyone is wondering what the heck I'm doing on this train on an early Saturday morning. 😂

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

It really is wild how far the US is behind the rest of the world when it comes to public transit.

Outside of NYC, Canadian cities have significantly more per-capita transit ridership than US cities ... and transit isn't even that great in Canada.

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

So, I'm on this Shinkansen train in Japan ...

Seating area of car 2 on the Hello Kitty Shinkansen
Pink and white Shinkansen train

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

My latest video about speed limits and Amsterdam's new 30 km/h streets is now available to Nebula and Patreon subscribers.

As usual, the YouTube release will be on Sunday.

The snark is turned up to 11 on this one, so I'm expecting a visit from the Tone Police in the comments. 😂

https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-what-is-the-correct-speed-limit/

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

@TechConnectify wow, you actually tried posting about Tesla on the bad site. I guess you were feeling brave yesterday, but I hope you've learned your lesson. 😂

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

I'm a political influencer!

I mean, I wasn't important enough to be invited to the photo shoot for pictures, but I'm on the list! 😂

https://newrepublic.com/article/180462/25-political-influencers-watch-2024

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

I was clearing out some old photos and videos from my hard drive and came across this photo of the Leiden University Medical Centre.

Maybe it's just because I went to a really ugly University, but this looks SO nice to me. :)

#leiden

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

Strong Towns has a new book coming out!

Chuck and Daniel Herriges' are about to release their book, "Escaping The Housing Trap". It's a great delve into the housing crisis in North America, and what's causing it, including the part that's almost never mentioned in the media: car dependency.

You can pre-order a copy now via the links on their website:

https://www.housingtrap.org/

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

I was cleaning out some old video files and I came across this gem from Associate Professor Brian Doucet at the UofW School of Planning (bmdoucet on the bad site).

This was taken in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada the city where I went to University.

It boggles my mind that Canadian traffic engineering can be so broken that something like this gets built.

How did nobody along the path to getting this created say, "why are we building it like this when you'd have to be fucking insane to cycle here?"

Painted bicycle lane between two traffic lanes and an entrance to a highway with large amounts of motor vehicle traffic.

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

I'm going to Japan soon, so I wanted to talk to one of the experts, Life Where I'm From, about what I should look for when I'm there, and we ended up having a great conversation about why Japan has stayed (relatively) affordable while other developed nations have not!

Hear our conversation in the latest episode of the Urbanist Agenda podcast (currently early-access for Nebula supporters, public release next week).

https://nebula.tv/agenda/how-japan-has-remained-relatively-affordable-with-life-where-im-from

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

Waiting with the rest of the crowd for the spits (rush hour) to end at Utrecht Centraal, so that my train ride to Amsterdam is 40% cheaper. 😉

#becomingdutch

notjustbikes, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Greece may have great weather but I'm so glad to be back to the land of trains and bicycles. 😅