Bedno.com/bike (formerly Chi.Bike and MassUp.us) - The Chainlink2024-03-28T12:12:19Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/massupus-1?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A86213&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBIG NEWS!!! Chi.Bike and Mass…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-01-31:2211490:Comment:11159112019-01-31T19:09:13.296ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p><font size="3"><b>BIG NEWS!!!</b><span> </span><u>Chi.Bike</u><span> </span>and<span> </span><u>MassUp.us</u><span> </span>have moved to<span> </span><a href="http://bedno.com/bike">Bedno.com/bike</a><br></br></font></p>
<p><span>Update your bookmarks and thoughts effective immediately. They've been forwarding there a while, and now for simplicity I'm retiring aliases. Users had trouble remembering the unconventional URLs anyway, and domain names don't matter like they once did. So henceforth…</span></p>
<p><font size="3"><b>BIG NEWS!!!</b><span> </span><u>Chi.Bike</u><span> </span>and<span> </span><u>MassUp.us</u><span> </span>have moved to<span> </span><a href="http://bedno.com/bike">Bedno.com/bike</a><br/></font></p>
<p><span>Update your bookmarks and thoughts effective immediately. They've been forwarding there a while, and now for simplicity I'm retiring aliases. Users had trouble remembering the unconventional URLs anyway, and domain names don't matter like they once did. So henceforth just remember and use </span><a href="http://bedno.com/bike">Bedno.com/bike</a><br/><br/><span>Everything works fine, news feeds, ridecordings, ten years of maps, games, etc just at longer URLs.</span><br/><span>For example archives are now </span><a href="http://bedno.com/bike/archives">Bedno.com/bike/archives</a><span> and Divvy finder is </span><a href="http://bedno.com/bike/divvy">Bedno.com/bike/divvy</a><br/><span>Or simply remember </span><a href="http://bedno.com/">Bedno.com</a><span> and hit the big new BIKE button there.</span><br/><br/><span>The email address u@... has been replaced with </span><a href="mailto:bike@bedno.com">bike@bedno.com</a><span> BUT the infobot is currently offline pending testing.</span><br/><span>And finally the Hotline Phone number (773-33MASS8) which formerly handled SMS and voice has been discontinued.</span><br/><span>Anyone interested in owning the registrations ask right away or they'll expire soon.</span><br/><span>Do tell me if anything seems very broken. With luck, ridecasting returns comes spring.</span><br/><br/><a href="http://bedno.com/bike"><img src="https://bedno.com/bike/g/logo.jpg" border="0""/></a></p> You're welcome Andrew, it loo…tag:thechainlink.org,2017-01-27:2211490:Comment:10389962017-01-27T09:42:23.567ZTom A.K.https://thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn
You're welcome Andrew, it looks awesome! I'm honored to do anything to help this community.<br/>
See you down the road soon . . .
You're welcome Andrew, it looks awesome! I'm honored to do anything to help this community.<br/>
See you down the road soon . . . Thanks Tom A.K. for telling m…tag:thechainlink.org,2017-01-27:2211490:Comment:10389232017-01-27T03:40:12.417ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p>Thanks <a href="http://www.thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn" target="_blank">Tom A.K.</a> for telling me about the feed from Twitter being down. I fixed it. For example <a href="http://chi.bike/ccm/c" target="_blank">here's Critical Mass's</a>.</p>
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<p>Check out the integration with TheChainLink.org events: <strong><a href="http://Chi.Bike/tcl" target="_blank">Chi.Bike/tcl</a></strong><br/><br/></p>
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<p>Thanks <a href="http://www.thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn" target="_blank">Tom A.K.</a> for telling me about the feed from Twitter being down. I fixed it. For example <a href="http://chi.bike/ccm/c" target="_blank">here's Critical Mass's</a>.</p>
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<p>Check out the integration with TheChainLink.org events: <strong><a href="http://Chi.Bike/tcl" target="_blank">Chi.Bike/tcl</a></strong><br/><br/></p>
<p></p> === MASSUP.US NEWS ===New Chi…tag:thechainlink.org,2017-01-26:2211490:Comment:10390742017-01-26T22:37:42.987ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p>=== MASSUP.US NEWS ===<br></br>New <a href="http://Chi.Bike" target="_blank">Chi.Bike</a> URL! New SSL use. Hosting moved. Version 5.00 announced. Email down.</p>
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<li><a href="http://Chi.Bike" target="_blank">Chi.Bike</a> has been added as a shorter, easier to remember URL. Pass it along. Going forward I plan to use "Chi.Bike" primarily and let "massup.us" become a deprecated legacy name. All the same URL's work, just shorter and funner. For example…</li>
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<p>=== MASSUP.US NEWS ===<br/>New <a href="http://Chi.Bike" target="_blank">Chi.Bike</a> URL! New SSL use. Hosting moved. Version 5.00 announced. Email down.</p>
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<li><a href="http://Chi.Bike" target="_blank">Chi.Bike</a> has been added as a shorter, easier to remember URL. Pass it along. Going forward I plan to use "Chi.Bike" primarily and let "massup.us" become a deprecated legacy name. All the same URL's work, just shorter and funner. For example <a href="http://Chi.Bike/divvy" target="_blank">Chi.Bike/divvy</a> finds the Divvy stops nearest you.<br/><br/></li>
<li>Secure connections became required last fall by most browsers and APIs when GPS info is in use, and for a time Chi.Bike navigation features could no longer determine a user's location. I've recently finished updates to meet this new requirement, and moved hosting to my personal domain for SSL. As a nice side effect, it seems to be much faster now!<br/><br/></li>
<li>This project is now nearing EIGHT years old. It's been so stable and needed only such minor changes that the version number has been slowly stepping through 4.9x for several years. Given this round of updates I've decided to finally up the version to 5.00, even though no new features were added.<br/><br/></li>
<li>Finally, email is currently offline due to the hosting changes, so features like "Text WHERE to u@massup.us to catchup." will get no reply. But I expect to have ALL features back up before spring.</li>
</ul> I've added the new Divvy bike…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-06-20:2211490:Comment:7097652013-06-20T20:23:45.734ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p>I've added the new <a href="http://divvybikes.com/" target="_blank">Divvy bike rental stations</a> to MassUp.us (v4.87)</p>
<p>Smartphone users can now find the nearest Divvy station automatically, get directions to them, etc. Use the MassUp.us <a href="http://massup.us/nearby" target="_blank">Nearby feature</a> or bookmark the Divvy finder (below) as a webapp. Works on any smartphone or PC, free, and requires no installation.</p>
<p><br></br>Give it a try: …</p>
<p>I've added the new <a href="http://divvybikes.com/" target="_blank">Divvy bike rental stations</a> to MassUp.us (v4.87)</p>
<p>Smartphone users can now find the nearest Divvy station automatically, get directions to them, etc. Use the MassUp.us <a href="http://massup.us/nearby" target="_blank">Nearby feature</a> or bookmark the Divvy finder (below) as a webapp. Works on any smartphone or PC, free, and requires no installation.</p>
<p><br/>Give it a try: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://massup.us/divvy" target="_blank">http://massup.us/divvy</a></p>
<p><br/><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/35248346?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/35248346?profile=original" width="470" class="align-full" height="521"/></a></p> Find train stops nearest you…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-01-31:2211490:Comment:6424132013-01-31T23:28:32.722ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p><strong>Find train stops nearest you and see arrival times all automatically!</strong><br></br><a href="http://massup.us/train">http://massup.us/train</a></p>
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<p>MassUp.us now integrates the CTA's train tracker feed to give the next several arrival times at any station. It finds you, then plots the stations nearest you, then shows the arrival times at the closest station, requiring no taps other than launch. Works on any SmartPhone.</p>
<p>Bookmark the shortcut above or open massup.us…</p>
<p><strong>Find train stops nearest you and see arrival times all automatically!</strong><br/><a href="http://massup.us/train">http://massup.us/train</a></p>
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<p>MassUp.us now integrates the CTA's train tracker feed to give the next several arrival times at any station. It finds you, then plots the stations nearest you, then shows the arrival times at the closest station, requiring no taps other than launch. Works on any SmartPhone.</p>
<p>Bookmark the shortcut above or open massup.us then tap Menu > Nearby > Trains</p>
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<p>From there you can click through for details such as the full route maps and schedules, even bike directions to the stop in just one tap. The only exception is if a Metra stop happens to be closest, in which case you can tap other stops for their arrival times. Pretty slick.<br/>This is very new, and the CTA's system is regularly down, so forgive or notify if it gives you any trouble.</p>
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<p>There's been a slew of other <strong>major</strong> <strong>improvements</strong> lately including re-styling of the whole user interface and completion of <a href="http://massup.us/tcl" target="_blank">TheChainLink.org events integration</a>. <strong>GO SEE!</strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/35246107?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p> MassUp.us now features TheCha…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-01-07:2211490:Comment:6336082013-01-07T18:04:47.184ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p><strong>MassUp.us now features TheChainLink.org events!</strong></p>
<p>Events from TheChainLink.org calendar are now automatically cross-listed on MassUp.us</p>
<p>Go see at <a href="http://massup.us/tcl" rel="nofollow"><strong>http://massup.us/tcl</strong><br></br></a>or navigate Menu > Masses > More Bike Events > TheChainLink.org<br></br>It's big and clean for easy mobile use, and integrated with other MassUp.us features.</p>
<p>Addresses are linked into MassUp.us so you can plot and get…</p>
<p><strong>MassUp.us now features TheChainLink.org events!</strong></p>
<p>Events from TheChainLink.org calendar are now automatically cross-listed on MassUp.us</p>
<p>Go see at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://massup.us/tcl"><strong>http://massup.us/tcl</strong><br/></a>or navigate Menu > Masses > More Bike Events > TheChainLink.org<br/>It's big and clean for easy mobile use, and integrated with other MassUp.us features.</p>
<p>Addresses are linked into MassUp.us so you can plot and get directions.<br/>Rides carried on MassUp.us (such as Critical Mass) provide follow and catchup.<br/>Phone numbers automatically link for tap to call on smartphones.<br/>Offsite links back to TheChainLink.org or elsewhere open in new windows.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://massup.us/g/promo/tcl-feed.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://massup.us/g/promo/tcl-feed.png" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Tech notes: This has actually been on MassUp.us since late 2009 as a demonstration originally done for BikeWinter, but I've tidied it up and made it easier to find.</p>
<p>Sadly Ning's feed has poor granularity, so I couldn't load them as an overlay dataset. I don't believe Ning's feed will ever get better, but maybe someday I'll tackle the parsing. As a contrast to explain that, the ChicagoFunNews.com events feed (see <a rel="nofollow" href="http://massup.us/fun">http://massup.us/fun</a>) has a full field set, so massup can do things like find the events nearest you.</p> Joggers/runners/hikers/walker…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-12-27:2211490:Comment:6302402012-12-27T22:16:23.296ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p>Joggers/runners/hikers/walkers is potentially a bigger audience, but I forget that as it's roots were in biking, and I'm trying to be focused. The only bike specific things are the "you are here" icon on maps, and directions are calculated for bike. The calorie estimate in Plot has an activity selector including walking/skating/etc. I use it regularly on foot, especially for things like find the nearest train. Give it a try. The <a href="http://massup.us/ccm/use" target="_blank">very…</a></p>
<p>Joggers/runners/hikers/walkers is potentially a bigger audience, but I forget that as it's roots were in biking, and I'm trying to be focused. The only bike specific things are the "you are here" icon on maps, and directions are calculated for bike. The calorie estimate in Plot has an activity selector including walking/skating/etc. I use it regularly on foot, especially for things like find the nearest train. Give it a try. The <a href="http://massup.us/ccm/use" target="_blank">very very top left button'll get you intro help</a>.</p> Hey, Andrew, would your site…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-12-27:2211490:Comment:6304162012-12-27T18:30:36.458ZWe all have an inner Beast...https://thechainlink.org/profile/MannyFuentes
<p>Hey, Andrew, would your site be useful for hiking or such ?</p>
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<p>Respectfully,</p>
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<p>Manny</p>
<p>Hey, Andrew, would your site be useful for hiking or such ?</p>
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<p>Respectfully,</p>
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<p>Manny</p> I've added Metra to the train…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-12-27:2211490:Comment:6303282012-12-27T16:40:47.162ZAndrew Bednohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AndrewBedno
<p>I've added Metra to the trains overlay. I also properly color coded all CTA and Metra stops, and linked each to it's schedule.</p>
<p>Find the train stations nearest you:<br></br><strong><a href="http://massup.us/train" target="_blank">http://massup.us/train</a></strong></p>
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<p>Bookmark that on your smartphone, or drop it on a home screen, or easy enough to remember.</p>
<p> or go <a href="http://massup.us/nearby" target="_blank">MassUp.us > Menu > Nearby > (find self) >…</a></p>
<p>I've added Metra to the trains overlay. I also properly color coded all CTA and Metra stops, and linked each to it's schedule.</p>
<p>Find the train stations nearest you:<br/><strong><a href="http://massup.us/train" target="_blank">http://massup.us/train</a></strong></p>
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<p>Bookmark that on your smartphone, or drop it on a home screen, or easy enough to remember.</p>
<p> or go <a href="http://massup.us/nearby" target="_blank">MassUp.us > Menu > Nearby > (find self) > Train Stops</a></p>
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<p>Mapgeeks: a rather extreme example shown below for Perimeter Ride 11 (used as a demo because it covers a big area), with route and cues (entered in advance), plot and photos (broadcast live), and every train stop around it ('cause riders asked about bailout options).<br/><a href="http://massup.us/now/r?d=20120929&f=chicago&o=p&h=d:train" target="_blank">http://massup.us/now/r?d=20120929&f=chicago&o=p&h=d:train</a></p>
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<p>The Metra addition was in part inspired by recent frustrations using existing Metra apps, which suffered from poor integration between views.<br/>I also just changed the handling of the <a href="https://data.cityofchicago.org/Transportation/CTA-System-Information-List-of-L-Stops/8pix-ypme?" target="_blank">CTA data</a> flag fields for which rail lines serve a given stop. So I'd consider both these datasets beta.<br/>TELL ME if you notice any omissions, especially in the CTA stops.</p>
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