Ambient bus arrival monitor from hacked Linksys WRT54GL. Transport for London has a wonderful service called
Countdown that can give live bus arrival times. For example, here's a page showing live buses passing
No. 10 Downing St. Underlying this is a simple JSON API that, while not public, seems to be usable by the average programmer. So with its details deciphered (hardly hard since the web site uses the API) John Graham-Cumming set about building an ambient bus monitor into a model London bus. The idea is to glance at the model bus and see the times of the next two real buses you're likely to want to catch, and know when to leave the house.
posted by netbros
on Mar 20, 2012 -
35 comments
ffffl*ckr — Use it to find the Flickr photos you like using the simple idea that people whose work you like, probably like stuff you'll like. You start with a set of pictures. If you authenticate, it'll use 20 of your last 100 favorites, otherwise it'll start with somebody else's favorites. Click any picture to load more. Don't like what that person likes? Scroll back and click a different picture you like.
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posted by netbros
on Oct 2, 2010 -
12 comments
Yahoo is releasing a new service:
Firehose, a real-time, searchable index of
social content aggregated from around the web. Accessible via
YQL, Yahoo’s SQL-like query language, the Firehose will gather data from status updates, user ratings and reviews, comment threads, Google Buzz, Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, YouTube, Last.fm and a range of other sites and apps. [
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posted by netbros
on Apr 12, 2010 -
34 comments
