On Nov. 12, Lewis Durland asked: >Is anyone going to the Greenbuild conference in Boston next week, >and if so, do you have room to take another person (me)? I am >hoping to leave sometime Tuesday 11/18 (around noon?) In accordance with Murphy's Law, I, who also attended GreedBuild, didn't read that post until today (=after the conference, for those mathematically challenged). Lame excuses include that SustTomp has far too many posts per week and that those posts are annoying to read because of iterative requoting (Help me Simon Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope). Also, our requirements may not have matched. But it got me thinking: Does Tompkins County have a good ride-share system, some kind of bulletin board? I remember the old board in Willard Straight Hall (or was it RPU?) from 20 years ago. Anything like that still around? I have used MassRides http://commute.com before, but it was not well-suited to one-time rides, better for daily commutes, and built for Massachusetts, sigh. I know everyone in Ithaca is getting tired of me saying "Massachusetts has this, MA has that." ;-) It would be rather easy (for some programmers) to use GoogleMaps' interfaces to create an online application that allows one easily to enter a two points and a wiggle-factor and compare those to someone else's two points, using a database that keeps everyone's data. The simple form would include: address of start; of destination; earliest date-time willing to leave; latest date-time; amount of kilometers off-track willing to go (option for driver). I could set up the database and forms, but I am still something of a spring chicken with GoogleMaps API and other GIS DBs. At least I had a great time at GreenBuild, sorry for calling it GreedBuild earlier. But seriously, there are too many posts; sure, everything in the world can be related to our own sustainability, and we are local, but that begs the question of what not to post. Uh-oh, I hope ride-sharing qualifies...I will bite my tongue for at least one week between posts as penitence. -- -Shawn Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://energyteachers.org
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