Tom Andraszek

@tom_andraszek
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A software developer believing in liveable cities and liveable planet. Not investing in fossil fuels. Vegetarian. No longer flying for pleasure. Solar panels, heat pump, battery home. E-bike, bus, train, tram 💚
Gold Coast, Australia. My home's walk score is 4/100: car dependent. We own one small EV, which is used mainly by my wife for commuting to work, shopping, etc.
The time to use sunlight reflection methods (SRM) is now. Sortition is the ultimate democratic method.
Bloghttps://tandrasz.blogspot.com/2023/08/fediverse-blogspot.html?m=1
YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@tandrasz
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Tom Andraszek6d ago

Travelling back in time to 1999 Ireland:

https://tandrasz.blogspot.com/2026/04/dublin-and-bray-ireland-1999.html?m=1

#Ireland

Dublin and Bray, Ireland 1999

Some of my old, non-digital photos. In 1999 I lived in Bray and commuted to Dublin by train. Ireland was in the EU, but it still used the I...

Tom Andraszek6d ago
Tim Richards6d ago

Just received my contributor copy of a Lonely Planet book which was published in September: Epic Train Trips of the World (LP tends to be slow at supplying author copies, for some reason).

I wrote the sections about the Eastern & Oriental Express (Singapore-Malaysia) and the Northern Explorer (New Zealand). Must say it's a beautifully produced coffee table book and weighs a ton (well, 1.5kg or so). Lovely glossy thick pages, a pleasure to turn.

Here's the link if you're interested in getting a copy: https://shop.lonelyplanet.com/products/epic-train-trips-of-the-world

#travel #train #trains #book #books

Tom AndraszekApr 9

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tom_andraszek/116351870232633940

Tomorrow 10am is the deadline for public submissions. The online form is here:

https://qldparlcomm.snapforms.com.au/form/transport-and-other-legislation-managing-e-mobility-use-and-protecting-our-communities-amendment-bill-2026

#Queensland #bike #Australia

Tom AndraszekApr 9
Findings PressApr 9
Relative Injury Risk of E-bikes and Conventional Bicycles https://findingspress.org/article/157852-relative-injury-risk-of-e-bikes-and-conventional-bicycles
Relative Injury Risk of E-bikes and Conventional Bicycles | Published in Findings

By Aslak Fyhri, Torkel Bjørnskau & 1 more. Using emergency ward data and national travel survey exposure, this study finds e-bikes have _lower_ distance-adjusted accident risk than conventional bicycles, with higher summer risk for recreational cycling.

Tom AndraszekApr 8
Dec [{()}]Apr 8

Skoda developed (with the University of Salford) an all-mechanical bicycle bell that bypasses active noise cancellation (ANC) in headphones.
https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/skoda-world/skoda-duobell-a-bicycle-bell-that-outsmarts-even-smart-headphones/
It's tuned to 750hz, which is a "blind spot" in most ANC headphone processing.
There is also a resonator for a higher frequency, and the hammer produces irregular strikes, confusing the ANC further, and making pedestrians look behind them faster.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDaVPfpQvPI

Research:
https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2026/04/Skoda-DuoBell-Research-final_cf127752.pdf

#BikeTooter

Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that outsmarts even smart headphones - Škoda Storyboard

Pedestrians wearing headphones are exposed to an increased risk of accidents. In an effort to reduce collisions with cyclists, Škoda Auto, in collaboration with scientists, introduces an innovative bicycle bell whose sound can penetrate even active noise cancellation systems. In doing so, it helps prevent injuries to both pedestrians and cyclists.

Škoda Storyboard
Tom AndraszekApr 7
HartApr 7
#Biodiversität #Artenvielfalt
Tom AndraszekApr 6
Tim RichardsApr 6

Fun pedestrian lights with Māori designs here in central Wellington:

#Wellington #NewZealand

Tom AndraszekApr 6
Chad - X Apr 5

My therapist said I need to find things to keep me busy, so I created the @cdnspace Artemis II dashboard.

I reverse-engineered the Unity Engine powering the NASA AROW visualization and found an absolute treasure trove of data to display.

Little did I expect that it's now being seen by anywhere from 200 to 600 people at any given time with 130,000 people having looked at it in the last 24 hours. People are even building projects around my API.

Yesterday, I received a message on LinkedIn from someone working in Mission Control in Houston... and they're using my dashboard! He even sent me a photo, but I can't share it until after the crew has splashed down.

Mind blown, and an absolute pick-me-up. The best part? It's being served from my basement.

https://artemis.cdnspace.ca/

#artemis #artemis2 #artemisII #nasa #csa

Artemis II Tracker — Live Mission Control

Real-time mission control dashboard tracking NASA's Artemis II crewed lunar flyby. Live telemetry, DSN comms, orbit visualization, and crew activities.

Canadian Space
Tom AndraszekApr 5

Chris Cox explains the moronic laws regarding e-bikes introduced recently in Queensland, which effectively ban 90-95% of legal e-bikes. Why ban? Because in addition to the car driver's licence requirement, which means you need to be minimum 16 years old, and a 10 km/h speed limit on 95% of paths, a sticker with this exact text is required: EN15194 (2017) A+1. My e-bike only has the EN15194 part. Trikes don't comply with EN15194 at all.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aff5Ba_mW-M

#bike #Australia #Queensland

Legal E-bikes being banned in Queensland - your state is next!

YouTube
Tom AndraszekApr 5
Philippe SmetApr 4
By now, you have seen the Earth image by the #Artemis crew at least a hundred times. In this annotated version, several #optics effects are highlighted. It also shows how fragile planet #Earth is, with a super thin #atmosphere protecting us from the harsh vacuum of space.
Let's protect it.