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The Design

The train station photo was found at stock.xchng. The photograph inspired the color schema for the logo and website. The layout was created in Adobe Photoshop and HTML using Adobe Dreamweaver. The page templates were coded using both Dreamweaver and Homesite.

The Stupid Train Run logo was created using Trebechet. The body text is in Georgia and headers in Arial.

The web pages were coded using HTML 4.0 Strict and CSS.

Publishing

Stupid Train Run is published using Movable Type. It is divided into three differnt blogs: the tips blog, stories blog and archived stories blog. This was done to accomidate different organization requirements for each type.

Latest Train Story

Cranky People

I rode into the City yesterday to meet a friend for a matinée. Local trains are not my favorite way to travel but beggars can't be choosers. Apparently I read the schedule wrong originally and would have been late if... (May 11, 2008)

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Can you relate to a tip or did you try it? Leave a comment and let us know how it worked out for you. Have a funny story or tip of your own, contact us to share.

What is the Stupid Train Run?

Regular commuters will know it as we've all done it from time to time. Running late just enough that if you sprint, you'll catch that train, but wait... Those leather, hard-soled shoes are from cross-trainers. Suite pants are not suitable running attire either. Don't forget the briefcases and lunch bags waiting you down. So the result is this goofy looking run. Oh, and there are bunch of people watching you too. But like I said, it all happens to us at one time or another.