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> In the trade publication Parking Today, publisher John Van Horn speculated about the repercussions of ParkJockey’s ascent. I find it hilarious there is even

> In the trade publication Parking Today, publisher John Van Horn speculated about the repercussions of ParkJockey’s ascent. I find it hilarious there is even such a publication. Over the years I have read about other, similar hilarious ones, but I forgot which. Emphasis mine.

chrisseaton 6y ago
> I find it hilarious there is even such a publication. Parking is a ten-billion dollar industry in the US alone. Doesn't surprise me that it can support a magazine. How many magazines do you see that are part of much smaller niches?
- walrus01 6y ago
  I want to see more photos, schematics and info on these car stacking parking systems and things designed for very high density/high cost of land areas.
ralfd 6y ago
This is the current July issue: https://magazine.parkingtoday.com/issues/ParkingToday2020-07JUL/ https://magazine.parkingtoday.com/issues/ParkingToday2020-07... Even them are touched by the BLM protests and the editorial ask unsurely if parking can be racist?
kryptiskt 6y ago
I remember an article about Roman valves posted here from Valve Magazine (https://www.valvemagazine.com https://www.valvemagazine.com), a publication that has nothing to with computer games.
- mauvehaus 6y ago
  If you're interested in that, you might also find the Museum of Plumbing up your alley: http://www.theplumbingmuseum.org/ http://www.theplumbingmuseum.org/ Where is it located? Watertown, MA. Where else? N.B. I haven't been, and they're closed at the moment (presumably for the same reason as everybody else). If you make it there and haven't had your fill of water-related museums, there's also the pumping station at Chestnut Hill: https://waterworksmuseum.org/about/ https://waterworksmuseum.org/about/ They have 3 large steam engines that pumped water in the Boston area for the better part of a century. I have been to this one, and it's amazing.
drfuchs 6y ago
A few I've run into at random: BusLine Magazine, with an ad in the back for "BarfClean! Just spray on to solidify, for easy removal!" (The ads in the front were less lurid: "Our new seats are 32% lighter!") And, more on-topic, Restaurateur Magazine, with an ad for "Sizzle! Paint-on Char Marks for any meat, for that fresh-from-the-grill look!" (Names of magazines and products approximate; but I'm sure about "BarfClean".)
- dividedbyzero 6y ago
  I wonder where people get the raw material for testing a product like BarfClean during development. Actually, maybe I don't really want to know.
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- mauvehaus 6y ago
  It's usually interesting, but sometimes not pretty to see what's going on behind the curtain. I once saw a bottle under a sink in a restaurant: Extra Strength Urine Remover. Are people that bad at peeing that there's a need for urine remover in extra as well as regular strength?!
  - throwanem 6y ago
    Have you seen men?
    - mauvehaus 6y ago
      Tellingly, my wife informed me that there wasn't a bottle in the women's restroom.
  - zimpenfish 6y ago
    Pillars of Hercules (god rest its soul) in London had an infamous and constant layer of liquid on the floor of the men's toilets. Many times I had to suggest an alternate destination because I was wearing my Vibrams.
timthorn 6y ago
The UK panel show "Have I Got News For You" includes a guest publication in every episode: https://metro.co.uk/2015/04/17/11-of-the-most-memorable-publications-ever-to-feature-on-have-i-got-news-for-yous-missing-words-round-5149667/ https://metro.co.uk/2015/04/17/11-of-the-most-memorable-publ...
- the-dude 6y ago
  Thank you!
wastedhours 6y ago
I always used to collect any of those niche trade publications I could - you can learn a lot about an industry from the trade pubs (it's like a microcosm of supply chains and inside information). Personal favourites were ones specifically for hotel designers, packaged food companies, airline service suppliers, and boat builders. If you ever want a reminder about the scope of opportunity there is in the world, look for the niche industry magazines. They're a delight.
michaelt 6y ago
Stage 1: Keep editorial costs right down by mostly printing reworded press releases and invited comment from industry bigwigs. Stage 2: Plenty of adverts. It's not like a company making car park barriers is advertising in the New York Times. Stage 3: Profit At least, that's my theory as to how there are so many different rail industry magazines...
Dirlewanger 6y ago
It's part of America's proud hyper-pluralistic nature. A bunch of different interests (usually private) all competing for mindshare and influence in the world.

chrisseaton 6y ago

> I find it hilarious there is even such a publication. Parking is a ten-billion dollar industry in the US alone. Doesn't surprise me that it can support a magazine. How many magazines do you see that are part of much smaller niches?

walrus01 6y ago
I want to see more photos, schematics and info on these car stacking parking systems and things designed for very high density/high cost of land areas.

ralfd 6y ago

This is the current July issue: https://magazine.parkingtoday.com/issues/ParkingToday2020-07JUL/ https://magazine.parkingtoday.com/issues/ParkingToday2020-07... Even them are touched by the BLM protests and the editorial ask unsurely if parking can be racist?

kryptiskt 6y ago

I remember an article about Roman valves posted here from Valve Magazine (https://www.valvemagazine.com https://www.valvemagazine.com), a publication that has nothing to with computer games.

mauvehaus 6y ago
If you're interested in that, you might also find the Museum of Plumbing up your alley: http://www.theplumbingmuseum.org/ http://www.theplumbingmuseum.org/ Where is it located? Watertown, MA. Where else? N.B. I haven't been, and they're closed at the moment (presumably for the same reason as everybody else). If you make it there and haven't had your fill of water-related museums, there's also the pumping station at Chestnut Hill: https://waterworksmuseum.org/about/ https://waterworksmuseum.org/about/ They have 3 large steam engines that pumped water in the Boston area for the better part of a century. I have been to this one, and it's amazing.

drfuchs 6y ago

A few I've run into at random: BusLine Magazine, with an ad in the back for "BarfClean! Just spray on to solidify, for easy removal!" (The ads in the front were less lurid: "Our new seats are 32% lighter!") And, more on-topic, Restaurateur Magazine, with an ad for "Sizzle! Paint-on Char Marks for any meat, for that fresh-from-the-grill look!" (Names of magazines and products approximate; but I'm sure about "BarfClean".)

dividedbyzero 6y ago
I wonder where people get the raw material for testing a product like BarfClean during development. Actually, maybe I don't really want to know.
- deleted 6y ago
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mauvehaus 6y ago
It's usually interesting, but sometimes not pretty to see what's going on behind the curtain. I once saw a bottle under a sink in a restaurant: Extra Strength Urine Remover. Are people that bad at peeing that there's a need for urine remover in extra as well as regular strength?!
- throwanem 6y ago
  Have you seen men?
  - mauvehaus 6y ago
    Tellingly, my wife informed me that there wasn't a bottle in the women's restroom.
- zimpenfish 6y ago
  Pillars of Hercules (god rest its soul) in London had an infamous and constant layer of liquid on the floor of the men's toilets. Many times I had to suggest an alternate destination because I was wearing my Vibrams.

timthorn 6y ago

The UK panel show "Have I Got News For You" includes a guest publication in every episode: https://metro.co.uk/2015/04/17/11-of-the-most-memorable-publications-ever-to-feature-on-have-i-got-news-for-yous-missing-words-round-5149667/ https://metro.co.uk/2015/04/17/11-of-the-most-memorable-publ...

the-dude 6y ago
Thank you!

wastedhours 6y ago

I always used to collect any of those niche trade publications I could - you can learn a lot about an industry from the trade pubs (it's like a microcosm of supply chains and inside information). Personal favourites were ones specifically for hotel designers, packaged food companies, airline service suppliers, and boat builders. If you ever want a reminder about the scope of opportunity there is in the world, look for the niche industry magazines. They're a delight.

michaelt 6y ago

Stage 1: Keep editorial costs right down by mostly printing reworded press releases and invited comment from industry bigwigs. Stage 2: Plenty of adverts. It's not like a company making car park barriers is advertising in the New York Times. Stage 3: Profit At least, that's my theory as to how there are so many different rail industry magazines...

Dirlewanger 6y ago

It's part of America's proud hyper-pluralistic nature. A bunch of different interests (usually private) all competing for mindshare and influence in the world.