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This month’s Pittsburgh Twitter meetup (or tweetup) occurred in combination with the Mattress Factory’s opening reception for PREDRIVE: After Technology, an exhibit in the annex gallery, just down the block from the main museum space. Similar to the last gallery opening I attended at the Mattress Factory, those in social media (bloggers, etc.) were invited [...]

Tonight was quite possibly the best and most well attended Refresh Pittsburgh events I’ve been to. We met at the AlphaLab offices on the south side of Pittsburgh. They have a nice open middle portion of the space that works out quite well for medium to large group meetings. In all, about 40 people were [...]

With the Colts winning their game against the Steelers yesterday, it reminded me that I really ought to finish up this book review post.
Back in April I finally got around to finishing Comeback Season: How I Learned To Play the Game of Love, by Cathy Day. I first heard of Comeback Season after Cindy read [...]

Hopefully it’s no secret that I really enjoy classical music. I studied piano for more than ten years and took various classes in composition, counterpoint, conducting and choral singing during high school. I’ve been slacking on the active playing of music recently but I’m hoping to remedy that sooner or later. Some of my favorite [...]

Lunch at work today was the return of crockpot lunches for the fall and winter. It’s a great way for us to share in a meal and hang out. We ate in our newly remodeled and set up conference room. And for some reason started watching movie trailers on the big HD screen.
One was the [...]

I just finished listening to Brave Men Run: A Novel of the Sovereign Era by Matthew Wayne Selznick in podcast form on my way back and forth to work in the car. It’s taken a little while because my commute is only about 12 minutes.
An alternate history novel, Brave Men Run is set in 1985 [...]

October 17-19, about two weekends ago, I attended Podcamp Pittsburgh 3. Having helped/listened throughout the planning process for the event I really wanted to be sure I showed up. In my last post I talked about heading to the meet and greet on Friday night. Since I had been able to go to the second [...]

Tonight begins Podcamp Pittsburgh 3! The meet-and-greet is at AlphaLab after work (6-8pm). I hope to see a bunch of new faces and many I already know. Plus, I’m excited to be meeting some people in real life with whom I’m currently only virtual friends.
Saturday and Sunday from 9-4 each day is the main event. [...]

Today Mozilla is due to release the final version of Firefox 3. I’ve been using the betas and RC versions for the last month or two at work and have been pleased with how it runs.
Someone decided it would be awesome to try to set the world record for most downloads in one day, but [...]

About mid-April someone from the Mattress Factory invited Pittsburgh bloggers to have media access to the April 25 opening of the new exhibit Inner and Outer Space. As I had not visited the Mattress Factory before, I figured I would take the opportunity to explore another museum/gallery and see some new art. Not [...]