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  • How I forgot to meditate after sixty days in a row of remembering and what that means · meditationbluesdancingTartan SwingCarnegie Mellon Universityrunning · Jan 24, 2015
  • For Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: some black American voices that spoke to me recently · Martin Luther King, Jr.Carnegie Mellon UniversityraceFergusonmoderationrhetoric · Jan 19, 2015
  • Observing Constitution Day with "The Supreme Court and Privacy: The Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age" · ConstitutionCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghMary Jo MillerNSA · Sep 17, 2014
  • Sometimes the best speech is the one you didn't have time to prepare · Carnegie Mellon UniversitycookiesJohn Lehoczky · May 29, 2014
  • Copland's Appalachian Spring danced by the orchestra musicians: confronting my memories of boredom four years ago · musicdanceAaron CoplandAppalachian SpringPittsburgh Symphony OrchestraCarnegie Mellon UniversityballetMartha Graham · May 28, 2014
  • How a homemade ice cream cookie sandwich touched my heart seven years ago · cookiesCarnegie Mellon University · May 21, 2014
  • Is there a grounding problem in empirical computational linguistics? · philosophyempiricismgroundingcomputational linguisticsmachine translationmachine learningCarnegie Mellon University · May 13, 2014
  • "Time to Taste the World": thoughts on expanding my food tastes as an adult · foodCarnegie Mellon UniversitycookiesBrussels sproutsbeetskaleceleriacgrape leaveshummusbaba ghanousholive oil · Mar 21, 2014
  • Geeking out at the annual CMU psychology holiday party: beauty and selling out · Carnegie Mellon Universitypsychologymathematics · Dec 2, 2013
  • A fine trumpet recital by Erin Yanacek · trumpetErin YanacekCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh · Nov 25, 2013
  • Chamber music concert at CMU featured Bach's Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio · Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Symphony OrchestraPittsburghmusicfluteBaroque fluteviolinviolacelloWolfgang Amadeus MozartJohann Sebastian BachGoldberg Variations · Nov 19, 2013
  • Finally learning about Carnatic music · musicCarnatic musicIndiaSandeep NarayanimprovisationjazzCarnegie Mellon University · Oct 10, 2013
  • 9 things you could be doing in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 5 · PittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubchessprogrammingPerlPittsburgh Perl WorkshopRun ShadysiderunningukuleleSteel City UkulelesEcofestmusicragtimeLatin musicRegent SquarePodCamp PittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Step TrekSouth Side Slopes · Oct 4, 2013
  • First rehearsal for my first ukulele gig: dealing with anxiety · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent Squaresingingmarching bandballroom danceCarnegie Mellon Universityrecorderchess · Sep 26, 2013
  • On not celebrating Constitution Day this year, 2013 · ConstitutionConstitution DayCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghDavid HarrisNSAEdward Snowden · Sep 17, 2013
  • Saying No: on not playing in the Pittsburgh Chess League this season for the CMU Tartans · chessPittsburgh Chess LeagueCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Sep 15, 2013
  • Was it worth sprinting to a terrible fall to finish 25th in the CMU Pretty Good Race 5K? · runningSchenley ParkPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityracesPretty Good RaceFiveFingers · Sep 6, 2013
  • 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon: my 135th race was the worst I finished, but I did! · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna Sandalscalf sleevessmartphoneSPIbeltBoston MarathonCarnegie Mellon UniversitySmiley Cookiecookies · May 6, 2013
  • Celebrating the victory of the CMU Tartans in the 2012-13 Pittsburgh Chess League season · chessPittsburgh Chess LeagueCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh · Apr 29, 2013
  • On overtraining and feeling injured two weeks before the Pittsburgh Marathon · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna SandalsSteel City Road RunnersSchenley ParkFrick ParkCarnegie Mellon UniversityBoston Marathoncalf sleevescookies · Apr 20, 2013
  • Going out too fast yet again in my third Random Distance Run · runningPittsburgh MarathontrackracesCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghRandom Distance RunLuna SandalsCarnival · Apr 19, 2013
  • Commuting on foot during CMU Carnival week as cross-training for the Pittsburgh Marathon · walkingrunningdrivingparkingCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnivalPittsburghPittsburgh MarathonLuna Sandals · Apr 19, 2013
  • My first interval workout before the Pittsburgh Marathon · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversitySchenley ParkFrick Parkinterval trainingheat trainingLuna Sandals · Apr 9, 2013
  • Attending a fascinating Robert Dick flute lecture and master class · musicfluteRobert Dickmaster classCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh New Music Netthroat tuningmultiphonicssingingBaroque flute · Apr 4, 2013
  • Flute master class: becoming a great ensemble player · Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Symphony Orchestramusicflutemaster class · Mar 25, 2013
  • Stepping it up at the French and blues jam · musicfluteFrench dancebluesPittsburghCarnegie Mellon University · Feb 25, 2013
  • Why and how I am going to run the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon · runningmarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingersXero ShoesCarnegie Mellon UniversitychessRachel Carson Trail ChallengeSteel City Road Runners · Jan 30, 2013
  • Report on CMU Baroque Ensemble concert, with Stephen Schultz on Baroque flute · musicBaroque fluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityJohann Sebastian BachBrandenburg concertosStephen SchultzPittsburgh · Nov 18, 2012
  • My first contra dance workshop: unexpected fun! · dancecontra danceFrench dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon Universitymusic · Oct 7, 2012
  • Chatham Baroque: thoughts on playing new non-Baroque music on Baroque instruments · musicBaroqueChatham BaroqueCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh · Oct 4, 2012
  • Another French music jam; also, announcing CATS Dance · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish flutedanceFrench dancetraditional dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon Universitycontra dance · Sep 28, 2012
  • Why I missed the CMU intramural XC race this year · runningracesCarnegie Mellon Universitysick · Sep 27, 2012
  • Is Constitution Day Constitutional? · ConstitutionConstitution DayCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghHugh F. McGoughBill Peduto · Sep 18, 2012
  • Running my 8th Pretty Good Race 5K: dealing with disappointment · runningSchenley ParkPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityracesPretty Good RaceRubyFiveFingers · Sep 7, 2012
  • My second French music jam: playing my Irish flute in public for the first time · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluesPittsburghCarnegie Mellon University · Aug 27, 2012
  • Latin jazz in Pittsburgh: Puro Queso · Carnegie Library of PittsburghPittsburghmusicLatin jazzCuban sonbolerobossa novaPortugueseSpanishCarnegie Mellon Universitysaxophone · Aug 26, 2012
  • Returning to chess, a lifetime sport: playing in the Pittsburgh Chess League · chessPittsburghCarnegie Mellon University · Aug 21, 2012
  • The inaugural Liberty Mile: a review of Pittsburgh's first road mile race, a great community event · runningracesmileLiberty MileGreat RacePittsburghmarathonPittsburgh marathonshoesFiveFingersInvisible ShoesXero ShoesCarnegie Mellon UniversityVonda Wright · Aug 17, 2012
  • The paradox of practice: it's harder to go slow than go fast · practicemusicchessrunningballroom danceCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghLatin music · Aug 2, 2012
  • Obama is speaking outside my office window, so why did I stay home? · ObamapoliticsCarnegie Mellon Universityvoting · Jul 6, 2012
  • Walking the scenic route through Schenley Park to work · walkingSchenley ParkPittsburghbarefoot runningFiveFingersCarnegie Mellon UniversityPretty Good RacerunningPhipps ConservatoryCathedral of Learning · Jun 18, 2012
  • I celebrated National Running Day in Schenley Park: remembering how I began to run 13 years ago · runningFrick ParkSchenley ParkPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityracesPretty Good RaceRun Around The Square · Jun 6, 2012
  • International Barefoot Running Day 2012: my second year of celebration and my first barefoot trail run · runningbarefoot runningInternational Barefoot Running DayFrick ParkCarnegie Mellon UniversityFiveFingersshoes · May 6, 2012
  • Attending my first CMU Baroque Ensemble concert: enjoying Bach's Brandenburg 2 · musicCarnegie Mellon UniversityStephen SchultzPittsburghJohann Sebastian BachBaroque fluterecorderErin Yanacektrumpet · Apr 29, 2012
  • Baroque jam session at CMU: first time my parents ever watched me perform music · musicBaroquefluterecorderCarnegie Mellon UniversityJacob Van EyckHenry Holcombe · Apr 27, 2012
  • One week of commuting on foot because of CMU Carnival · walkingrunningdrivingparkingCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnivalbikingPittsburgh · Apr 16, 2012
  • Quitting the CMU All-University Orchestra: one of the hardest decisions in my life · musicflutetin whistleIrish musicCarnegie Mellon Universityorchestraquitting · Mar 12, 2012
  • Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife! · musicfluteorchestrapracticeBaroque flutedanceballroom dancetangotraditional danceFrench dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityrecorderimprovisationmemoryLatin musicbolero · Mar 10, 2012
  • Flute: taking a break while clarifying my goals · musicfluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityorchestrapracticeBaroque flute · Mar 7, 2012
  • Flute practice: dealing with burnout and injury · musicfluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityorchestralearningpracticeFiveFingers · Feb 27, 2012
  • Saying No in order to say Yes · time managementmeditationdanceexercisemusicfluterecorderaccordionchessCarnegie Mellon University · Feb 23, 2012
  • Flute progress after one month in orchestra: still hanging in there · musicfluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityorchestralearningpracticerecorderLatin musicboleroClaude Debussy · Feb 22, 2012
  • Enjoying more French dancing in Pittsburgh · PittsburghFrench dancedancetraditional danceCarnegie Mellon UniversitybluesmarriageGullifty'spierogies · Feb 20, 2012
  • Flute progress report: day of reckoning approaches · musicfluteCarnegie Mellon Universityorchestralearningpracticerecorder · Feb 14, 2012
  • Public shame: a great way to maintain a habit · exerciseCarnegie Mellon University · Feb 8, 2012
  • 2 new daily habits of mine in a distracting world · meditationinformation dietCarnegie Mellon University · Feb 2, 2012
  • Joining an orchestra: learning in the face of terror · musicfluteCarnegie Mellon Universityorchestralearningpracticerecorder · Feb 1, 2012
  • CMU Fitness Challenge keynote lecture by Vonda Wright: Stay strong at any age · sciencehealthVonda WrightrunningCarnegie Mellon University · Jan 20, 2012
  • Experiment in learning: completing Stanford online course: Machine Learning · learningeducationmachine learningStanford UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityOctaveMOOC · Jan 12, 2012
  • Experiment in learning: completing Stanford online course: Introduction to Databases · learningeducationdatabasesStanford UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityMOOC · Jan 11, 2012
  • Reflections on 2011 · paleoSchenley ParkPittsburghprogrammingJavaScriptjQueryXQueryXMLXSLTPerlPythonRubyScalaminimalismcross-country skiingbooksSteelersmeditationCarnegie Mellon UniversityhikingyogaSquirrel Hill LibraryRachel Carson TrailRachel Carson Trail ChallengeFiveFingersbarefoot runningsalsa dancingkayakingStanfordRun Around The Squaresick · Dec 31, 2011
  • Exploring creativity · creativityCarnegie Mellon UniversityRon Placone · Dec 2, 2011
  • I'm going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Monday · musicrecorderperformanceanxietyPittsburghflutemelodicaCarnegie Mellon UniversityPhipps Conservatory · Dec 1, 2011
  • Seeing the inventor of the abstract data type · Carnegie Mellon UniversityprogrammingBarbara Liskovabstract data typeCLUJavaLispScala · Nov 10, 2011
  • I don't know whether to get a flu shot · fluscienceexpertsCarnegie Mellon Universitysick · Nov 2, 2011
  • Communicating Through Dialogue · Carnegie Mellon Universitycommunicatingdialogue · Oct 11, 2011
  • Staring at the Wall With Nowhere to Go · ZenmeditationCarnegie Mellon Universitypractice · Sep 28, 2011
  • Happiness Is: Finishing 39th of 43 Men in a Race! · runningracesCarnegie Mellon UniversityinspirationalPittsburghshoesFiveFingersGreat Race · Sep 23, 2011
  • Byron Janis on Overcoming Adversity · musicpianoCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghinspirationalrecorderPittsburgh Recorder Society · Sep 22, 2011