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  • How I avoid demotivating myself away from voting · politicsvotingPittsburghpsychology · Nov 1, 2014
  • Climbing the Cathedral of Learning to get to the Harvard Classics · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghHarvard Classicsebooks · Oct 22, 2014
  • A pretty exploratory fall hike in Frick Park and Duck Hollow · Frick ParkNine Mile Run TrailSummerset at Frick ParkDuck HollowPittsburgh · Oct 5, 2014
  • Observing Constitution Day with "The Supreme Court and Privacy: The Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age" · ConstitutionCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghMary Jo MillerNSA · Sep 17, 2014
  • Thoughts on the construction of the new Frick Environmental Center · Frick ParkFrick Environmental CenterPittsburghrunning · Aug 5, 2014
  • The growth of loyalty after seventeen years · barberPittsburghSquirrel HillmusicDean Martin · Jul 22, 2014
  • The one thing I remember Lorin Maazel for · musicLorin MaazelPittsburgh Symphony OrchestraPittsburghRichard Wagner · Jul 13, 2014
  • Third year at July 3 music party and finally participated in jamming · musicimprovisationPittsburghbluesold timeguitarukulelepianosingingIrish fluteLaura · Jul 3, 2014
  • Thoughts on National Running Day 2014 · runningFrick ParkPittsburghLuna Sandals · Jun 4, 2014
  • Why I voted yet again · politicsvotingPennsylvaniaPittsburgh · May 20, 2014
  • When I'm feeling too tired to venture out, there's always Frick Park · hikingFrick ParkPittsburgh · May 18, 2014
  • Pittsburgh Recorder Society: discovering the beauty of Alonso Lobo · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghcookiesAlonso LoboVersa est in luctum · May 18, 2014
  • A short Sunday hike in Frick Park · hikingFrick ParkPittsburgh · May 11, 2014
  • Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Palestrina, Gombert, and Dolly Parton cookies · musicrecorderPittsburghcookiesPalestrinaNicolas GombertJosquin des PrezPittsburgh Recorder Society · Apr 27, 2014
  • Life: cooking, eating with friends, music jamming, dancing · musicfluteIrish fluteFrench danceCongo de CaptieuxPittsburgh · Mar 29, 2014
  • Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Something new recently: recording our practice sessions · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghcookies · Mar 16, 2014
  • Thoughts on attending the Duquesne Young Artist Performance Awards Winners Showcase · musicpianoviolincelloPittsburghDuquesne Universitycookies · Mar 8, 2014
  • Pittsburgh Recorder Society: 7-part Gabrieli and coconut chocolate cookies · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyGiovanni GabrieliPittsburghcookies · Feb 16, 2014
  • My first time at an English country dance music jam · English country dancedancetraditional dancerecorderfluteBaroque fluteimprovisationPittsburgh · Jan 25, 2014
  • How Pittsburgh meetups changed my life · Pittsburghmeetup · Jan 24, 2014
  • Beechview urban hike: funky steps, Canton Avenue climb, delicious pizza at Slice on Broadway · hikingBeechviewPittsburghDirty DozenCanton Avenuepizzasteps · Dec 28, 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
  • Pittsburgh Recorder Society continues to add members · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghcookies · Nov 17, 2013
  • The dilemma of how to descend the Cathedral of Learning once at the top · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghDOMScalves · Nov 3, 2013
  • An early start on Cathedral of Learning stair climbing · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghFight for Air Climb · Oct 29, 2013
  • I never expected my first wooden recorders to be Renaissance recorders · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghRenaissanceBaroqueJacob Van Eyck · Oct 21, 2013
  • The biggest Pittsburgh Recorder Society meeting I have attended in two years!! · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghHalloweenrubber duckukulelesingingcookies · Oct 20, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Pirates: it was not to be · PittsburghPittsburgh PiratesbaseballSmiley Cookiecookies · Oct 9, 2013
  • Was that a ukulele I heard in Frick Park? No, a cavaquinho · musicukulelerunningFrick ParkcavaquinhoPittsburgh · Oct 6, 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
  • Rubber Duckie and Steel City Ukuleles rehearsal · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent Squaresingingrubber duckRubber DuckiePittsburgh · Oct 2, 2013
  • Why you should go out to the Pittsburgh South Side Slopes Step Trek · PittsburghPittsburgh Step TrekSouth Side Slopes · Sep 25, 2013
  • My third meeting of the Steel City Ukuleles: finally ordered a new instrument · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent SquarePittsburghsinging · Sep 18, 2013
  • On not celebrating Constitution Day this year, 2013 · ConstitutionConstitution DayCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghDavid HarrisNSAEdward Snowden · Sep 17, 2013
  • New goals for a new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Society · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghJohann Sebastian BachDieterich Buxtehudeukulele · Sep 15, 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
  • Back to French dance: potluck and party · musicfluteFrench dancePittsburgh · Sep 14, 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
  • My second meeting of the Steel City Ukuleles: why I already signed up to perform before being ready · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesRegent SquarePittsburghsingingrecorder · Sep 4, 2013
  • Reflections on my slowest Run Around the Square 5K in 13 years · runningracesPittsburghSPIBeltshoesFiveFingersRun Around The SquareFrick Park · Aug 24, 2013
  • Another unexpected life change: one month of learning to play ukulele · musicukuleleSteel City UkulelesPittsburghRubySteel City RubyJim WeirichrecorderchessAprès un rêveviola da gambafluteJake Shimabukurobanjolelebanjo · Aug 23, 2013
  • Getting up when reality punches you in the face: running the second Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh · runningracesmileLiberty MileGreat RacePittsburghmarathonPittsburgh marathonshoesFiveFingers · Aug 9, 2013
  • A haircut leading to my playing "I'll Always Love You" on flute · barberPittsburghSquirrel HillmusicfluteI'll Always Love YouTaylor DayneTito Nievessalsa · Aug 8, 2013
  • A new hike in Frick Park with Abby · hikingFrick ParkPittsburgh · Aug 4, 2013
  • I miss playing chess at the Pittsburgh Chess Club · chessPittsburgh · Jul 30, 2013
  • All India: great new Indian restaurant in Pittsburgh · restaurantsAll IndiaPittsburghfood · Jul 25, 2013
  • Second year at July 3 music party: still only listening without playing · musicimprovisationPittsburghbluesold timeguitarukulelepianosingingflute · Jul 3, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Scala meetup: Introduction to Actors Systems · programmingScalaAkkaPittsburghM*Modal · Jun 18, 2013
  • Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2013: dancing salsa to Eddie Palmieri · musicsalsaLatin jazzLatin danceEddie PalmierijazzPoint State ParkPittsburgh JazzLive International FestivalThree Rivers Arts FestivalFloating EchoPittsburgh · Jun 8, 2013
  • Celebrating National Running Day quietly in Frick Park · runningFrick ParkPittsburghLuna Sandals · Jun 5, 2013
  • Report on the second Pittsburgh TechFest, 2013 · Pittsburgh TechFestprogrammingPittsburgh.NETNodeCoffeeScriptRubyJavaPHPSeleniumScalaUXAgileiOSAndroidactorsAkkaasynchronousTest-Driven Development · Jun 1, 2013
  • Learning the Congo de Captieux traditional French dance · musicFrench danceCongo de CaptieuxPittsburgh · May 25, 2013
  • Voting in the face of election apathy · politicsvotingPennsylvaniaPittsburghmayor · May 21, 2013
  • Google I/O 2013 Extended: Pittsburgh · programmingGoogle I/OGooglePittsburghAndroid · May 15, 2013
  • Chatham Baroque: The Pleasures of Purcell · PittsburghChatham BaroquemusicbaroqueHenry Purcellviola da gamba · May 12, 2013
  • Back to what running is really about for me · runningexercisePittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFrick Parkpsychology · May 9, 2013
  • Why I feel sad when people congratulate me for finishing the Pittsburgh Marathon · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna Sandalscalf sleevescookies · May 7, 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
  • Pittsburgh Python: Kenneth Reitz on Heroku · programmingPittsburghPythonHerokuDjangoGit · Apr 24, 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
  • Pittsburgh OvreArts concert "Art songs and interludes" · musicballetOvreArtsPittsburgh · Apr 18, 2013
  • Boston Marathon tragedy: please avoid the news porn · runningmarathoncalf sleevesBoston MarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburgh9/11terroristsnewsbarber · Apr 15, 2013
  • My final 16-mile long run before Pittsburgh Marathon featured two radical experiments · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghLuna SandalsSteel City Road RunnersSteel Valley TrailMcKeesport · Apr 13, 2013
  • My Pittsburgh Scala Meetup talk on property-based testing using ScalaCheck · programmingJavaxUnitJUnitHaskellScalaScalaCheckQuickChecktestingTDDBDDRevv OaklandPittsburgh · Apr 11, 2013
  • My first interval workout before the Pittsburgh Marathon · runningPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversitySchenley ParkFrick Parkinterval trainingheat trainingLuna Sandals · Apr 9, 2013
  • Alia Musica concert including flutist Robert Dick · musicfluteRobert DickAlia MusicaPittsburghHenry Doktorskiaccordion · Apr 6, 2013
  • A comeback from Pittsburgh Marathon overtraining · runningovertrainingPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingersLuna SandalsCathedral of LearningSteel City Road RunnersShadysideTrue RunnerOaklandAlexander techniqueVonda WrightGatoradeGUchessPittsburgh Chess League · Apr 6, 2013
  • Energetic Robert Dick solo flute recital in Pittsburgh with Alia Musica · musicfluteRobert DickAlia MusicaPittsburgh · Apr 4, 2013
  • Report on Just A Short Run: my first half marathon in nine years! · runninghalf marathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingersLuna SandalsSPIbeltElite Runners and WalkersSteel City Road RunnersGatoradeSmiley Cookiecookies · Mar 30, 2013
  • OpenHack Pittsburgh: exploring Scala odds and ends · OpenHackPittsburghprogrammingScalatestingScalaCheckasynchronouscontinuationsfuturesAkkamacros · Mar 25, 2013
  • The final Cathedral of Learning stair climb before the Fight for Air Climb · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghPittsburgh MarathonFight for Air Climb · Mar 20, 2013
  • Only one easy rep of the Cathedral of Learning stair climb · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghPittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road RunnersFight for Air Climb · Mar 17, 2013
  • 18 miles in Vibram FiveFingers: training for the Pittsburgh Marathon through a St. Patrick's Day parade · runningmarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghSteel City Road RunnersFiveFingersLuna SandalsSt. Patrick's DaySPIbelt · Mar 16, 2013
  • Now at four reps of the Cathedral of Learning stair climb! · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghPittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road RunnersFight for Air Climb · Mar 10, 2013
  • 11 Pittsburgh bridge crossings in one 12-mile run · runningmarathonPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghbridgesFiveFingersSteel City Road RunnersSPIbeltGatoradeGUrestaurantsCoriander India Grill · Mar 9, 2013
  • Finally moving up from two to three Cathedral of Learning reps · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghPittsburgh Marathon · Mar 4, 2013
  • My first Steel City Road Runners winter 5K race · runningSchenley ParkSteel City Road RunnersPittsburgh MarathonPittsburghFiveFingerscookies · Mar 3, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #8: "Learning" · Pittsburgh Geek Out DayOpen SpacesPittsburgh · Mar 2, 2013
  • Another exciting concert at Bar Marco: Chris Norman and the Chatham Baroque playing a tasty assortment of dynamic music · musicPittsburghBar MarcoChris NormanChatham BaroqueflutedanceBaroqueScottish Baroque · Feb 28, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Python: distribute and other Python community controversies · programmingPittsburghPythonPerlRubyJavaScalapackagingconventioncommunityTOOWTDITIMTOWTDItesting · Feb 27, 2013
  • Stepping it up at the French and blues jam · musicfluteFrench dancebluesPittsburghCarnegie Mellon University · Feb 25, 2013
  • OpenHack Pittsburgh: studying Scala · OpenHackPittsburghprogrammingScala · Feb 25, 2013
  • 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon training progress since signing up three weeks ago: finally coming up with a plan! · runningPittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road RunnersHansons Marathon MethodPittsburghSchenley Park · Feb 24, 2013
  • Finally doing the Cathedral of Learning stair climb as part of Team Ferlee · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghFight for Air Climb · Feb 24, 2013
  • The second meeting of the Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Josh Suereth on functional patterns for the asynchronous Web · programmingScalaNE ScalaAkkaactorsasynchronousRevv OaklandPittsburgh · Feb 21, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 6: Winning as Black like a madman! · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Feb 20, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 5: Surprised at move 4 of the opening! · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Feb 14, 2013
  • Attending J-Jam in Squirrel Hill but not playing music in it · musicJ-JamSquirrel HillPittsburgh · Feb 10, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 4: fascinating attacking-defending game!! · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubDutch Defense · Feb 5, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 3: attack, defense, and sacrifices · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Feb 3, 2013
  • An unexpected afternoon tour: 9 miles of running, 1 Cathedral of Learning stair climb, 2 chess tournaments · chessexerciserunningCathedral of LearningPittsburghhikingRachel Carson Trail ChallengePittsburgh MarathonSteel City Road Runners · Feb 2, 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
  • How to gut out the tough workout · exerciserunningwintersnowFrick ParkPittsburgh · Jan 27, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 2: surviving time trouble · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubpsychologySicilian Defense · Jan 23, 2013
  • Attending the first OpenHack Pittsburgh meeting · OpenHackPittsburghprogrammingScalaRubyPythonClojure · Jan 21, 2013
  • Why I've chosen to perform only two repetitions of the Cathedral of Learning stair climb · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburghFight for Air Climb · Jan 19, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 1: the art of swindling · chessPittsburgh Chess ClubPittsburghNimzo-Indian Defense · Jan 16, 2013
  • How the best player won the last Pittsburgh Chess Club Tuesday night tournament · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Clubpsychology · Jan 15, 2013
  • Three questions to ask yourself when you don't feel like doing your scheduled workout · exerciseCathedral of LearningPittsburgh · Jan 14, 2013
  • CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh with David "Mr. McFeely" Newell · CreativeMorningsPittsburghMr. McFeelyMister Rogers' NeighborhoodFred RogersDavid Newell · Jan 11, 2013
  • 2013 is my year of Scala · programmingScalaJavaSBTPittsburghNE Scala · Jan 11, 2013
  • Primanti's and the Cathedral of Learning · foodPittsburghexerciseCathedral of LearningFight for Air Climb · Jan 7, 2013
  • I had no choice but to barefoot climb the Cathedral of Learning · PittsburghCathedral of LearningexercisebarefootFight for Air Climb · Jan 4, 2013
  • Meditations on climbing the 36 floors of the Pitt Cathedral of Learning · PittsburghCathedral of LearningexerciseRachel Carson Trail Challengemarriage · Dec 28, 2012
  • Special treat: Dutch jazz trumpeter Eric Vloeimans performed in Pittsburgh! · musicjazzprogressive jazzatonalitytrumpetEric VloeimansPittsburgh · Dec 19, 2012
  • Round 6 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: playing pragmatically · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubpsychologyNimzo-Indian Defensesick · Dec 18, 2012
  • East End Food Co-op Winterfest 2012 · East End Food Co-opWinterfestPittsburghmusicfood · Dec 15, 2012
  • Pittsburgh Contras and Squares Holiday Ball 2012 · musicflutetin whistleIrish flutemelodicamandolinPittsburgh Contras and SquaresHoliday BalldancePittsburghcontra dance · Dec 14, 2012
  • CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh, the first session: Nina Barbuto on "Making Learning a Party" · CreativeMorningsPittsburghNina BarbutoAssemblelearningAndy Warhol Museum · Dec 14, 2012
  • Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: psychology of losing another won game · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubpsychologySicilian Defense · Dec 11, 2012
  • Playing music on recorders at a Phipps Conservatory "candlelight evening" · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyperformancePittsburghPhipps Conservatory · Dec 9, 2012
  • My favorite Uncle Sam's sub · foodUncle Sam's SubsSquirrel HillPittsburgh · Dec 8, 2012
  • Round 4 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the agony of losing a won game against the difficult opponent · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Dec 4, 2012
  • Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the difficult opponent, and revenge of the Bishop · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubVeresov Opening · Nov 27, 2012
  • Dan Possumato and friends playing Irish, Scottish, French music · Carnegie Library of PittsburghPittsburghmusicIrish musicaccordionDon PossumatoScottishFrench dancedancewaltz · Nov 25, 2012
  • Preparing to play Irish flute in the Holiday Ball · musicfluteIrish fluterecordertin whistlePittsburgh Contras and SquaresHoliday BalldancePittsburghcontra dance · Nov 24, 2012
  • Round 2 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: Very short game with a note on psychology · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubGrünfeld Defense · Nov 20, 2012
  • Preparing for December 9 recorder performance in Phipps Conservatory · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyperformancePittsburghPhipps Conservatory · Nov 19, 2012
  • Report on CMU Baroque Ensemble concert, with Stephen Schultz on Baroque flute · musicBaroque fluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityJohann Sebastian BachBrandenburg concertosStephen SchultzPittsburgh · Nov 18, 2012
  • Classical Revolution: Pittsburgh's AquiTango delivers passionate traditional tango · musicPittsburghtangoAquiTangoBar MarcodanceLatin music · Nov 14, 2012
  • Round 1 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: revenge of the Knight · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian Defense · Nov 13, 2012
  • Pittsburgh Chess League Round 3: back to chess after a month off · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess LeaguePittsburgh Chess Club · Nov 11, 2012
  • The start of a local Haskell study group · programmingHaskellPittsburghfunctional programmingScalaTest-Driven Development · Nov 5, 2012
  • Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 2 · musicjazzUniversity of PittsburghRandy BreckerLew SoloffWinard HarperGeorge CablestrumpetdrumsbalafonpianoPittsburgh · Nov 3, 2012
  • Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 1 · musicjazzUniversity of PittsburghYotam SilbersteinJavon JacksonguitarsaxophonePittsburgh · Nov 2, 2012
  • PodCamp Pittsburgh 7: review · PodCamp PittsburghPittsburgh · Oct 28, 2012
  • Singing and playing bossa nova favorite "Chega de Saudade" at Dunkin' Donuts for J-Jam · musicmandolinsingingfluterecorderbossa novaChega de SaudadejazzJ-JamSquirrel HillPittsburgh · Oct 28, 2012
  • Yet another haircut from Joe: always worth the wait · Pittsburghbarber · Oct 26, 2012
  • My Pittsburgh Python talk: "Testing with isolation: concepts and examples using the Python standard library `mock`" · programmingtestingPittsburghPython · Oct 24, 2012
  • Playing recorder in a group · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietypracticeensemblePittsburgh · Oct 21, 2012
  • French music jam with unexpected new musicians · musicfluteIrish flutedanceFrench dancetraditional dancePittsburgh · Oct 15, 2012
  • Pittsburgh Chess League Round 2: natural moves are often bad · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess League · Oct 14, 2012
  • Introducing a friend to the joys of trail running in Frick Park · runningPittsburghFiveFingersFrick ParkSummersetHomewood CemeteryRun Around The Square · Oct 13, 2012
  • Musicians' workshop by the contra dance Great Bear Trio at the Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend · musiccontra danceEnglish Country DancePittsburgh · Oct 10, 2012
  • Final round of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: clawing back from a terrible position to draw and tie for first · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubPhilidor Defense · Oct 9, 2012
  • My first contra dance workshop: unexpected fun! · dancecontra danceFrench dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon Universitymusic · Oct 7, 2012
  • The Fineview Stepathon 2012: Pittsburgh's grueling urban trail race · PittsburghrunningracesFineview StepathonFiveFingersPittsburgh Step TrekRun ShadysideCathedral of Learning · Oct 6, 2012
  • Chatham Baroque: thoughts on playing new non-Baroque music on Baroque instruments · musicBaroqueChatham BaroqueCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh · Oct 4, 2012
  • Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: On Benoni "Emasculation" and Learning · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian DefenseEnglish OpeningMaróczy BindBenonilearning · Oct 2, 2012
  • Running my 10th Great Race 10K: "obscene but in a good way" · runningPittsburghracesGreat RaceInvisible ShoesXero ShoesFiveFingerssickSmiley Cookiecookies · Sep 30, 2012
  • Another French music jam; also, announcing CATS Dance · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish flutedanceFrench dancetraditional dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon Universitycontra dance · Sep 28, 2012
  • Living Appalachian music of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers with Ellen Gozion · Carnegie Library of PittsburghPittsburghmusicAppalachian musicPennsylvaniafiddlebanjofluteguitarharmonicaaccordionIrish flutesinging · Sep 23, 2012
  • Celebrating this blog's one-year anniversary · webwritingPodCamp PittsburghmandolinPittsburgh · Sep 22, 2012
  • My first bobblehead doll: guess who? · musicJohann Sebastian BachPittsburgh Music AlliancePittsburgh Renaissance and BaroqueChatham BaroquePittsburgh CamerataBach Choir of PittsburghPittsburgh Chamber Music SocietyPittsburghfluteBaroque fluteEmmanuel PahudCarl Philipp Emanual Bach · Sep 20, 2012
  • Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: another approach against the Sicilian: squeezing with the Bind · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian DefenseMaróczy Bind · Sep 19, 2012
  • Is Constitution Day Constitutional? · ConstitutionConstitution DayCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghHugh F. McGoughBill Peduto · Sep 18, 2012
  • Excited by the new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Society · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyPittsburghPalestrinaViadanachessGeorge Frideric HandelGeorg Philipp Telemann · Sep 16, 2012
  • Déja vu in chess: recognize this Sicilian pattern? · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian Defensepsychology · Sep 15, 2012
  • Round 2 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: winning in the Sicilian Defense; the philosophy and psychology of struggle · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian Defense · Sep 12, 2012
  • Running my 8th Pretty Good Race 5K: dealing with disappointment · runningSchenley ParkPittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityracesPretty Good RaceRubyFiveFingers · Sep 7, 2012
  • My Pittsburgh Ruby talk: "nil: historical, theoretical, comparative, philosophical, and practical perspectives" · programmingPittsburghRuby · Sep 6, 2012
  • Round 1 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the Greek gift sacrifice · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Sep 4, 2012
  • Why I do not play chess online: chess as a human activity · chessPittsburgh Chess ClubPittsburghfatherchildhood · Aug 30, 2012
  • Returning to chess, part 2: rejoining the Pittsburgh Chess Club and signing up for my sixth Fred Sorensen Memorial tournament · chessPittsburghJava · Aug 29, 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
  • My eighth time doing Run Around the Square 5K · runningracesPittsburghshoesFiveFingersRun Around The SquareFrick Park · Aug 25, 2012
  • Pittsburgh Python meetup: I gave my first lightning talk ever; the topic was SCons · PythonPittsburghprogrammingSConsdomain-specific languages · Aug 23, 2012
  • Steel City Ruby Conf review: Part 1: It's About People · conferenceprogrammingPittsburghRubyintroversionshynessSteel City RubyJim Weirichukulele · Aug 22, 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 first Steel City Ruby Conf: an amazing experience · conferenceprogrammingPittsburghRubySteel City Ruby · Aug 7, 2012
  • The paradox of practice: it's harder to go slow than go fast · practicemusicchessrunningballroom danceCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghLatin music · Aug 2, 2012
  • Walking and running in Invisible Shoes: a review of the Connect · walkingrunningbarefoot runningshoeshuarachesFrick ParkSchenley ParkPittsburghPretty Good RaceFiveFingersInvisible Shoes · Jul 26, 2012
  • Mideast Early Music Workshop 2012: a life-changing experience!! · musicrecorderBaroque flutesingingEnglish country danceimprovisationLaRoche CollegePittsburghMideast early music workshopGeorg Philipp TelemannInvisible ShoespracticeClaude DebussySyrinxconcertmaster classcookies · Jul 21, 2012
  • Petrified at a music jam session so I didn't play but watched and listened · musicimprovisationfluteBaroque fluterecordermandolinPittsburghbluesold time · Jul 3, 2012
  • My first French music jam: anxious but excited · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluesPittsburgh · Jul 2, 2012
  • Attending my first Google I/O Extended: Pittsburgh · programmingGoogleGoogle I/OPittsburghHTMLJavaScriptCSS · Jun 27, 2012
  • Walking the scenic route through Schenley Park to work · walkingSchenley ParkPittsburghbarefoot runningFiveFingersCarnegie Mellon UniversityPretty Good RacerunningPhipps ConservatoryCathedral of Learning · Jun 18, 2012
  • Report on the first Pittsburgh TechFest, 2012 · Pittsburgh TechFestprogrammingPittsburgh.NETNodeCoffeeScriptRubyJavaPHPSeleniumKinectScalaactorsAkkaUXAgileBackboneRESTiOS · Jun 9, 2012
  • Heinz Hall Memories: at the Pittsburgh Symphony, being shocked out of my mind upon experiencing Prokofiev's second piano concerto for the first time; also, a note on human memory · musicPittsburghHeinz HallPittsburgh Symphony OrchestrapianoMikhail RudyYefim BronfmanMariss Jansonsmemory · Jun 8, 2012
  • Your Day Without Shoes and my very first day out completely without shoes · barefoot runningshoesRubyPittsburghSquirrel HillFiveFingers · Jun 7, 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
  • Attending my first CMU Baroque Ensemble concert: enjoying Bach's Brandenburg 2 · musicCarnegie Mellon UniversityStephen SchultzPittsburghJohann Sebastian BachBaroque fluterecorderErin Yanacektrumpet · Apr 29, 2012
  • My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenberg · musicpracticeimprovisationrecorderBaroque flutetin whistleflutemandolinIrish flutePittsburghPittsburgh Renaissance and BaroquememoryChris NormanDavid Greenberg · Apr 21, 2012
  • One week of commuting on foot because of CMU Carnival · walkingrunningdrivingparkingCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnivalbikingPittsburgh · Apr 16, 2012
  • The joy and challenge of making beautiful sounds together · musicrecorderflutePittsburghharmonyGeorg Philipp Telemann · Mar 18, 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
  • Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #5: "Change" · Pittsburgh Geek Out DayOpen SpacesPittsburgh · Mar 3, 2012
  • Snowing means sambar at Coriander India Grill · PittsburghSquirrel HillfoodexercisepaleofastingrestaurantsCoriander India Grill · Feb 26, 2012
  • Pittsburgh Java User Group: Get Going with Git on Java Projects · PittsburghJavaPittJUGGitGitHublearning · Feb 21, 2012
  • Enjoying more French dancing in Pittsburgh · PittsburghFrench dancedancetraditional danceCarnegie Mellon UniversitybluesmarriageGullifty'spierogies · Feb 20, 2012
  • On playing my first games of chess in a year · chesspracticePittsburgh · Feb 7, 2012
  • A strange winter hike in Frick Park · hikingwinterFiveFingersPittsburghFrick Park · Feb 6, 2012
  • Liebster Blog Award: 5 blogs you should check out · writingblogsPittsburghPodCamp Pittsburgh · Jan 29, 2012
  • A new friend's very musical birthday party changed my life · musicchessPittsburghflute · Jan 27, 2012
  • Learning about gardening from Grow Pittsburgh · gardeningorganic gardeningGrow PittsburghPittsburghKretschmann Farm · Jan 27, 2012
  • Pittsburgh Java User Group: Developing Languages Using JRuby · programmingPittsburghJavaPittJUGcompilerparser combinatorsParsletBitescriptdomain-specific languagesRuby · Jan 24, 2012
  • Discovering French traditional social dance in Pittsburgh · PittsburghFrench dancedancetraditional danceballroom dance · Jan 23, 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
  • Fun at the East End Food Co-op Winterfest · East End Food Co-opWinterfestPittsburghBury the Cabbagetin whistledancecookies · Dec 18, 2011
  • Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball! · musicrecorderflutetin whistletamburitzaPittsburgh Contras and SquaresHoliday BalldancePittsburghcontra dancecookies · Dec 17, 2011
  • Global Day of CodeRetreat: Pittsburgh · CSEdWeeklearningteachingCodeRetreatprogrammingPittsburghJavaPythonCsharpHaskellCorey HainesTest-Driven DevelopmentM*ModalVivisimo · Dec 6, 2011
  • Why I am writing this week for CSEdWeek · CSEdWeekcomputer scienceeducationlearningteachingCodeRetreatPittsburghprogramming · Dec 4, 2011
  • I'm going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Monday · musicrecorderperformanceanxietyPittsburghflutemelodicaCarnegie Mellon UniversityPhipps Conservatory · Dec 1, 2011
  • My first Pittsburgh Clojure Meetup: Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant on core.logic · programmingClojurePittsburghSchemeLispCommon LispEmacscore.logicdomain-specific languagesmacros · Nov 15, 2011
  • On not reading concert program notes · musicdanceconcertsPittsburghrecorderDas Collectif · Nov 11, 2011
  • I don't know if I should vote but I did · politicsvotinglibraryreferendumPittsburgh · Nov 8, 2011
  • Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #4: "Design" · Pittsburgh Geek Out DayOpen SpacesPittsburghPittJUG · Nov 5, 2011
  • My favorite barber; fourteen years of haircuts and counting · Pittsburghbarber · Oct 29, 2011
  • Open Spaces success at the Pittsburgh Java User Group! · PittsburghJavaPittJUGOpen SpacesScalaGroovyScalaCheckScalaTestspecs2testing · Oct 26, 2011
  • Paleo diet experimentation · paleocookingPittsburgh · Oct 23, 2011
  • One month anniversary of my blog · writingblogPodCamp PittsburghPittsburgh · Oct 21, 2011
  • Pittsburgh software developer communities · programmingPittsburghRubyPythonJavaScriptjQueryJavaGeek Out DayAppleiOSClojureCoding Dojo.NET · Oct 16, 2011
  • Snapshots of Pittsburgh From a 12-mile Run · runningPittsburghFiveFingersFrick ParkSummersetHomewood Cemetery · Oct 15, 2011
  • Agile Anti-Patterns · programmingAgilePittsburgh · Oct 14, 2011
  • I Love Trail Running in Frick Park · runningFrick ParkPittsburghFiveFingers · Oct 12, 2011
  • Only in Pittsburgh: Lord of the Fries · foodPittsburghPrimanti's · Oct 10, 2011
  • My God It's Full of Stairs! Pittsburgh Step Trek 2011 · PittsburghSouth Side SlopesPittsburgh Step TrekhikingshoesFiveFingers · Oct 8, 2011
  • Pittsburgh Ruby: Building a Compiler in JRuby · programmingPittsburghRubyJRubyJavacompilerparser combinatorsParsletBitescriptdomain-specific languages · Oct 6, 2011
  • I Love Music but Rarely Listen to It Now · musicPittsburghconcertsrecordertime managementrunning · Oct 2, 2011
  • Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet · PittsburghRun ShadysiderunningracesshoesFiveFingerspodcampCommuniTeachmusicrecorderukuleleaccordiontrumpetmelodicafermentation · Oct 1, 2011
  • Free to the People: Since 1895 · bookslibraryPittsburghCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Sep 30, 2011
  • When jQuery Attacks · programmingjQueryJavaScriptNodemeetupPittsburgh · Sep 27, 2011
  • I Don't Feel Like Practicing; but I'm Gonna Do It Anyway · musicpracticerecorderinspirationalPittsburghsick · Sep 26, 2011
  • Running My Ninth Pittsburgh Great Race 10K: Blistered but Blissful in the 'Burgh · runningracesGreat RacePittsburghinspirationalshoesFiveFingersSmiley Cookiecookies · Sep 25, 2011
  • Roaring Like a Lion on a Saturday Morning · yogaPittsburghaccordionSquirrel Hill · Sep 24, 2011
  • Happiness Is: Finishing 39th of 43 Men in a Race! · runningracesCarnegie Mellon UniversityinspirationalPittsburghshoesFiveFingersGreat Race · Sep 23, 2011
  • Pizza With Fries · pizzafoodPittsburgh · Sep 22, 2011
  • Byron Janis on Overcoming Adversity · musicpianoCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghinspirationalrecorderPittsburgh Recorder Society · Sep 22, 2011