Category: Pittsburgh

245 posts

11/1/2014How I avoid demotivating myself away from voting
10/22/2014Climbing the Cathedral of Learning to get to the Harvard Classics
10/8/2014Pittsburgh Code and Supply: Making music with Overtone in Clojure; Conveying information through sound
10/5/2014A pretty exploratory fall hike in Frick Park and Duck Hollow
9/17/2014Observing Constitution Day with "The Supreme Court and Privacy: The Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age"
8/6/2014Thoughts on the construction of the new Frick Environmental Center
7/23/2014The growth of loyalty after seventeen years
7/18/2014Pittsburgh Code and Supply: Programming in journalism
7/13/2014The one thing I remember Lorin Maazel for
7/4/2014Third year at July 3 music party and finally participated in jamming
6/4/2014Thoughts on National Running Day 2014
5/21/2014Why I voted yet again
5/19/2014When I'm feeling too tired to venture out, there's always Frick Park
5/18/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: discovering the beauty of Alonso Lobo
5/16/2014Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Exploring type-directed, test-driven development using FizzBuzz (my practice talk)
5/12/2014A short Sunday hike in Frick Park
4/27/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Palestrina, Gombert, and Dolly Parton cookies
3/30/2014Life: cooking, eating with friends, music jamming, dancing
3/16/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Something new recently: recording our practice sessions
3/8/2014Thoughts on attending the Duquesne Young Artist Performance Awards Winners Showcase
2/24/2014OpenHack Pittsburgh: working on a private project
2/16/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: 7-part Gabrieli and coconut chocolate cookies
2/14/2014Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Implicits
1/28/2014OpenHack Pittsburgh: a great place to share and learn
1/26/2014My first time at an English country dance music jam
1/25/2014How Pittsburgh meetups changed my life
1/10/2014Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Introduction to Reactive
12/29/2013Beechview urban hike: funky steps, Canton Avenue climb, delicious pizza at Slice on Broadway
12/6/2013Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: code walk through tic-tac-toe with Play
11/26/2013A fine trumpet recital by Erin Yanacek
11/20/2013Chamber music concert at CMU featured Bach's Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio
11/18/2013Pittsburgh Recorder Society continues to add members
11/3/2013The dilemma of how to descend the Cathedral of Learning once at the top
10/29/2013An early start on Cathedral of Learning stair climbing
10/22/2013I never expected my first wooden recorders to be Renaissance recorders
10/20/2013The biggest Pittsburgh Recorder Society meeting I have attended in two years!!
10/11/2013Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: learning by reading Josh's code!
10/10/2013Pittsburgh Pirates: it was not to be
10/6/2013Was that a ukulele I heard in Frick Park? No, a cavaquinho
10/4/20139 things you could be doing in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 5
10/3/2013Rubber Duckie and Steel City Ukuleles rehearsal
9/26/2013Why you should go out to the Pittsburgh South Side Slopes Step Trek
9/19/2013My third meeting of the Steel City Ukuleles: finally ordered a new instrument
9/17/2013On not celebrating Constitution Day this year, 2013
9/16/2013New goals for a new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Society
9/15/2013Saying No: on not playing in the Pittsburgh Chess League this season for the CMU Tartans
9/15/2013Back to French dance: potluck and party
9/7/2013Was it worth sprinting to a terrible fall to finish 25th in the CMU Pretty Good Race 5K?
9/5/2013My second meeting of the Steel City Ukuleles: why I already signed up to perform before being ready
8/26/2013OpenHack Pittsburgh: learning Elixir test-driven and package-publishing
8/24/2013Reflections on my slowest Run Around the Square 5K in 13 years
8/24/2013Another unexpected life change: one month of learning to play ukulele
8/23/2013Pittsburgh Data Visualization: D3 and only D3
8/19/2013My lightning talk at Steel City Ruby 2013: "Reflections"
8/19/2013Steel City Ruby 2013: my second year and it radically changed my life again (part 1)
8/14/2013Pittsburgh Java User Group: Java EE 7, 8, and beyond; or done?
8/10/2013Getting up when reality punches you in the face: running the second Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh
8/9/2013A haircut leading to my playing "I'll Always Love You" on flute
8/8/2013Pittsburgh Data Visualization: D3 and R
8/4/2013A new hike in Frick Park with Abby
8/3/2013Pittsburgh Ruby/Python social and some observations about our polyglot world
8/1/2013Pittsburgh Node Meetup: Optimizing development workflow with Grunt
7/31/2013Pittsburgh Data Visualization Meetup: inaugural meet and greet
7/31/2013I miss playing chess at the Pittsburgh Chess Club
7/26/2013All India: great new Indian restaurant in Pittsburgh
7/11/2013Pittsburgh Ruby lightning talk night: RVM, business logic with Rails, IRC, rspec-given, Vagrant
7/10/2013Pittsburgh JavaScript meetup: functional programming
7/4/2013Second year at July 3 music party: still only listening without playing
6/26/2013Pittsburgh Python: night of the favorite module
6/25/2013Pittsburgh Java User Group: Building and Evolving a Java API
6/19/2013Pittsburgh Scala meetup: Introduction to Actors Systems
6/9/2013Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2013: dancing salsa to Eddie Palmieri
6/6/2013Celebrating National Running Day quietly in Frick Park
6/2/2013Report on the second Pittsburgh TechFest, 2013
5/26/2013Learning the Congo de Captieux traditional French dance
5/21/2013Voting in the face of election apathy
5/16/2013Google I/O 2013 Extended: Pittsburgh
5/13/2013Chatham Baroque: The Pleasures of Purcell
5/9/2013Back to what running is really about for me
5/7/2013Why I feel sad when people congratulate me for finishing the Pittsburgh Marathon
5/7/20132013 Pittsburgh Marathon: my 135th race was the worst I finished, but I did!
4/30/2013Celebrating the victory of the CMU Tartans in the 2012-13 Pittsburgh Chess League season
4/25/2013Pittsburgh Python: Kenneth Reitz on Heroku
4/21/2013On overtraining and feeling injured two weeks before the Pittsburgh Marathon
4/20/2013Going out too fast yet again in my third Random Distance Run
4/20/2013Commuting on foot during CMU Carnival week as cross-training for the Pittsburgh Marathon
4/19/2013Pittsburgh OvreArts concert "Art songs and interludes"
4/15/2013Boston Marathon tragedy: please avoid the news porn
4/14/2013My final 16-mile long run before Pittsburgh Marathon featured two radical experiments
4/12/2013My Pittsburgh Scala Meetup talk on property-based testing using ScalaCheck
4/10/2013My first interval workout before the Pittsburgh Marathon
4/7/2013Alia Musica concert including flutist Robert Dick
4/6/2013A comeback from Pittsburgh Marathon overtraining
4/5/2013Energetic Robert Dick solo flute recital in Pittsburgh with Alia Musica
3/30/2013Report on Just A Short Run: my first half marathon in nine years!
3/26/2013OpenHack Pittsburgh: exploring Scala odds and ends
3/21/2013The final Cathedral of Learning stair climb before the Fight for Air Climb
3/18/2013Only one easy rep of the Cathedral of Learning stair climb
3/16/201318 miles in Vibram FiveFingers: training for the Pittsburgh Marathon through a St. Patrick's Day parade
3/11/2013Now at four reps of the Cathedral of Learning stair climb!
3/10/201311 Pittsburgh bridge crossings in one 12-mile run
3/5/2013Finally moving up from two to three Cathedral of Learning reps
3/3/2013My first Steel City Road Runners winter 5K race
3/2/2013Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #8: "Learning"
3/1/2013Another exciting concert at Bar Marco: Chris Norman and the Chatham Baroque playing a tasty assortment of dynamic music
2/28/2013Pittsburgh Python: distribute and other Python community controversies
2/26/2013Stepping it up at the French and blues jam
2/26/2013OpenHack Pittsburgh: studying Scala
2/25/20132013 Pittsburgh Marathon training progress since signing up three weeks ago: finally coming up with a plan!
2/24/2013Finally doing the Cathedral of Learning stair climb as part of Team Ferlee
2/22/2013The second meeting of the Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Josh Suereth on functional patterns for the asynchronous Web
2/20/2013Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 6: Winning as Black like a madman!
2/15/2013Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 5: Surprised at move 4 of the opening!
2/11/2013Attending J-Jam in Squirrel Hill but not playing music in it
2/6/2013Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 4: fascinating attacking-defending game!!
2/4/2013Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 3: attack, defense, and sacrifices
2/2/2013An unexpected afternoon tour: 9 miles of running, 1 Cathedral of Learning stair climb, 2 chess tournaments
1/31/2013Why and how I am going to run the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon
1/27/2013How to gut out the tough workout
1/23/2013Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 2: surviving time trouble
1/22/2013Attending the first OpenHack Pittsburgh meeting
1/19/2013Why I've chosen to perform only two repetitions of the Cathedral of Learning stair climb
1/16/2013Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 1: the art of swindling
1/15/2013How the best player won the last Pittsburgh Chess Club Tuesday night tournament
1/15/2013Three questions to ask yourself when you don't feel like doing your scheduled workout
1/11/2013CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh with David "Mr. McFeely" Newell
1/11/20132013 is my year of Scala
1/7/2013Primanti's and the Cathedral of Learning
1/4/2013I had no choice but to barefoot climb the Cathedral of Learning
12/28/2012Meditations on climbing the 36 floors of the Pitt Cathedral of Learning
12/19/2012Special treat: Dutch jazz trumpeter Eric Vloeimans performed in Pittsburgh!
12/18/2012Round 6 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: playing pragmatically
12/15/2012East End Food Co-op Winterfest 2012
12/14/2012Pittsburgh Contras and Squares Holiday Ball 2012
12/14/2012CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh, the first session: Nina Barbuto on "Making Learning a Party"
12/11/2012Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: psychology of losing another won game
12/9/2012Playing music on recorders at a Phipps Conservatory "candlelight evening"
12/8/2012My favorite Uncle Sam's sub
12/4/2012Round 4 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the agony of losing a won game against the difficult opponent
11/27/2012Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the difficult opponent, and revenge of the Bishop
11/25/2012Dan Possumato and friends playing Irish, Scottish, French music
11/24/2012Preparing to play Irish flute in the Holiday Ball
11/20/2012Round 2 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: Very short game with a note on psychology
11/19/2012Preparing for December 9 recorder performance in Phipps Conservatory
11/18/2012Report on CMU Baroque Ensemble concert, with Stephen Schultz on Baroque flute
11/14/2012Classical Revolution: Pittsburgh's AquiTango delivers passionate traditional tango
11/13/2012Round 1 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: revenge of the Knight
11/11/2012Pittsburgh Chess League Round 3: back to chess after a month off
11/5/2012The start of a local Haskell study group
11/3/2012Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 2
11/2/2012Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 1
10/28/2012PodCamp Pittsburgh 7: review
10/28/2012Singing and playing bossa nova favorite "Chega de Saudade" at Dunkin' Donuts for J-Jam
10/26/2012Yet another haircut from Joe: always worth the wait
10/24/2012My Pittsburgh Python talk: "Testing with isolation: concepts and examples using the Python standard library `mock`"
10/21/2012Playing recorder in a group
10/15/2012French music jam with unexpected new musicians
10/14/2012Pittsburgh Chess League Round 2: natural moves are often bad
10/13/2012Introducing a friend to the joys of trail running in Frick Park
10/10/2012Musicians' workshop by the contra dance Great Bear Trio at the Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend
10/9/2012Final round of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: clawing back from a terrible position to draw and tie for first
10/7/2012My first contra dance workshop: unexpected fun!
10/6/2012The Fineview Stepathon 2012: Pittsburgh's grueling urban trail race
10/4/2012Chatham Baroque: thoughts on playing new non-Baroque music on Baroque instruments
10/2/2012Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: On Benoni "Emasculation" and Learning
9/30/2012Running my 10th Great Race 10K: "obscene but in a good way"
9/28/2012Another French music jam; also, announcing CATS Dance
9/23/2012Living Appalachian music of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers with Ellen Gozion
9/22/2012Celebrating this blog's one-year anniversary
9/20/2012My first bobblehead doll: guess who?
9/19/2012Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: another approach against the Sicilian: squeezing with the Bind
9/18/2012Is Constitution Day Constitutional?
9/16/2012Excited by the new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Society
9/15/2012Déja vu in chess: recognize this Sicilian pattern?
9/12/2012Round 2 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: winning in the Sicilian Defense; the philosophy and psychology of struggle
9/7/2012Running my 8th Pretty Good Race 5K: dealing with disappointment
9/6/2012My Pittsburgh Ruby talk: "nil: historical, theoretical, comparative, philosophical, and practical perspectives"
9/4/2012Round 1 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the Greek gift sacrifice
8/30/2012Why I do not play chess online: chess as a human activity
8/27/2012My second French music jam: playing my Irish flute in public for the first time
8/26/2012Latin jazz in Pittsburgh: Puro Queso
8/25/2012My eighth time doing Run Around the Square 5K
8/23/2012Pittsburgh Python meetup: I gave my first lightning talk ever; the topic was SCons
8/22/2012Steel City Ruby Conf review: Part 1: It's About People
8/21/2012Returning to chess, a lifetime sport: playing in the Pittsburgh Chess League
8/17/2012The inaugural Liberty Mile: a review of Pittsburgh's first road mile race, a great community event
8/7/2012The first Steel City Ruby Conf: an amazing experience
8/2/2012The paradox of practice: it's harder to go slow than go fast
7/26/2012Walking and running in Invisible Shoes: a review of the Connect
7/21/2012Mideast Early Music Workshop 2012: a life-changing experience!!
7/3/2012Petrified at a music jam session so I didn't play but watched and listened
7/2/2012My first French music jam: anxious but excited
6/27/2012Attending my first Google I/O Extended: Pittsburgh
6/18/2012Walking the scenic route through Schenley Park to work
6/9/2012Report on the first Pittsburgh TechFest, 2012
6/8/2012Heinz 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
6/7/2012Your Day Without Shoes and my very first day out completely without shoes
6/6/2012I celebrated National Running Day in Schenley Park: remembering how I began to run 13 years ago
4/29/2012Attending my first CMU Baroque Ensemble concert: enjoying Bach's Brandenburg 2
4/21/2012My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenberg
4/16/2012One week of commuting on foot because of CMU Carnival
3/18/2012The joy and challenge of making beautiful sounds together
3/10/2012Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife!
3/3/2012Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #5: "Change"
2/26/2012Snowing means sambar at Coriander India Grill
2/21/2012Pittsburgh Java User Group: Get Going with Git on Java Projects
2/20/2012Enjoying more French dancing in Pittsburgh
2/7/2012On playing my first games of chess in a year
2/6/2012A strange winter hike in Frick Park
1/29/2012Liebster Blog Award: 5 blogs you should check out
1/27/2012A new friend's very musical birthday party changed my life
1/27/2012Learning about gardening from Grow Pittsburgh
1/24/2012Pittsburgh Java User Group: Developing Languages Using JRuby
1/23/2012Discovering French traditional social dance in Pittsburgh
12/31/2011Reflections on 2011
12/18/2011Fun at the East End Food Co-op Winterfest
12/17/2011Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball!
12/6/2011Global Day of CodeRetreat: Pittsburgh
12/4/2011Why I am writing this week for CSEdWeek
12/1/2011I'm going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Monday
11/15/2011My first Pittsburgh Clojure Meetup: Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant on core.logic
11/11/2011On not reading concert program notes
11/8/2011I don't know if I should vote but I did
11/5/2011Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #4: "Design"
10/29/2011My favorite barber; fourteen years of haircuts and counting
10/26/2011Open Spaces success at the Pittsburgh Java User Group!
10/23/2011Paleo diet experimentation
10/21/2011One month anniversary of my blog
10/16/2011Pittsburgh software developer communities
10/15/2011Snapshots of Pittsburgh From a 12-mile Run
10/14/2011Agile Anti-Patterns
10/12/2011I Love Trail Running in Frick Park
10/10/2011Only in Pittsburgh: Lord of the Fries
10/8/2011My God It's Full of Stairs! Pittsburgh Step Trek 2011
10/6/2011Pittsburgh Ruby: Building a Compiler in JRuby
10/2/2011I Love Music but Rarely Listen to It Now
10/1/2011Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet
9/30/2011Free to the People: Since 1895
9/27/2011When jQuery Attacks
9/26/2011I Don't Feel Like Practicing; but I'm Gonna Do It Anyway
9/25/2011Running My Ninth Pittsburgh Great Race 10K: Blistered but Blissful in the 'Burgh
9/24/2011Roaring Like a Lion on a Saturday Morning
9/23/2011Happiness Is: Finishing 39th of 43 Men in a Race!
9/22/2011Pizza With Fries
9/22/2011Byron Janis on Overcoming Adversity