This is a great week for geeks in Pittsburgh.
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Whenever you’re near me I hear a symphony
What: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra “Blogfest Bonus” Concert — Shostakovich’s Centennial (“heroic, patriotic and blazing”) Where: Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave. When: October 8 — THIS SUNDAY — at 2:30 PM How Much: FREE for up to 30 Pittsburgh Bloggers!! The catch: Only bloggers listed with Pittsburgh Bloggers are eligible for complimentary tickets. Additional tickets are …
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The long-awaited Pittsburgh BlogIN
Calling all bloggers and wannabe bloggers: As a complement/counterpoint to our much-beloved Pittsburgh BlogFests, we’re starting a new type of event — one where instead of standing around talking about blogging, we get right down and do it. WHAT: The First Ever Pittsburgh BlogIN WHEN: Sunday, July 2, 1pm – 5pm WHERE: The Carnegie Library, …
The New Yorker thinks I’m bad at math
I’ll have to start visiting the Periodicals section of the Butler Public Library.
Friday on my mind
Hey! You’re coming to the BlogFest (#6) on Friday, right? Details below. Send me an email at blogfest (at) closkey . com so we can warn the waitstaff. I look forward to it with great antici… pation.
Pop City!
Hello, visitors from Pop City Media. Thanks for stopping by. I’m delighted that My Brilliant Mistakes received such a lovely mention in Jennifer Baron’s article surveying the state of blogging in Pittsburgh. And I’m even more pleased that I look sort of pleasant in the accompanying photo with Mike Woycheck. (I do wish, though, that …
The very best Steelers song EVER
Do do de oo do.
My blog wants to party all the time
Tonight is BlogFest 5. (You may call it Blogylon 5, if you prefer.) (At Finnegan’s Wake, 5pm until 9:30 or so, details here.) Announcements of our featured guest Robert Scoble seem to have created extra interest in the local blogging community: I’ve received excited RSVPs from folks who haven’t attended before. Which is always nice. …
Put one foot in front of the other
I missed a day of NaNoWriMo writing Monday, falling even further behind. So tonight I was determined at least not to lose more ground. Things looked grim at about 11:15pm when i still hadn’t come up with a single new word. But I stumbled along, trying first just to get the 1667 word quota for …
Happy Birthday to We
You say it’s your birthday! It’s my birthday too, yeah!