Entries from December, 2007
Cupcake Shops Prosper, Expand
It was a big deal when two cupcake stores opened here in late 2006. Now, barely a year later, the Pittsburgh Business Times reports that both Dozen Cupcakes and CoCo’s Cupcake Cafe are doing extremely well and expanding to new locations. The new Dozen Bake Shop is opening in January at 3511 Butler St. in […]
Read More >>Mobile Museums Hitting our Streets
Beginning January 4th and 5th artist will be hitting the streets with their bike and a cart filled with art and innovative goods. The project is organized through Mobile Museum who’s goal is too “generate new insights, possibilities, and appreciation for individual interpretation of information via visual forms.” The most interesting part of this project […]
Read More >>Hookahs and CD Release Party
The all instrumental band Instead of Sleeping will be preforming a free show at Hookah Bookah on January 11th. Both Instead of Sleeping and Hookah Bookah are very excited about the event and expect a large audience. The show will help the band promote and release their new self-titled album. Instead of Sleeping are also […]
Read More >>Chris Visits: Chihuly at Phipps
It’s really very late to be mentioning that Chihuly thing, but this blog didn’t exist the first time I visited it and I just went back with some relatives. Plus, what with an extension to February 24th, it’s not like you can’t still get in if for some ungodly reason you haven’t yet. So […]
Read More >>Pittsburgh is 3rd Bloggiest City
According to USA Today, Pittsburgh is the 3rd “bloggiest” city. Based on a per capita measurement of Pittsburgh-specific blog posts Pittsburgh comes in behind only Boston and Philadelphia.John Geraci at outside.in, the company that provided the data, has written a blog post discussing why these seemingly unlikely cities made the cut. He suggests that although […]
Read More >>Robot Hides Cold Metal Body; Dances Into Our Hearts
A simple yellow robot built by a Japanese research scientist has been transformed into a YouTube star by Marek Michalowski, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute. In the video Keepon, the robot, dances to “I Turn My Camera On.” It has been viewed 1.6 million times.
The goal is to create robots to […]
Urban Living Exhibit at Wood Street Galleries
Next month Wood Street Galleries presents Urban Living. The exhibit will display the perspectives of how technology and the environment affect our urban living. The show will last from January 25 to April 5, 2008, and is free to the public.
Read More >>Podcast: Geek Riot
This local podcast does an excellent job of discussing current technology and news happening in our society. GeekRiot is hosted by Shawn Smith and Justine Ezarik. They have not been really active for a while now, but look forward to future installments of GeekRiot. The podcast premiers live every Sunday at 9 pm eastern, […]
Read More >>Pittsburgh Music Scene, Part One
Here is a round-up of local artists making their way slowly to the top of the charts. Some of the artists may not be widely known… yet, but they are making their way, growing in popularity quickly. Now we did not cover artists such as Punchline, Rusted Root, The Clarks or punk rockers Anti-Flag, […]
Read More >>Focus412: Shawn Wall
Saturday January 15th, Focus412 presents the photographic stylings of Shawn Wall. The event will be held at Remedy in Lawrenceville. Focus412 is a monthly series that showcases the photography of a Pittsburgh photographer. These events are opened to the public and encourage those outside the Flickr community to attend.
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