Entries from March, 2008

Brewers Ball

Posted by Ryan on March 26th, 2008 filed in Events

The Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis foundation will be holding their first annual Brewers Ball on April 4th from 6pm-11pm at the I.B.E.W Circuit Center on South Side. The event will be filled with microbrewed beer, music, and appetizers. The goal of the event is to raise $35,000 through auctions that will be […]

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Happy Birthday iJustine

Posted by Ryan on March 21st, 2008 filed in Blogs, Culture, Local News

Local lifecaster iJustine is HUGE on the internet, so huge she has proclaimed herself as the internet. It has became hard not to find her face on websites, not that we are complaining she is a beautiful girl.
Yesterday (March 20th) she celebrated her 24th birthday, and got birthday wishes throughout the net. iJustine has posted […]

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New Iron City Site

Posted by Ryan on March 21st, 2008 filed in Culture, Local News, Websites

I gave out a blurb on the last Iron City post about the need for a new Iron City website. Well, looks like a new site is now launched. The design looks entirely better than the previous design and is really aides to the new marking strategy.
Iron City’s New Site

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Saint Patrick’s Day With Ceann

Posted by Ryan on March 17th, 2008 filed in Events, Music

Today is the real day of Saint Patrick’s day and what better way to celebrate then then with local Irish rock band Ceann! The band will be performing at the Hard Rock Cafe in Station Square tonight at 8pm. Catch up with the band and show them your Irish spirit!

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“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Days UPDATE

Posted by Ryan on March 14th, 2008 filed in Culture, Events

The Post-Gazette has compiled a list of events that will be occurring for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Days. The events; which begin on March 20th, honor Fred Rogers who would have been celebrating his 80th birthday.
Update:
A “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Days website is now up with complete details on the event.

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Iron City Beer’s Grand Comeback!

Posted by Ryan on March 14th, 2008 filed in Culture, Local News

Iron City beer has been brewing for almost 150 years, and this year will mark a new campaign from Iron City to gain national popularity. Blog Drink Iron City has been keeping up with Iron City’s move to change the way they do business. One of the changes that will be noticed is the new […]

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Rusty Bridge Tees Available!

Posted by Ryan on March 13th, 2008 filed in Site News

Rusty Bridge has teamed up with Spreadshirt to create t-shirts. Spreadshirt is a semi-local company with main headquarters in Germany and a US office in Greensburg, PA.
All the tees are printed on American Apparel and feature the Rusty Bridge logo. We choose American Apparel because their products are manufactured in the United States.
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Mod Cloth

Posted by Ryan on March 13th, 2008 filed in Technology

The Pittsburgh online boutique ModCloth was recently mentioned in Pop City. The company, which was founded by two graduates of CMU, started the business selling retro-inspired clothing as a hobby. Thanks to technological aids they’ve been very successful, and today they’re looking to expand and hire more employees.

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CMU Sneakerology 101

Posted by Ryan on March 12th, 2008 filed in Art, Culture

Street fashion magazine Hypebeast posted an article today about CMU’s offering of a Sneakerology course. The course focuses on the roots of sneaker culture and the influences that have changed the way sneakers are perceived in the world. To study sneakers, the course refers to sneaker websites and the book Where’d You Get Those. The […]

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FIRST Robotics Competition On Friday

Posted by Chris on March 10th, 2008 filed in Events, Technology

Back in February I mentioned FIRST robotics — a youth robotics competition aimed at promoting engineering and science fields. The six weeks of intense robot building are over and the Pittsburgh regional will be held this weekend. The fun starts Thursday (March 15th), continues on Friday, and then concludes with a tournament and awards […]

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