Entries from October, 2008
Zombie Fest
Zombies will once again walk this weekend, Ocotber 25 and 26 as the It’s Alive! 2008 Zombie Fest again takes over Monroeville Mall. The local mall known for it’s use in the original Dawn of the Dead and the new Seth Rogen movie, which has a hockey team inspired by zombies!
So get in your best [...]
The Monroeville Zombies Hockey Team
Monroeville mall hasn’t had an ice rink since 1984, but the rink will always be seen covered with the zombies of Dawn of the Dead.
Seth Rogen’s new film, which was filmed locally, has his character playing for the fictional hockey team the Monroeville Zombies. With the coming of the film, jerseys and shirts of this [...]
Chogger, the internets comic creator
One of AlphaLab’s more recent projects is Chogger, a webbased comic creator aimed for artist and non-artists. Chogger provides online tools for the creation of the comics, making it faster and simple to create comics.
Chogger is currently under limited access to alpha testers, but you can register for the site and use the comic creator. [...]
AlphaLab
AlphaLab is a new organization that will assist technology start-ups in Pittsburgh. AlphaLab’s goal is to help fund six future start-ups through a 20 week program by providing the funding, business assistance, advisers, the space, in a entrepreneurial community. Once the 20 week program is completed the new companies are asked to stay in Pittsburgh [...]
Read More >>Phipps gets a new look
Phipps has recently gone under a new web design change. This new design created by our friends over at Elliance, the creators behind Pittsburgh 2050. This new design is notable for how it offers a new unique viewing experience of Phipps and goes deeper into offer a more sophisticated user experience. One of these new [...]
Read More >>Pandora Radio visting Pittsburgh
Pandora’s box is the main concept of Pandora, a popular internet radio application which has become the number one site to listen to internet radio. Unlike a traditional radio station or other internet radio stations, Pandora will build a stream of music based on your music taste and will recommend new content based on these [...]
Read More >>Pittsburgh 250 Festival of Lights
As part of Pittsburgh’s 250 adversity the Festival of Lights will be returning to brightly illuminate Downtown. The festival has become a unique part of Pittsburgh, and has become the largest of its kind in the world.
This year however, downtown is not alone in the light filled art. Oakland’s Cathedral of Learning and the Stephen [...]
The Pittsburgh Rare: Steaks and Real Estate
Pittsburgher’s can look no further for the latest in real estate trends, the blog The Pittsburgh Rare delivers a meal they like to consider “cutting to the bone of Pittsburgh Real Estate.” The Pittsburgh Rare has become the go-to destination in the local real estate market offering great facts, market info, and current real estate [...]
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