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2013

Pittsburgh Java User Group: Building and Evolving a Java APIoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2013
Introducing this new programming blogoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2013
Pittsburgh Scala meetup: Introduction to Actors Systemsoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2013
Hiking in Boyce Parkoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2013
Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2013: dancing salsa to Eddie Palmierioriginal ↗
9 Jun 2013
Celebrating National Running Day quietly in Frick Parkoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2013
Some thoughts on starting to give talks a year agooriginal ↗
3 Jun 2013
Pittsburgh Tech Fest 2013: my talk "Stop Overusing Regular Expressions!"original ↗
2 Jun 2013
Report on the second Pittsburgh TechFest, 2013original ↗
2 Jun 2013
100th anniversary: remembering the first time I heard Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring"original ↗
30 May 2013
Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: my talk "Stop Overusing Regular Expressions!"original ↗
30 May 2013
Learning the Congo de Captieux traditional French danceoriginal ↗
26 May 2013
Why I will always pronounce "GIF" like "gift" and not like "Jif"original ↗
25 May 2013
Reflections on Richard Wagner's 200th birthday: beautiful music without a futureoriginal ↗
22 May 2013
Attending a meeting of the Washington DC Recorder Society while visitingoriginal ↗
22 May 2013
Voting in the face of election apathyoriginal ↗
21 May 2013
Google I/O 2013 Extended: Pittsburghoriginal ↗
16 May 2013
Chatham Baroque: The Pleasures of Purcelloriginal ↗
13 May 2013
My Rachel Carson Trail hike for the year (13.4 miles): and how this is about love and gratitudeoriginal ↗
13 May 2013
Back to what running is really about for meoriginal ↗
9 May 2013
Happy birthday, Johannes Brahms! 3 takes on a musical favoriteoriginal ↗
8 May 2013
Why I feel sad when people congratulate me for finishing the Pittsburgh Marathonoriginal ↗
7 May 2013
2013 Pittsburgh Marathon: my 135th race was the worst I finished, but I did!original ↗
7 May 2013
I spent the past week not knowing whether I could run in the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon tomorroworiginal ↗
5 May 2013
Playing violin music on fluteoriginal ↗
4 May 2013
Celebrating the victory of the CMU Tartans in the 2012-13 Pittsburgh Chess League seasonoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2013
Missing the final Steel City Road Runners taper run because of injury and burnoutoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2013
Back from injury: an unexpected fast finish Steel City Road Runners training runoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2013
Pittsburgh Python: Kenneth Reitz on Herokuoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2013
On rewatching a TV episode after over 30 yearsoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2013
On overtraining and feeling injured two weeks before the Pittsburgh Marathonoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2013
Going out too fast yet again in my third Random Distance Runoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2013
Commuting on foot during CMU Carnival week as cross-training for the Pittsburgh Marathonoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2013
Pittsburgh OvreArts concert "Art songs and interludes"original ↗
19 Apr 2013
Boston Marathon tragedy: please avoid the news pornoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2013
RIP Robert Byrne, American chess grandmaster and columnist who gave my childhood meaningoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2013
My final 16-mile long run before Pittsburgh Marathon featured two radical experimentsoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2013
Singing and playing tango and jazz at an unexpected music partyoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2013
My Pittsburgh Scala Meetup talk on property-based testing using ScalaCheckoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2013
My first interval workout before the Pittsburgh Marathonoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2013
On finally upgrading my Samsung Galaxy S II phone to Jelly Beanoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2013
Alia Musica concert including flutist Robert Dickoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2013
A comeback from Pittsburgh Marathon overtrainingoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2013
Energetic Robert Dick solo flute recital in Pittsburgh with Alia Musicaoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2013
Attending a fascinating Robert Dick flute lecture and master classoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2013
Report on Just A Short Run: my first half marathon in nine years!original ↗
30 Mar 2013
Flute master class: becoming a great ensemble playeroriginal ↗
26 Mar 2013
OpenHack Pittsburgh: exploring Scala odds and endsoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2013
RIP Bebo Valdés, master pianist of Cuban musicoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2013
My second year of celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday: a tale of accidental loveoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2013
The final Cathedral of Learning stair climb before the Fight for Air Climboriginal ↗
21 Mar 2013
My second ever blindfold chess gameoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2013
Only one easy rep of the Cathedral of Learning stair climboriginal ↗
18 Mar 2013
Finally doing some Latin music jamming on flute; also Irish and Frenchoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2013
18 miles in Vibram FiveFingers: training for the Pittsburgh Marathon through a St. Patrick's Day paradeoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2013
Now at four reps of the Cathedral of Learning stair climb!original ↗
11 Mar 2013
11 Pittsburgh bridge crossings in one 12-mile runoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2013
Finally moving up from two to three Cathedral of Learning repsoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2013
My first Steel City Road Runners winter 5K raceoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2013
Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #8: "Learning"original ↗
2 Mar 2013
Dealing with setbacks during my second month of meditationoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2013
Another exciting concert at Bar Marco: Chris Norman and the Chatham Baroque playing a tasty assortment of dynamic musicoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2013
Pittsburgh Python: distribute and other Python community controversiesoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2013
Stepping it up at the French and blues jamoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2013
OpenHack Pittsburgh: studying Scalaoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2013
2013 Pittsburgh Marathon training progress since signing up three weeks ago: finally coming up with a plan!original ↗
25 Feb 2013
Finally doing the Cathedral of Learning stair climb as part of Team Ferleeoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2013
Celebrating two years of playing recorderoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2013
The second meeting of the Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Josh Suereth on functional patterns for the asynchronous Weboriginal ↗
22 Feb 2013
Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 6: Winning as Black like a madman!original ↗
20 Feb 2013
Why flatten a tree when you can just traverse it?original ↗
15 Feb 2013
Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 5: Surprised at move 4 of the opening!original ↗
15 Feb 2013
Attending J-Jam in Squirrel Hill but not playing music in itoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2013
NE Scala 2013: my first Scala conference!original ↗
11 Feb 2013
Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 4: fascinating attacking-defending game!!original ↗
6 Feb 2013
Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 3: attack, defense, and sacrificesoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2013
An unexpected afternoon tour: 9 miles of running, 1 Cathedral of Learning stair climb, 2 chess tournamentsoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2013
A report on one month of daily meditationoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2013
Doing an unexpected workoutoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2013
Why and how I am going to run the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathonoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2013
My first blues music jam happened after the regular French music jamoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2013
How to gut out the tough workoutoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2013
Music I just played for the first time: recorder sonata, tangosoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2013
My father always said "Think of it as exercise"original ↗
26 Jan 2013
Notes on exercising while sick or tiredoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2013
Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 2: surviving time troubleoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2013
Attending the first OpenHack Pittsburgh meetingoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2013
Thoughts on an unexpected winter barefoot runoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2013
Why I've chosen to perform only two repetitions of the Cathedral of Learning stair climboriginal ↗
19 Jan 2013
Modern chess: computers shutting down opening theory, part 2original ↗
19 Jan 2013
How Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in my computer programoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2013
Winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoes: revisitedoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2013
Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 1: the art of swindlingoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2013
How the best player won the last Pittsburgh Chess Club Tuesday night tournamentoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2013
Three questions to ask yourself when you don't feel like doing your scheduled workoutoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2013
The special bond between children and their fathers, through chessoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2013
Cooking the huge batch of food: sweet potatoes, peppers, butternut squashoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2013
CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh with David "Mr. McFeely" Newelloriginal ↗
12 Jan 2013
2013 is my year of Scalaoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2013
The hug system of habit breaking and formingoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2013
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