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2013

Primanti's and the Cathedral of Learningoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2013
Cooking the whole cauliflower including the leaves againoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2013
I had no choice but to barefoot climb the Cathedral of Learningoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2013
A winter red cabbage slaw for the New Yearoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2013
Why I went Frick Park trail running in snowfall for the first time in a decadeoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2013

2012

When I don't have time to sit and breathe, something is wrong with my lifeoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2012
Meditations on climbing the 36 floors of the Pitt Cathedral of Learningoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2012
I changed how I live after reading Joshua Foer's "Moonwalking with Einstein"original ↗
25 Dec 2012
Playing tango on melodica and singing Christmas carolsoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2012
Special treat: Dutch jazz trumpeter Eric Vloeimans performed in Pittsburgh!original ↗
20 Dec 2012
Round 6 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: playing pragmaticallyoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2012
East End Food Co-op Winterfest 2012original ↗
16 Dec 2012
Pittsburgh Contras and Squares Holiday Ball 2012original ↗
15 Dec 2012
CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh, the first session: Nina Barbuto on "Making Learning a Party"original ↗
15 Dec 2012
Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: psychology of losing another won gameoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2012
RIP Charles Rosen, pianist and scholaroriginal ↗
11 Dec 2012
Playing music on recorders at a Phipps Conservatory "candlelight evening"original ↗
10 Dec 2012
My favorite Uncle Sam's suboriginal ↗
9 Dec 2012
Round 4 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the agony of losing a won game against the difficult opponentoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2012
Oblivion obsession: time to start playing melodica!original ↗
3 Dec 2012
A short note on the fallibility of crowdsourcing: reCAPTCHA and long soriginal ↗
2 Dec 2012
A short note on the use of chess opening booksoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2012
Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the difficult opponent, and revenge of the Bishoporiginal ↗
28 Nov 2012
Dan Possumato and friends playing Irish, Scottish, French musicoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2012
Preparing to play Irish flute in the Holiday Balloriginal ↗
25 Nov 2012
Thanking the best of all possible worldsoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2012
Round 2 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: Very short game with a note on psychologyoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2012
Preparing for December 9 recorder performance in Phipps Conservatoryoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2012
Report on CMU Baroque Ensemble concert, with Stephen Schultz on Baroque fluteoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2012
A childhood dream come true: I am now finally singing for real!original ↗
18 Nov 2012
Review of Coursera's Fall 2012 "Functional Programming Principles in Scala"original ↗
16 Nov 2012
Classical Revolution: Pittsburgh's AquiTango delivers passionate traditional tangooriginal ↗
15 Nov 2012
Round 1 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: revenge of the Knightoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2012
Pittsburgh Chess League Round 3: back to chess after a month offoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2012
I decided to resign myself to continue votingoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2012
The start of a local Haskell study grouporiginal ↗
5 Nov 2012
Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 2original ↗
4 Nov 2012
Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 1original ↗
3 Nov 2012
PodCamp Pittsburgh 7: revieworiginal ↗
28 Oct 2012
Singing and playing bossa nova favorite "Chega de Saudade" at Dunkin' Donuts for J-Jamoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2012
Singing an Irish ballad as an Asian pirate at a Halloween belly dance Haflaoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2012
Yet another haircut from Joe: always worth the waitoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2012
My Pittsburgh Python talk: "Testing with isolation: concepts and examples using the Python standard library `mock`"original ↗
25 Oct 2012
Reflections on Food Dayoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2012
Playing recorder in a grouporiginal ↗
21 Oct 2012
Learning about Parasail: a new parallel programming languageoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2012
French music jam with unexpected new musiciansoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2012
Pittsburgh Chess League Round 2: natural moves are often badoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2012
Introducing a friend to the joys of trail running in Frick Parkoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2012
Musicians' workshop by the contra dance Great Bear Trio at the Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekendoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2012
Final round of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: clawing back from a terrible position to draw and tie for firstoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2012
My first contra dance workshop: unexpected fun!original ↗
8 Oct 2012
The Fineview Stepathon 2012: Pittsburgh's grueling urban trail raceoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2012
First anniversary of Steve Jobs' death: let the dead bury the deadoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2012
Chatham Baroque: thoughts on playing new non-Baroque music on Baroque instrumentsoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2012
Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: On Benoni "Emasculation" and Learningoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2012
Running my 10th Great Race 10K: "obscene but in a good way"original ↗
30 Sept 2012
Another French music jam; also, announcing CATS Danceoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2012
Why I missed the CMU intramural XC race this yearoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2012
The worst chess move I ever played: why did I do that?original ↗
27 Sept 2012
Thank you, Glenn Gould, for introducing me to Schönberg!original ↗
25 Sept 2012
A fact of modern chess: computers shutting down opening theoryoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2012
A short example of why I prefer static typing: learning Gradleoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2012
Living Appalachian music of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers with Ellen Gozionoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2012
Celebrating the birthday of John Coltrane, the Beethoven of jazzoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2012
Celebrating this blog's one-year anniversaryoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2012
My first time singing bossa nova; also, a temporary farewell to Baroque fluteoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2012
Four generations of Apple laptopsoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2012
My first bobblehead doll: guess who?original ↗
20 Sept 2012
Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: another approach against the Sicilian: squeezing with the Bindoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2012
Is Constitution Day Constitutional?original ↗
18 Sept 2012
My end-of-summer vegetable medley recipeoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2012
Excited by the new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Societyoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2012
Déja vu in chess: recognize this Sicilian pattern?original ↗
16 Sept 2012
The passion of Bach's Air on the G String: three very different interpretationsoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2012
Happy Programmers' Day!original ↗
13 Sept 2012
Round 2 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: winning in the Sicilian Defense; the philosophy and psychology of struggleoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2012
The paradox of writing: doing versus writingoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2012
Finally performing some sonatas for Baroque fluteoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2012
Running my 8th Pretty Good Race 5K: dealing with disappointmentoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2012
My Pittsburgh Ruby talk: "nil: historical, theoretical, comparative, philosophical, and practical perspectives"original ↗
7 Sept 2012
Round 1 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the Greek gift sacrificeoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2012
Why I do not play chess online: chess as a human activityoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2012
Five reasons we just stocked up on Vibram FiveFingers KSO Trek shoesoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2012
My second French music jam: playing my Irish flute in public for the first timeoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2012
Latin jazz in Pittsburgh: Puro Quesooriginal ↗
27 Aug 2012
My eighth time doing Run Around the Square 5Koriginal ↗
25 Aug 2012
Pittsburgh Python meetup: I gave my first lightning talk ever; the topic was SConsoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2012
Steel City Ruby Conf review: Part 1: It's About Peopleoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2012
Returning to chess, a lifetime sport: playing in the Pittsburgh Chess Leagueoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2012
The inaugural Liberty Mile: a review of Pittsburgh's first road mile race, a great community eventoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2012
Playing Baroque flute at my friend's wedding receptionoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2012
The first Steel City Ruby Conf: an amazing experienceoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2012
The paradox of practice: it's harder to go slow than go fastoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2012
Zapping the PRAM several times to install Mountain Lionoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2012
Got my new Casey Burns Small-Handed Irish flute!original ↗
31 Jul 2012
My first appearance on a music recital programoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2012
Ignoring London 2012: why I do not watch the Olympics any moreoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2012
Walking and running in Invisible Shoes: a review of the Connectoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2012
Mideast Early Music Workshop 2012: a life-changing experience!!original ↗
22 Jul 2012
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