Tag Archives: Pittsburgh

Looking back 20 years at the Pens’ first Cup

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Bob Benz

Looking back 20 years at the Pens’ first Stanley Cup. http://bit.ly/l8NZ5h

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YinzCam … it’s a ‘Burgh thing

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Bob Benz

Pittsburgh startup YinzCam is getting a little love from Mashable. Very cool idea. It gives sports fans the ability to see different angles/replays on their mobile devices while they’re at the game. The interesting stat is that when they first … Continue reading →

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More Rory on the way

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Bob Benz

JamBase reports that two new posthumous Rory Gallagher releases are on the way, including a DVD biography of the guitar great. Can’t wait to see that. He’s one of rock’s most underrated guitarists, especially when he picked up the slide. … Continue reading →

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An inverted NPR moment, thanks to Hank Stuever

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Bob Benz

NPR likes to define its “moments” as those times you sit in your driveway with the car running, waiting for a particularly enthralling story to end before going into your house. Thanks to Hank Stuever and his marvelous book “Tinsel,” … Continue reading →

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A pierogi with an attitude

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Bob Benz

I’m adding this to my “only in Pittsburgh” file. This blurb was on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s site this morning: “Pirates oust outspoken pierogi” “One of the men who participates in the crowd-pleasing mascot race at PNC Park was dismissed Thursday … Continue reading →

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Server migration turns up lost gems

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Bob Benz

While I was migrating to new servers, I realized I have a lot of stuff buried on my server that predates my blogging days. Much of it was created with an image program called Arles. Previously, I was linking to … Continue reading →

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