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By floor9 on Aug 20, 2008 in Central PA | 0 Comments
About six months ago I posted about the ongoing development in East Hanover Township. Specifically, how the casino has kick-started a few initiatives (if you give the rumor mills credit) in an otherwise deserted area. These rumors got a little more weight with the potential development of a 68-acre shopping site at the intersection of [...]
By floor9 on Aug 18, 2008 in Blogging, Central PA, blogHarrisburg | 0 Comments
This is your friendly neighborhood blogHarrisburg Tweetup reminder for August 2008:
By floor9 on Aug 11, 2008 in Car Buying | 2 Comments
A few months ago (has it been half a year already?) I bought a new car. Paid around $14k. Since getting it, I’ve saved about $1000 in reduced monthly payments and fuel consumption. With fuel prices skyrocketing and no end in sight, demand for high-efficiency vehicles like mine has gone way up. Used Priuses are [...]
By floor9 on Aug 5, 2008 in Downtown, Nightlife | 3 Comments
Sometimes — and I know this is going to be hard for some of you to believe — companies do colossally stupid things.
Take Spice, for example.
A few days ago, two Spice employees — Molly Turner and John Burkholder — spoke with a Patriot News reporter about how the economy is affecting their tips. It was [...]
By floor9 on Jul 30, 2008 in Car Buying | 0 Comments
Sigh.
A friend of mine is going car shopping right now. She did in fact read my posts on the subject, and said she felt prepared - aww, I feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside now. One of the cars she was considering was a Dodge. It just so happens that she was considering [...]
By floor9 on Jul 23, 2008 in Blogging, Featured, blogHarrisburg | 6 Comments
CORRECTION: The date was previously listed incorrectly. The correct date is 8/21.
When: 7-9pm Thursday 08/21/08
Where: On the deck of The Abbey Bar (upstairs at Applachian Brewing Company Harrisburg)
Who’s Invited: Anyone from Central PA with a blog* or Twitter account
First off, thanks to everyone who showed up at July’s meetup! It was great hanging out with the regulars [...]
By floor9 on Jul 19, 2008 in Site News | 0 Comments
Just upgraded floor9.com to the new version of WordPress. A full list of newness is available on the WordPress Blog. I’ve noticed a handful of minor speed improvements, but most of the changes appear to be cosmetic and internal. I did run into a snafu when I moved my 2.5 database into the 2.6 installation, requiring [...]
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