Browsing through today’s PennLive, counted not one, not two, not three, but seven (and a half) crime stories pertaining to Harrisburg from the past 24 hours: A woman was mugged in the River Street Garage (the one on Second; no idea why they chose to name it after the small alley that runs behind it [...]
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August 19, 2010
Fake Linda Thompson, Mayor of Twitter (Mayor)
Have you seen the Fake Linda Thompson account over on Twitter? There’s been a bit of an uproar in the media in the past 24 hours, with at least one outlet reporting that Mayor Thompson’s Twitter account has been hacked — inadvertently comically, of course. It definitely wasn’t hacked.
August 3, 2010
Harrisburg Hacked – Again
So the Harrisburg city council’s website was hacked. I’m pretty sure this isn’t the first time this has happened, and it won’t be the last. But what’s frustrating is that this can be solved at a cost of about $10 per year to city taxpayers, which is probably less than we’re paying for hosting right [...]
July 22, 2010
A Midrise for Midtown
Today I stumbled across The 1500 Project, a future mixed-use residential and commercial five-story-plus-roof midrise going in at the corner of Sixth and Reily streets. I’ve actually heard rumblings about the venture before, but I figured it would pretty much go the way of the hirise that was supposed to be built in front of [...]
July 4, 2010
Harrisburg Jazz & Multicultural Festival
(presented by Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson, Mayor (Harrisburg (Mayor))) I largely ignored all the complaining about the event’s name change. I think the name change was silly, sure — but it’s still an event. It’s still an excuse to get outside. It’s still free, it’s still accessible to everyone, it’s still festive, and we still [...]
February 19, 2010
Central Dauphin East? What A Riot!
This may be the single stupidest thing I have ever read in my 34 years on this planet. Central Dauphin East is insisting that last week’s epic fight was not a riot. That assertion by itself is at least arguable. But the “reasoning” — and I’m using that term generously — used is laughably bad. [...]
January 23, 2010
Change Ups to the Tweetups
At last week’s Tweetup, where we finally found the idea table arrangement, someone suggested making the get-togethers a little more regular. We already have “the” Harrisburg tweetup on the third Wednesday of every month. But there’s also #hbgugh (a lunch gathering) every Monday. Jersey Mike suggested a weekly breakfast tweetup around 7am at rotating restaurants, [...]
