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The State of Downtown Harrisburg
Did anyone else catch that weird posting on the City of Harrisburg’s Facebook page the other day? I’m not sure what to make of this. It sounds out of character, but I’m sure it’s legit. The post has since been … Continue reading
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Centralia + Concrete City Road Trip
As promised during the group outing to the Abandoned Turnpike this past spring, I’m putting together a group road trip to Centralia and Concrete City this coming fall. I really wanted to do something sooner, but there’s no way I … Continue reading
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Beware the GOOBS
You heard me. Circuit City announced last week that they’re finally throwing in the towel. Kaput. Finished. They’re closing all remaining stores and liquifying all of their inventory. Most consumers will automatically assume that sales of “up to 50% off” … Continue reading
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Re-up the Tweetup
December’s Central PA Tweetup is still going on as always — tonight (12/18/08) at Appalachian Brewing Company, starting around 7pm and ending around … well, whenever. Nothing has changed. And even though some forecasts are calling for yet another OMG … Continue reading
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Steve & Buried
That’s the best I can do at coming up with a headline. My favorite store of all time, Steve & Barry’s, is going under for good. Last week they announced that they had $100-$500 million in debt against $50,000 in … Continue reading
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Tonight’s Tweetup
Let’s see if I can recall this all from memory: @andreacecil, @VickyKH, @KathleenLD, @bydanielvictor, @sarabozich, @jak440, @aaronwinborn, and Roxbury News. A lot of the regular attendees (including @jerseymike, @yoshua, @Bone_, @billbostic, and @EdGrohl, among others) weren’t able to make it … Continue reading
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blogHarrisburg in the Patriot
@sarabozich gave us the local blogging & Twitter community a writeup in today’s Patriot News. Specifically, it touched on the phenomenon that the blogHarrisburg Tweetups have become:
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Save Your Zappy Volts
So our annual budget includes $650 million towards “energy programs” geared at helping Pennsylvania reduce its dependence on foreign oil. The exact nature of the programs hasn’t yet been made clear, but any chance to bring energy conservation to the … Continue reading
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Why Can’t We Have Nice Things?
Infected Mushroom is performing at Webster Hall July 5th, and I just got my tickets. I was considering going to see Tiesto, but the crowd would be insane (and all of the good tickets are sold out, anyway). In fact, … Continue reading
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blogHarrisburg Tweaking
As you read this, I’m going through every single post on blogHarrisburg (all 1900 of them) and fine-tuning the hell out of them. There aren’t any WordPress plugins that can do what I need done; categories are being reset, tags … Continue reading
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