Pitt

Thought on the Mayor’s Race in Pittsburgh

Nov 7th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Liberal Free Friday, Pitt, Political

I heard one radio commentator gushing on and on about the “mandate” (man I am sick of that liberal code word) Luke was given in his victory over write-in Republican candidate Desantis.
In a city where the democrats supposedly outnumber republicans by 5 to 1 how does a 2 to 1 victory over a write-in candidate [...]



Pittsburgh Steelers: Paper Tiger?

Nov 7th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Featured, Pitt

I LOVED the beating, and almost felt sorry for the Ravens on Monday Night Football.  If anything could go wrong, it did, (and it’s name was James Harrison).  But subtract all the points scored from turnovers and it was a 10 to 7 game against the Ravens.
This got me to thinking… what have the Steelers [...]



Parallels Desktop for Mac Intel OSX

Oct 30th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Computer, Pitt

Parallels Desktop For Mac
This is a GREAT product. I am a PC guy, a Windows guy, and I got the certifications to prove it. Back in the day when the Mac IIs were all the rage across university campuses, I worked on them in desktop publishing. The GUI interface, then a relatively [...]



Vicarious Learning Part III

Jun 14th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Humanity, Pitt

Remember my first article on Vicarious Learning?
Here is an update:
It has been 4 months since the first installment and I have still not paid the $35.00 in late fees.
Red Flag Number 2.



Winter In The Hills

Feb 22nd, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Blogging, Humanity, Pitt

Winter in Pittsburgh is always interesting.
Pittsburgh, situated in the Pittsburgh Plateaus Province of the Appalachian Mountains, has lots of rolling hills. Some of the topography can make for fairly steep and extended drop offs. So at the top of Lydia Street in Greenfield down to Greenfield Avenue that 200 foot downgrade can be [...]