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CMU Robot Tackles An Important Task

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Meet HERB (Home Exploring Robotic Butler) who was developed at Carnegie Mellon’s Personal Robotics Lab.

HERB has finally tackled an important and difficult problem – how to separate an Oreo Cookie.

Thanks to Chris Briem @ NullSpace for sharing this video.

Here are a whole bunch of articles (with some humous titles) about HERB and oreo cookies  …

Pittsburgh Signs Project on BoingBoing & Book Giveaway

The Pittsburgh Signs project photos and book are featured on the BoingBoing today – “Pittsburgh Signs Project: appreciation of the glorious signage of Pittsburgh.”

BoingBoing is a popular blog, that originally started as a zine in 1988, that covers interesting information from around the web.

The Pittsburgh Signs project started as a website and was turned into a book was founded by Pittsburghers – Jennifer Baron, Greg Langel, Elizabeth Perry and Mark Stroup and contains photos submitted by many others.  I just went way back to the IheartPGH archives and actually I think the Pittsburgh Signs Project was one of our first 15 posts back in September of 2005 you can check out that post here.

Here is a set of photos from Flickr tagged Pittsburgh Signs.

Check out the website at pittsburghsigns.org

The Pittsburgh Signs Project book is available for purchase from the Carnegie Mellon Bookstore here for $29.95. One of the comments on BoingBoing notes this book is listed on Amazon
for $125.  I just checked the CMU Bookstore site and they have the book in stock for $29.95).

Photographer: Shari Paglia, Spring 1999

One of our favorite signs was the Atari Sign along Penn Avenue.  The Atari repair sign was located near what is now Salt of the Earth.  Thankfully the Pittsburgh Signs Project has that documented.

Pittsburgh Signs Project Book Giveaway

Because we think this book is awesome – we are going to giveaway a copy.  To enter just leave a comment with a link to your favorite sign from the Pittsburgh Signs website or Flickr or upload a photo of your favorite sign to the comments below.

Next Wednesday, August 10, 2011. We will randomly select one entry to win a copy of the Pittsburgh Sign Project Book.  All comments must be posted by Midnight, Aug. 9, 2011 to enter.

The Food Network Stops at The Waffle Shop TONIGHT!

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Worlds Weirdest Restaurants, a new show that is being taped for the Food Network Canada, will be at the Waffle Shop tonight (Friday, June 10, 2011) from 10pm-3am.  The public is invited to stop by for waffles and to watch the show.  Can’t make it East Liberty – as always you can watch the Waffle Shop streaming live at WaffleShop.org.

Worlds Weirdest Restaurants will be hosted by Bob Blumer – he currently hosts the show Glutton for Punishment.

WWR’s host Bob Blumer will spend the evening cooking, serving, and participating in a packed night of interactive talk shows. The general public is encouraged to come by, dine, and take part!

The evening’s line up will feature local artist’s talk shows designed to instigate intrigue and spur interaction. In addition to waffle cuisine there will be a variety of live interactive shows including Dave English passing his torch as the host of “The Unemployment Show”, T. Foley performing a talk show hosted by a ventriloquist dummy who’s reticent to perform in public, Terry Boyd’s “Anonymous Costumed Guest Hour” as well as cameos from other local favorites.

What is the Waffle Shop? Do they really serve waffles?

From the Waffle Shop website:

The Waffle Shop is a neighborhood restaurant that produces and broadcasts a live-streaming talk show with its customers, operates a changeable storytelling billboard on its roof, and runs a take-out window that sells food from countries engaged in conflict with the U.S. The shop is a public lab that brings together people from all walks of life to engage in dialogue, experimentation and the co-production of culture. The project functions as a classroom for students from Carnegie Mellon University, an eatery, a TV production studio, a social catalyst, and a business. Our customers are our funders, audience, and participants as we film during open hours, inviting interested patrons to express their unique opinions and personalities.

The Waffle Shop is supported by the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University, The Center for the Arts In Society, East Liberty Development Inc, We Do Property, Sota Construction Services, the Sprout Fund, Whole Foods, and the sale of waffles.

From Earth Day to Easter Eggs – A Weekend of Spring Festivals

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It is shaping up to be a super spring weekend in Pittsburgh.  We know that Friday is a hockey night in this town – but here are some things to keep you busy until game #3.  You can listen to IheartPGH chat live with Jim and Randy on WDVE 102.5 FM most Friday mornings at 6:45 am.

The Tech Fair

  • CMU now calls this Spring Carnival – but I have always refered to this as the tech fair
  • April 14-16 @ Carnegie Mellon University
  • Amazing carnival games, student buggy races and live music
  • Check out the live webcams of the event here – http://webcam.springcarnival.org/

Pittsburgh Comicon

  • calling all comic book lovers – this is the convention for you
  • Friday-Sunday @ the Monroeville Convention Center

Handmade Arcade

  • The biggest baddest craft show in town has a new location at the Convention Center downtown
  • Saturday, April 16 11am-7pm
  • Handmade Arcade attracts vendors from all over the country

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  • Activities and workshops for the whole family
  • Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:30-4pm @ Frick Park environmental center on Beechwood Blvd
  • Also – check out the Panther Hollow Clean Up – hundreds of volunteers will meet at Schenley Plaza on Saturday to tackle panther hollow.  Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.

45th Annual Pysanky and Traditional Food Bazaar

  • St. Peter & St. Paul Ukranian Othrodox Church in Carnegie
  • Over 1,000 Pysanky (Ukraininan Easter Eggs) for sale!
  • Traditional foods – YES that includes pyrohi!
  • Sunday, April 17, 2011 11am-4pm

Steelcity Showdown – criterium bicycle race through the city of Pittsburgh

  • Sunday, April 27, 2011 8am-2pm
  • Cyclists compete on a closed .8 mile loop from downtown to PNC park
  • For non-cyclists – there is a tailgate!
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Author of Stuff White People Like to Give Lecture at CMU

Christian Lander

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Chritian Lander, author of the widely popular blog and book Stuff White People Like will be giving a free talk at CMU on Tuesday.

If you haven’t checked it out before – Stuff White People Like – is a list of things that has been called the preppie handbook for today’s generation.  It is fascinating and often totally hilarious.

I think this will be an interesting talk to hear about how a blog became so successful so quickly.

Here is a clip of Christian on Lopez Tonight:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19_PSyA3JUM[/youtube]

Christian Lander Author of Stuff White People Like

will Speak at Carnegie Mellon University
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
McConomy Auditorium
Doors open at 6:40pm, presentation starts at 7pm
Free and Open to the Public

Here is his talk at Google from 2008:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfRgjW4hFcU[/youtube]

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