The Twittered Inauguration. Though I doubt President Obama will twitter from the podium tomorrow, many others at the inauguration will post tweets, photos, and videos at what the NY Times is calling a “wireless Woodstock.” Although wireless networks are adding extra capacity, they’re still asking people to try to limit their wireless use. No shock if Twitter comes to a crashing halt at some point tomorrow.
Twitter as a news source. I like to Twitter, but mostly to aggregate links of personal interest. But Twitter is increasingly emerging as a powerful source of breaking news. I turned to it during the Gaza invasion as well as after the safe crash-landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549. (The most fascinating pic was taken by Floridian Janis Krums and posted through Twitter.) Though Twitter isn’t necessarily authoritative or reliable, it’s a great way of getting the pulse of what concerns people right now.
You’re in Steelers Twitter Country. One last twittery thought. Being from the Steel City, no shock that I’m a big Steelers fan. Go Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII! But I gotta say: last night’s AFC Championship game was a brutal and exhausting four-hour marathon. As Peter King put it,”If I’ve ever been to a game with more intense hitting, I don’t remember it. This was primeval.” Like the players on the field, I was seriously worried for Raven Willis McGahee, who was carted from the field after a hard hit from Ryan Clark. Although it was a physical game, this is not what you ever want to see and I hope he’s ok. Many others shared that thought, and last night, McGahee was one of the trending searches on Twitter. I was happy to see many well-wishes for McGahee from Steelers as well as Ravens fans.
We recently visited the Pittsburgh Zoo. Here’s a baby tiger born recently at the zoo:
I’m originally from Pittsburgh, having moved to South Florida a few years ago. Of the things I miss from Pittsburgh — or in Pittsburghese, “Picksburgh” — I especially miss its great pizza joints, such as Vincent’s Pizza Park on Ardmore Blvd. (famous for their huuuge pies).
Particularly great are three pizza places within two blocks of one another on Murray Avenue, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh: Napoli Pizzeria, Aiello’s Pizza, and my lifelong favorite, Mineo’s Pizza House. Mineo’s has been a Pittsburgh institution since 1958. It’s so popular with expatriate Pittsburghers that it sends pies via FedEx to Mineo’s-deprived fans. My first Mineo’s pie, which I had when I was 5 or 6, was a life-changing experience, and I’ve been a loyal customer ever since.
I recently had a chance to re-visit Mineo’s and it was every bit as good as I remembered. We quickly devoured a large pie (half plain, half with onions and green pepper). Living in South Florida, I’m somewhat pizza-deprived. There’s a lot of good and varied food in South Florida, and I particularly enjoy the many good sushi and Thai restaurants. But I have yet to find a pizza place that comes close to the best of Pittsburgh.
Note: transplanted from personal blog.