A couple anniversaries worth noting this day: 25 years ago today the first cell phone call was made. It seems like it can’t possibly have been that recently. I mean companies have come and gone in the cell phone industry (the first call was made by the president of Ameritech...

Ooooh, good times, the title rhymes First, outside the Burgh: Venture funded entrepreneurship may have been one of the last places that the financial collapse had a meaningful impact, but that impact is being felt now. Angel Investor (that’s a single investor with a lot of money who invests his/her...

I noted last week that PNC was having one hell of a year (a tad bit of a surprise given how most banks have done this year). I also noted that their highly valued stock could be used to acquire a whole bunch of under valued shares of another bank....

What do you think you’re going to be doing at 83 years old? Gambling at nickel slots in the meadows? Riding a handicap assist to three church services a day? Testing a nurses patience with the call button? Performing at the peak level of your career, perfecting a year of...

I saw a few things that I wanted to make sure the Burgh wasn’t missing. First, Warren Buffet has an interesting idea about how to better use the $700B. In general, instead of having the government directly buy securities, they would instead lend money to Hedge Funds and other organizations...

Is cabbage better or worse then broccoli? First, the Pittsblog final two posts. There is some GREAT stuff in Mike’s list of over-achieving organizations and blogs. His farewell post is worth reading too, Mike will be sorely missed, here’s hoping his guest blogging appearances are frequent. Here’s the schedule for...

I know most people don’t have the time to listen to Chad Hermann on WDVE this morning. So I’m going to write my comments out live and post them for you with nothing more then a spell check. Here we go: “The straw that broke the back” hell of a...

Many of you know that I thoroughly enjoy listening to the Bucs on the radio or watching them on TV while I work on summer evenings. You do not need to listen to the commentary of NFL games long to realize just how fortunate we in Pittsburgh have been for...

I was about to write a LONG post about every issue I have with Chad Hermann (otherwise known as Teacher, Wordsmith, Madman) and his P-G article, the point of his article was to explain why he was quitting the Burghosphere. Instead I have decided to sum up Hermann’s article in...

Here are a few stories I intended to promote days ago: Here‘s a pretty good highlight real from the McCain/Obama debate last week. I post it because I missed the debate and found a good highlight real VERY difficult to find. It’s a shame that Rich Lord put “billboard” in...