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Oh look – Forums!

tychoselk — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:22:58 +0000

You might’ve noticed the menu at the top of the page growing over the last week. I added an archive for tags that displays them in cloud form. (The larger the font, the more we’re written about that topic. I’m interested to see how this cloud will grow.) And today I finally added the forums. Give ‘em a try?

One thing I like about them is that they have rss feeds, so you can track discussions in your feed reader of choice.I thought forums might be handy for people who want to share something but don’t feel it needs a post of it’s own. I don’t always have time to write a detailed post, but I find things I want to pass along all the time.

Things I hope to see there:

an awesome joke thread
new suggestions for bars for Drinking Skeptically
links to your blogs and all manner of social networking link exchanges
book exchanges!
topic requests
exciting new SCS meme developments (the evolution of in-jokes!)
event carpooling hookups!

What about you?

Head over and introduce yourself!

Freeform discussion group, tonight.

tychoselk — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:45:27 +0000

This evening is the monthly CFI Pittsburgh freeform discussion group at the Quaker Meeting House in Shadyside. [Map] It starts at 7pm.

Laura and I will have our laptops on hand and will be able to answer any questions you might have on joining in to blog with us on this site after the meeting. (And to answer any questions those already contributing might have.) Plus, the mystery site addition I was trying to launch last week will be available for a sneak peak. (Hopefully ready to make public this week, after some bug catching beta testing. Authors, if you’ve got time for testing let me know.)

Oh! Here’s an important note from Bill H, who hosts the monthly Social at his place – this month it will be on the 4th Wednesday instead of the 3rd. That’s the 24th, in case you don’t have a calendar handy. (Except you do! ) Hope to see you there!

And, well, tonight too!

Site upgrade at 4:45

tychoselk — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:27:57 +0000

Phase 1 of the upgrade complete…. you are free to log in and post. (It is always a good idea to compose your posts in your text editor and paste them into the form when you’re ready to post. But I admit, I rarely do this myself.)

Now on to the mysterious, new site addition. Who’s excited? I am! I am! :D

[6:12pm Edit]: It seems my surprise has been thwarted due to some compatability issues with the newest version of WordPress and the New Thing. This is a job best left for the weekend.

Under construction.

tychoselk — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:08:33 +0000

Hello!

SteelCitySkeptics.net is a work in progress — but really, what isn’t? In the meantime, do check out our calendar that merges events-of-interest to the Pittsburgh skeptical community.