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The Practical Pittsburgher

This page should give you a few useful pointers for various everyday or practical ventures. Some of the info is specific to Pittsburgh, some to the Net in general.

• Food
  • Food Festival! Pittsburgh
• General
  • Search Harry Bovik's archives (CMU access only)
  • Guide to Living in Pittsburgh (information on)
• Health
  • Repetitive Stress Injury information (from Facilities)
  • Computers and Eyestrain FAQ (from Amer. Acad. Opthalmology)
• Jobs
  • Academia Announcements for fresh PhD's in CS in 96/97
  • Finding a Job in Computer Science (courtesy missy)
  • Faculty Openings in Computer Science (courtesy burks)
  • Industrial/Corporate Employment Opportunities (courtesy copetas)
  • Online Career Center (at occ.com)
  • On-line Job Services (listing at Stanford)
• Kids and Parenting
  • A Space Made for Moms (by jeanc)
• Money
  • Currency Exchange Rates (at GNN)
  • Financial aid information (courtesy mkant)
  • Investment information (courtesy jdg)
  • Taxing Times 1996 (info on US, Canada, and state taxes at scubed.com)
  • IRS Forms and Publications (from the IRS Web site)
• News
  • Washington Post news stories (from americast.com;local access only)
  • Ecola Newsstand: Guide to English-Language Media Online
• Pennsylvania information
  • Welcome to Pennsylvania (from UPenn)
• Pittsburgh information
  • Local maps (including Pittsburgh Map Database)
  • Living Green in Pittsburgh (courtesy jab)
  • Pittsburgh Free-Net information (courtey hcs)
  • Pittsburgh "Home Page" (by David Markley; under development)
  • PittsburghNet (with local corporate sponsors; under development)
• Lodging
  • Pittsburgh Lodging (via TRFN)
• Recycling
  • CS/RI Recycling Project Information
• Shopping
  • General: Listing of commercial services on the Web (at Open Market)
  • Books: Publishers and Retailers On-line (courtesy jake)
  • Flowers: Order FTD over the Net (at florist.com)
  • Music: Noteworthy and CD Connection
• Telephones
  • CMU Telephone Dialing Instructions and Features (courtesy clamen)
  • North American Area Codes (courtesy bsy)
  • 800 Numbers: Directory of AT&T National Numbers
• Travel and transportation
  • Next buses outbound from CMU
  • Travel info page (courtesy spok)
• Weather
  • Instant PIT forecast (courtesy bsy)
  • Pittsburgh weather info (courtesy jake)
  • Weather Channel forecast for Pittsburgh

(Last updated Sept 17 1997)