Jeffrey
@staticmade
Equal parts science + soul. Based in Pittsburgh. He/Him/Yinz
Watched: Phantasm 🍿 The past few months we’ve been attending the Steel City Horror Show, which takes place on the final Sunday at Pittsburgh’s Harris Theater. The concept is cool – a surprise horror flick on the big screen each mon... https://staticmade.com/2026/08/03/watched-phantasm-the-past-few/
We had a fantastic anniversary dinner at Legend’s Eatery last night. It’s been one of our favorite spots over the years and has remained consistently delicious each time we’ve dined there. Highly recommended if you like homemade pasta and that sort of thing.
Elliott’s got his first byline for his summer internship in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
If you told me back in ‘96, when I was watching this band in a State College basement, that 30 years later I’d be seeing The Get Up Kids with my kids I wouldn’t have believed you. https://staticmade.com/2026/06/13/if-you-told-me-back/
Pacing at Rabid Raccoon 100: https://staticmade.com/2026/05/31/pacing-at-rabid-raccoon/
We had a great time celebrating Elliott’s 19th birthday at the best ballpark in America and even got a Pirates win. Let’s go Bucs and Happy Birthday Elliott!
Ryan Bingham and the Texas Gentlemen were fantastic last night. He is such a great songwriter and the Gentlemen were the perfect backing band for him.
Zach Bryan: With Heaven on Tour in Cleveland, Ohio 🎸 What a show. I’m relatively new to the ZB world and this was my first time seeing him live. Did not disappoint. He played for 3 hours. The ~ 20-piece band absolutely slayed. One of the tightest performances I’ve seen.
We had a fun night watching round 1 of the NFL Draft here in Pittsburgh. They say it was a record crowd of 350k. I believe it. I’ve never seen so many people. We rode our bikes to avoid the traffic. It was a memorable, headlamp powered midnight ride home on the river trail.
Check out this dude repping Turnstile on the Artemis II recovery ship. Hardcore makes everything possible.
Jilly and I were out late on a school night to see Pile play at Bottlerocket Social Hall. What a show. They were so tight. This was one of the best shows I’ve seen in recent memory.
I should have taken some before pics, but here is an after pic. Spent the morning and afternoon with the chainsaw cleaning up from the storm. We had two downed trees and my neighbor had a 60ft pine down in his yard. At least we both have some firewood for summer.
Our new favorite hangout is CoStar Brewing in Etna, PA, where they have Street Fighter on the NES, mountain biking on the tube and an amazing selection of beer on tap. Definitely our kind of place.
Finally got a chance to try Rockaway Pizza last night and see what all the fuss is about. Simply put, it’s well-deserved fuss. We went traditional and ordered the NYC Round, half pepperoni. Hands down the best pizza I’ve had here in Pittsburgh. IMO it rivals some of the best I’ve had in New York.
Ethical Streaming from the Cloud: https://staticmade.com/2026/02/20/ethical-streaming-from-the-cloud/
My father was a real one. He was the kind of guy that skied in jeans. A bourbon drinker. His love for archery hunting was second only to his love for my mom. He took me to see Neil Young at the age of eight and gave me my first electric guit... https://staticmade.com/2026/02/18/my-father-was-a-real/
The REI flagship store in Seattle this morning. Photo by Dustin Kingman. If it couldn’t be the Steelers, I’m glad it was the Seahawks and happy for my co-workers who are getting a 2nd Lombardi Trophy brought back to their city. 🏈
We’ve been trying to expand the recipes in our family dinner rotation. I’ve always struggled to make Asian cuisine, but I think I finally nailed a dish with this Thai fried rice. Everyone loved it.
Congratulations, Mother Nature. You did it. You crushed the record low by 7 degrees. I know it was hard and has taken you more than a week of close attempts. Can we please now return to more livable conditions? Anything above 0F would be wonderful. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. JDI.