Category Archives: Technology

More Emergencies In Our Midst – Adventures in Notification

Posted on May 14, 2024 by John Linko

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. – E. … Continue reading →

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Winter Digest – Reorganization, Resolve, Revelation…and Rachmaninoff

Posted on March 10, 2024 by John Linko

I hope you’ve had a good year thus far. Over the last few months I’ve been collecting ideas for new stories, revisiting old ones, and reviewing developments locally and elsewhere that stand to embellish both. They will make their way … Continue reading →

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Emergencies In Our Midst

Posted on March 4, 2023 by John Linko

If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe. – Attributed to Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community, Environment, Government, History, Local, Media, Politics, Public Safety, Schools, Technology, Transportation | Tagged East Palestine, Emergency Management, Fair Oaks Fire Department, Justin McIntire, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, Leetsdale Industrial Park, National Weather Service, Norfolk Southern, Police, Quaker Valley School District, Sean Sluganski, Wildland Fire | 2 Comments

A Helicopter Flies Overhead, and the Rest is History

Posted on November 2, 2022 by John Linko

November is upon us. Along with all of the rhetoric flying across the airwaves (which I will get to in some fashion soon), I’d like to digress for a moment to other subjects of an airborne nature, which in turn … Continue reading →

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Timely Updates on Things Ongoing

Posted on August 20, 2019 by John Linko

Our busy summer continues to plug along at a steady clip. While it seems at times that things are still being left behind, we are soldiering on with projects small and large while trying to keep up with life itself. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Civil Liberties, Community, Government, Local, Media, Politics, Technology, Traffic | Tagged ALPR, Antwon Rose, Bell Acres, Character Matters, Dundee Farm, Edgeworth, Gregory Wagner, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Surveillance, Zamagias | 2 Comments

Join The Fight!

Posted on September 10, 2014 by John Linko

Originally posted on Old Road Apples:
Cable companies want to slow down (and break!) your favorite sites, for profit. To fight back, let’s cover the web with symbolic “loading” icons, to remind everyone what an Internet without net neutrality would…

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‘Tacky Buzzer’ Stirs Emotions in Sewickley

Posted on July 3, 2014 by John Linko

After moving to Sewickley at age 11, one of my favorite stops while exploring on foot and bicycle was the Police Desk in the municipal building. Desk Sergeant McCandless presided over the various technical systems that allowed him to answer phone calls, … Continue reading →

Posted in Local, Politics, Public Safety, Technology | Tagged Cochran Hose Company, fire department, Sewickley, Siren | 4 Comments

Bordering on the Bizarre

Posted on February 22, 2013 by John Linko

Over the last few weeks my family and I have been adapting to a change in my status at work. It’s mostly good news – I am now full-time, but am also working a different shift, and serving an area of … Continue reading →

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Blogito Ergo Sum..

Posted on July 3, 2012 by John Linko

Roughly translated, “I blog, therefore I am”. Or am I? Exploring the recent newsworthy notion that we are not all that ‘special’, and how this relates to the unique narcissism of the information age. My goodness, it’s July already. As … Continue reading →

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Holiday Potpourri

Posted on December 28, 2011 by John Linko

I hope that everyone has had a blessed holiday season thus far. It’s been a somewhat hectic few weeks. Over the course of that time, I’ve been trying to catalog those stories, observations, and ideas that made for short stops … Continue reading →