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  • Honoring the Pepperoni Roll

    Honoring the Pepperoni Roll

    May 2, 2026

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    Growing up in western Pennsylvania near the West Virginia border, the pepperoni roll was a way of life. You didn’t have to look for them; they were just there.

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  • Crying Over Melted Chocolate and Other Sugar-Coated Tragedies

    Crying Over Melted Chocolate and Other Sugar-Coated Tragedies

    April 11, 2026

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    I am writing this to you in a state of emotional withdrawal because I’m currently trying to lose weight, and my usual sugar fixes have been mercilessly cut back.

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  • The Neural Network Guiding Artemis II

    The Neural Network Guiding Artemis II

    April 6, 2026

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    Matt Saxton

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    Data and AI

    Unlike storm predictors on Earth, these neural network algorithms predict solar storms.

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  • Remembering the Pittsburgh Seam of Coal

    Remembering the Pittsburgh Seam of Coal

    April 4, 2026

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    From the Golden Gate Bridge to the Empire State Building, modern America started with the Pittsburgh seam of coal.

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  • 6 Ways To Use GenAI for Content Development

    6 Ways To Use GenAI for Content Development

    March 16, 2026

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    Matt Saxton

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    Data and AI

    Generative AI can assist content developers by enhancing SEO, summarizing documents, organizing outlines, facilitating research, creating tables, and proofreading math or logic. Despite lacking in tone and voice, effective prompts allow writers to utilize AI’s capabilities without fully relying on it for writing. It remains essential to verify the AI’s output.

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  • How to Move From One AI Provider to Another

    How to Move From One AI Provider to Another

    March 2, 2026

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    Matt Saxton

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    Data and AI

    Switching AI vendors can be tricky because of data export limitations. Understanding options helps provide smoother tranisitions.

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  • Turning an Old Coal Mine into a New AI Data Center

    Turning an Old Coal Mine into a New AI Data Center

    November 19, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    Data and AI

    The Robena Mine site in Greene County is transforming into a large AI data center, raising environmental and community concerns.

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  • To Friday on the Day of the Dog

    To Friday on the Day of the Dog

    April 25, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    After 39 years of feeling puppy love, here’s a small tribute to my first dog, Friday, on the ‘Day of the Dog.’

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  • Solve American Checkers? No, But Here Is Draw Instead

    Solve American Checkers? No, But Here Is Draw Instead

    April 8, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    I was obsessed with checkers, and I liked to win. But I didn’t expect to win by a draw in February 1982.

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  • There’s Room at the Inn: Saxtons River Reopens

    There’s Room at the Inn: Saxtons River Reopens

    February 10, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    Genealogy

    The promise of a Bloody Mary on a porch is rarely used to entice prospective inn buyers, but it was enough to sell Susan Saunders on the Saxtons River Inn in 2022.

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