Entries from October 2008

Where Do We Go From Here? — Pre-Ping Wi-Fi Benchmark

October 18th, 2008 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Coffee Shops · Hotels · Restaurant · Satire · Sports

IF you find yourself stuck in an airport, and you have a Boingo membership for Wi-Fi … or T-Mobile … or whatever, I encourage you to spend some time with us and look through this site.  There is much more than meets the eye, buried deep in the back pages.

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All The World’s An Oyster … Blue Öyster Cult Embraces Cowbell, Etc.

October 13th, 2008 · Tags: Arts

… Ironic that a line came to me for this blog during my pastor’s sermon on Sunday.  When he quoted the saying “The world is your oyster,” I suspected divine intervention.  Or was it?  What a perfect phrase to describe the Web, where any blogger can publish and be read instantly anywhere. Now, couple that […]

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Price Is Right: It Was A Definitive Moment, With Special Sauce

October 13th, 2008 · Tags: Arts

Let me send a special shout out to Michael H. Price, across town at The Fort Worth Business Press.  He laid down some kind words about PingWi-Fi in his column at: http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8628 In the piece, Price recounts how he, two other colleagues and I all sat in on an interview with blues legend Willie Dixon.  […]

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T-Mobile, RIM Offer First Blackberry Flip Phone In U.S.

October 13th, 2008 · Tags: Gadgets

This just in from our pen pals in the Northwest: T-Mobile USA Launches First BlackBerry Flip Phone New BlackBerry Pearl Flip Features Most Popular Mobile Phone Design in U.S. Bellevue, Wash., and Waterloo, Ontario—Oct. 13, 2008—T-Mobile USA, Inc., and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM: TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220 smartphone—the […]

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Heisman And Lowman On Media Totem Pole Reach Impasse

October 12th, 2008 · Tags: Satire · Sports

I learned much when I crisscrossed the country in 2004, blogging in all those cities.  One gem is this — if you go against the popular opinion in media – even if you state the obvious – the media will turn their back on you.  You either get on board, or kiss your positive media […]

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Southwest Airlines Wi-Fi: No Love For Porn — Duh!

October 8th, 2008 · Tags: Airports

Porno-Schmorno! There is no question, among reasonable adults, that pornography is bad, stupid, degrading to all humans and has no place on a plane.  But should an airline police airspace for nasty MySpace pages and worse? Yes! … just as soon as airlines outlaw romance novels, magazines, DVDs and pencil/pads with which pervs might draw […]

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In Lieu Of Payment, Quips For Quid

October 7th, 2008 · Tags: Satire

“Welcome to starting a new business, Mr. Ping.” Hah! … Do I think this site will take off?  Certainly.  Will it be anytime soon?  Who knows.  But, rest assured until those sponsors beg to be on my site, there is a contingency plan for survival.  In fact, in the interest of full disclosure, my accounting […]

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Aloft, But Not Aloof — PingWi-Fi Not Shaken At O’Hare

October 5th, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Hotels

So, have you ever walked into a place and realized immediately that it was way too cool for you? That’s exactly how I felt when I stepped inside the swank lobby of the Aloft Chicago O’Hare hotel. Instantly I felt as though I should have tried to sneak a martini shaker through security at the […]

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In The Event You Have Questions – PingWi-Fi.com News Release

October 4th, 2008 · Tags: Gadgets

It occurred to me that everyone may not have the time to look through this growing body of work, to piece together the objectives and features of PingWi-Fi. So, posted below is the news release from the PR team. It seemed to get pretty good play in media around the country. So, this should break […]

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ESPN Zone Wi-Fi: Don’t Tear Down Goalposts Just Yet

October 2nd, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Restaurant

In sports, on any given Sunday, the lowest ranking team might rise up and hand you your star quarterback’s head on a plate. Anything can happen. It’s why you play the game – fantasy or otherwise. In PR, it isn’t supposed to be that way. Every day, you are supposed to put your game face […]

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