Sundance Film Festival has its offshoots Slamdance and TromaDance. Lone Star International Film Festival also has a derivative — “Disney Land.” Playing to a packed room, a series of short format pieces tagged “Webisodes” invited viewers into the curious mind of Fort Worth’s Andrew Disney, a video director whose “daytime job” entails more corporate messaging […]
Entries from November 2008
Disney’s “Good Ideas” Humor Lone Star Film Festival Crowd
November 15th, 2008 · Tags: Arts · Cities
Lone Star International Film Festival Cleans Up Nicely
November 13th, 2008 · Tags: Arts · Cities
Fort Worth’s Lone Star International Film Festival’s opening night set the bar high with a screening of “Sunshine Cleaning” which earlier was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at that other Sundance Film Festival in Utah. In “Sunshine Cleaning” the plot pokes fun at taboo topics ranging from illegitimate offspring to the lowest point of […]
Boingo Acquires Opti-Fi Networks, Ups Ante For Airport Wireless
November 10th, 2008 · Tags: Airports · Cities
Boingo Wireless Acquires Opti-Fi Networks Acquisition Will Add 25 More Airports to Boingo Footprint LOS ANGELES — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Boingo Wireless® announces that it has acquired Opti-Fi Networks, a limited liability company from Parsons Transportation Group and ARINC, that provides Wi-Fi infrastructure implementation and management for airports around North America.
Tech Pirates Partay OSU Into Submission 56-20; Tap Out Ping-o-Meter
November 9th, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Satire · Sports
Wow … what an overnight trip to Texas Tech! I confess, it was a bit of an “impulse buy.” But, a ticket to the Oklahoma State game became available, and gas prices were hovering at only $2 a gallon. How could I resist a little PingWi-Fi road trip? Who doesn’t love to crash an ABC […]
Padre Island Report — Signs Of Change, Wi-(F)i Bombs Make Waves
November 6th, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Hotels · Restaurant · Satire
Well, it took exactly one and only one ocean wave to rip off my sunglasses — even though they were “tied on” my head with a brand new, Lifeguard-red croakie strap. Ha … That’s a good look! “Aye, the ocean she is angry and she has taken me rose colored spectacles to the deep, to […]
Wi-Fi Hotspot Chess Game: AT&T To Acquire Wayport
November 6th, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Hotels
So … this can only be good for my Wayport and AT&T subscriber memberships. This news release, just in: AT&T TO ACQUIRE WAYPORT Combined wi-fi networks to provide connectivity in more places Millions of AT&T Customers to Get Free Wi-Fi Access at Nearly 20,000 U.S. Hotspots DALLAS and AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 6, 2008 —AT&T Inc. […]
What Shaking, SPI Music Festival?
November 5th, 2008 · Tags: Airports · Arts
The day I hopped on Southwest Airlines headed to South Padre International Music Festival, there was an earthquake. When I climbed on a plane to return to Love Field, there was a landslide — I got back just in time to cast a dissenting vote in the election. Oh well. In the days between, my […]
Repost: FOX’s Major Garrett Weighs In For Gameday
November 4th, 2008 · Tags: Politics
I contacted Major Garrett of FOX News a few weeks ago, to get the opinions of yet another respected network veteran, leading up to Election Day. I had no idea Garrett’s name would be a hot topic on this the day before what has been one of the most historic of all elections. Garrett was […]
Apologies …
November 4th, 2008 · Tags: Uncategorized
If you are viewing the site using Internet Explorer, there is a malfunction and the Major Garrett interview has not been loading properly. Please except our apologies as we atempt to remedy the situation. Word Press doesn’t like text copied from other word processing programs … Kind of hit or miss apparently. More to come […]
Public Service Announcement: Harrell For Heisman
November 2nd, 2008 · Tags: Sports
… Brief pause in the action at South Padre Island: “I am a product of the Mike Leach System.” Click on the Double T.