Entries from December 2010
TicketCity Bowl Live @pingwifi On Twitter, 11 a.m. CST, 1-1-11
December 31st, 2010 · Tags: Sports
Army Takes Armed Forces Bowl Victory In SMU’s House
December 30th, 2010 · Tags: Sports
After a 14-year hiatus, Coach Rich Ellerson’s Army Black Knights returned to bowl action today and beat the SMU Mustangs 16-14 at home, before a record crowd in the relocated Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. SMU football is .500 in the bowl category since Coach June Jones breathed life into the Stangs program. Unfortunately, the […]
Army Dominates SMU For 1ST Half Armed Forces Bowl
December 30th, 2010 · Tags: Sports
Army and SMU walked away at the half of The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl with 16 points on the board — all of them belonging to The Black Knights. Army seemed to dominate the low scoring game with more physical play, pressuring SMU Quarterback Kyle Padron incessantly. Padron and The Ponies showed moments of […]
PingWi-Fi Exercises Restraint at Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Event
December 29th, 2010 · Tags: Satire · Sports
If you are a blogger, sometimes there is a tendency to write a little more colorful than “old school” journalists. Sometimes zany is appropriate. Other times — such as covering football during bowl season — one should keep a stiff upper lip. Ha … I struggle with that. This is the third bowl season for […]
Dallas Wi-Fi Roaming Heads To The Pressboxes, Sidelines
December 28th, 2010 · Tags: Sports
It’s starting to look a lot like bowl season. After a quick holiday, PingWi-Fi.com is totally stoked dude to be back from California in time to cover college football action in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metromess. We’ll check out the press conference for the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (SMU vs. Army) at the Omni Fort […]
Ping Leaves Wi-Fi Behind For Holidays, Old Home Week
December 27th, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Satire · Sports
Recently I noticed that a friend on Facebook encouraged (forced) her child to watch the real “True Grit” with the real cowboy, John Wayne, before the youngster would be allowed to see the remake of “True Grit.” While I am thinking about it, “Hey Hollywood, have you really run out of ideas … really?” I […]
Ping Responsibly!
December 26th, 2010 · Tags: Arts
Cadillac Chillin
December 26th, 2010 · Tags: Arts
Ping Commandeers Tweets @SFMusicTech
December 12th, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Wi-Fi
What is PingWi-Fi doing in the Japantown backstreets of San Francisco, attending the SF Music Tech seminar? Well as I told the group following along on Twitter during the morning sessions, “If any of us were real music people — A: We wouldn’t even be up this early in the morning, and B: If we […]
49er Pings: Ups, Downs Of San Francisco Wi-Fi
December 5th, 2010 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Coffee Shops · Wi-Fi
Driving into San Francisco headed north on the 101, after crossing the Bay on the 92W bridge from Hayward, Calif., I came across the storied Candlestick Park. The Stick — home of so many legends — Joe Montana, Steve Young, to name two of the most obvious examples from ’49ers lore. There are a Lott […]