The first time I started a blog about Wi-Fi back in ’03, most people thought it was pretty interesting — especially this new thing called “Wi-Fi.” So, I explored … found a hotspot here and there … shared anecdotes … blah, blah. blah. My passion continues today — seeking out wireless and mixing in tall […]
Entries Tagged as 'Cities'
My Hotel Has Wi-Fi … At Least ‘That’s What She Said”
December 29th, 2011 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Wi-Fi
Wat Hapnin? Wi-Fi On Hold; Search Ping Of Siam Later Joe
December 26th, 2011 · Tags: Arts · Cities
When I signed up to help with flooding recovery in Thailand, my thoughts immediately went to the bright lights of Bangkok — the modern, international city and the well-known seamy dark side as well — an adventure … mystique. However, as I got more details, my assignment was actually in Ayutthaya City, an hour and […]
Little Wi-Fi, ‘Big Times’ On 24-Hour Bangkok Journey
December 19th, 2011 · Tags: Airports · Cities
Sawasdee! If you were to visit the headquarters of PingWi-Fi, you would find an eclectic setting — a tale of two reality TV shows … a hybrid somewhere between “Pickers” and “Horders.” We collect it. We stack it. We do funny things with it. The first sign of this condition is a tiny scale model […]
Happy Thanksgiving To The PingWi-Fi Nation!
November 24th, 2011 · Tags: Cities
National Baseball Hall of Fame Pitches Perfect Wi-Fi Game
November 14th, 2011 · Tags: Cities · Sports · Wi-Fi
When I was a kid in tiny dustville, most of us small-town kids played all the major sports. But baseball was special … baseball was our very first taste of competition, with uniforms and everything. Our dads got together and created a league of four teams from three towns. Four teams. And to do that, […]
S’more Blogging: PingWF Gets All Cosi With Wi-Fi In Philly
November 13th, 2011 · Tags: Cities · Restaurant · Wi-Fi
So imagine you walk into a cafe to enjoy a fine meal and you look over and the guy beside you has a ponytail and he is playing with fire at his table. What will you do? What will you do?
PingWi-Fi Cracks Down On Occupy. “Get An Occupation!”
November 6th, 2011 · Tags: Cities · Restaurant · Wi-Fi
Walking around lower Manhattan reminded me of my first few trips to NYC. Over the years, I have had big times in NYC. I met Spike Lee. One night my friend was stabbed on a subway. I met Dr. Ruth. One day my hotel was set afire by a pyromaniac. I met Dan Rather in […]
Ping A Gong, Get It On — Cyber Cafe West In Binghamton, NY
October 28th, 2011 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Wi-Fi
“I’m not the owner, I just act like it,” said the ponytailed guy in the tie-dyed shirt behind the counter of Binghamton, New York’s Cyber Cafe West. So what if he wasn’t? He introduced himself and shook my hand, as if he owned the place. Nice guy. I hope he doesn’t mind if I refer […]
Andy’s Right! Cornell U Rock My Wi-Fi World
October 23rd, 2011 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Wi-Fi
Although the Dirty Gig has me STILL working on the bi-products of the recently flooded Susquehanna River, first in Harrisburg, Penn., and now Binghamton, New York, I continue to navigate my own tributary … The Office stream of consciousness. At this writing, I am in Ithaca, as The Office trek, or TOK, continues (an hour […]
PingWi-Fi Thunder Gets Its Scrant-ON!
October 16th, 2011 · Tags: Cities · Wi-Fi
The Dunder-Mifflin tour of 2011 continues … It has been a little over a week since I made the drive to Scranton, Penn., … so I will recount the events as best I can. I am not going to say that the trip to Scranton was a disappointment, but I expected more. (“That’s what she […]
