Yesterday was one of the strangest football days ever. Topping headlines, my alma mater fired Mike Leach — a coach that took Texas Tech University football to #2 in the nation with about one-fifth the talent that most Big 12 schools recruit to their beautiful cities. If there is no secret “smoking gun” in this […]
Entries Tagged as 'Cities'
Bowl Shockers, Cheerleader Rockers … Strange Day For PingWi-Fi, Indeed
December 31st, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Gadgets · Sports
Searching For Proof Of Buffalo In Most Equestrian Of Surroundings; Nearing Louisville Finish Line
December 28th, 2009 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Hotels · Restaurant · Wi-Fi
When you travel alone you always think of the joke at restaurants: “Bitter … table for one!” Well … when I scheduled my last meal in Louisville, I had nothing on my mind but “bison — table for one.”
‘Twitter Bowl’ Season Approaches For PingWi-Fi Coverage, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Scores Great Speaker
December 17th, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Sports
This just in on the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, from press release … Double Duty Luncheon Speaker: It is not often that a featured speaker at a meeting, conference and/or event will get to display his skills before a bigger setting, but Retired Sgt. First Class Dana Bowman will be handling those tasks this […]
Tiger, Sign Your Score Card … As Detractors Come Out Of Woodworks
December 8th, 2009 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Politics · Satire · Sports
Dating back to the time when I first began to interview celebrities, I always stuck with one rule. No autographs. I mean, if you are trying to get a celebrity to interact on a human level during an interview, why would you lower yourself and put them on a pedestal? Pretty much common sense … […]
Exploring Wi-Fi Frontier In Land Of Daniel Boone
December 3rd, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Satire · Wi-Fi
As a child, I was fortunate in that my generation, socially, was given the go ahead for boys to play with dolls. We called them action figures so it was okay to spend quality time on imaginary battlefields with GI Joe and all of his dismembered friends. I was, however, unfortunate in that I realized […]
Take A Tip From Stock Analyst — Wi-Fi Paradise
November 3rd, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Restaurant · Wi-Fi
The job just keeps getting dirtier here in Louisville — on the disaster recovery front — flooding … muck … more flooding … blah, blah, blah. I have been working for several months with a team of professionals who are restoring order in some flooded buildings in Louisville. It’s hard work and ever humbling … […]
Broadband Air Stick Saves Face In Lieu Of Wi-Fi
October 20th, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Gadgets · Wi-Fi
The other day, on my Dirty Gigs warehouse stint I was faced with a difficult work situation. I had to train a laborer to use an upholstery cleaner. Guess what. I had never seen an upholstery cleaner before. This moment, titled: “How to save face in the workforce.” Well thanks be to the powers that […]
Dirty Jobs Put Food On The Table
October 10th, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Hotels · Satire
Have you seen the film “Saving Private Ryan?” There is a scene where Tom Hanks and his infantry cohorts by the side of the road are digging through a stack of hundreds, if not thousands, of WWII dogtags … to determine if Private Ryan is already among the dead. The group realizes they are looking […]
PingWi-Fi Samples Art, Seeks Street Cred At St. James Court
October 6th, 2009 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Hotels · Wi-Fi
This dirty job gig in Louisville has gone on so long, the place seems like home. I work 10-12 hours a day in the disaster recovery industry and then hit my favorite L-Ville coffee shop (Quills) … repeat. But, luck of the draw, last weekend was my turn to take off a day. And how […]
Light Reading — 12 Months Of Pings From The Road
September 14th, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Arts · Cities · Gadgets · Hotels · Satire · Sports
The commercial launch for PingWi-Fi.com was in November, a press conference hosted by San Francisco International Airport, but we have been up and running the blog for one year now. How we doin? Well, at the get-go, I said that I would consider the first year a success if we attended one and only one […]