Unlike millions, I missed the inauguration yesterday.  Well … I didn’t miss it.  I had better things to do.  But, as I made the 14-hour drive to Sundance Film Festival I listened to portions of the play by play. So, it is official.  Congratulations to President Obama, who was sworn in yesterday … ha … […]

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The coffee is free.  The pastries are free.  And the Wi-Fi is … well … available at the Marriott Courtyard Blackstone — media headquarters for the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. Thanks to Boingo and its roaming ability, I got right on the Wi-Fi network, to download the latest Armed Forces Bowl news release, rather […]

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I had coffee with Craig once … but until recently, I had not used his list.  Then, the other day, I posted a garage sale item, hoping someone would carry away my old couch and love seat. (Don’t tell them I will accept any price, just to get rid of the things …) Anyway … […]

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Are you on twitter?  Ha .. it is one of the best named products ever, I mean … can you believe this is the hottest thing going?  Oops … did I really say that and break ranks with the Internet cool of the moment?  (Careful, might get blacklisted …) Whatever.

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Friday, I succumbed to a self-induced turkey stupor, dozing off with the laptop on my chest, pinned to the couch.  I was supposed to be monitoring KRLD Radio online.  Market analyst and business journalist David Johnson had interviewed me a couple of days earlier, and I didn’t know when the piece would air.  As I […]

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My visit to San Francisco began with a bang. San Francisco International Airport hosted a press conference, and then treated me to their T-Mobile HotSpot, one of the largest in the country. The press conference drew two TV stations, a radio reporter and several print journalists. Not bad. After someone finally took the microphone away […]

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This just in from the “Texas Tech representin hotline” … Ha … My last day in San Francisco, I decided what the heck, why not wear the Red Raider shirt. I can say with some certainty that I was the only guy in San Francisco wearing the double T for Tech. But, the shirt is […]

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My colleague at PingWi-Fi tells me I am superstitious.  Not so … “just don’t want to take any chances” as my high school coach was prone to repeat. As I headed for the airport this morning, ready to load up for the press conference in San Francisco, there was a big sign.  A police car, […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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