Are you on Twitter? I know, I know.  It is such a silly name it is difficult to take it seriously.  But I must confess it is a pretty cool way to get the word out.  If you are already among the twitterati, I invite you to follow us.  Look for @PingWiFi (no hyphen on […]

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I won’t lie.  I can’t give Sundance Film Festival two thumbs up this year. Most notably, the crowds were smaller due to the economy and the Oba-otomy (inaugural).  Then behind the scenes, there was this little drama that played out — in which the Sundance press office denied my press credentials (although I was good […]

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Sundance gave me my money’s worth today in star power, especially considering I am the ultimate budget traveler on this trip.  After a good film to begin my day (previous blog), I spent several hours in the drizzle — like about a thousand other people — listening to a dramatic reading on Main Street in […]

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Man!  I swear the dude behind me in the theater — the one who kept kicking the back of my chair/head — was Charlie Manson.  Ha … well, he looked just like him, except for no telltale swastika etched into his forehead.  I digress … and I haven’t even gotten started. What do you do […]

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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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Don’t get me wrong.  Don’t be all hatin. Any president of the United States is my president.  I wish him/her well and will be supportive in most circumstances.  Will I poke fun? Bet your arse!  Thank goodness,  I am encouraged that already common sense, economic necessity and better decisions are overruling the seductive campaign promises […]

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If you have tried to use Twitter on this fine Saturday morning, you may have found that some features are not working … and there is a Twitter message that says the system is “a little stressed.” Probable cause? I will bet money there are more than a few tweets emitting from the tracks between […]

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My friend WesterFunk pointed out that NASA may be jumping to some pretty ambitious conclusions about the methane gas detected in surveys of Mars.  I however, encountered the same evidence on the showroom floor at CES — and I DO NOT think it was a sign of intelligent life. Yes … the “crop dusting” incident […]

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In college, I was fascinated with the theories of “Subliminal Seduction” as proposed in a couple of books about hidden messages in advertising.  Of course, nowadays anything goes, so why take the time to bury the smut, right?  Can you believe truck adds use the word “frickin” on TV?  I mean … I am no […]

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Before my first solo, cross-country road trip, I Googled to see if I could find an inflatable likeness of Bill Gates — for grins, to access HOV lanes and for companionship.  … Never found a pseudo Bill.  But last week, I found something better, at least in the mobile companionship category. One of my favorite […]

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