Ever wonder why the word “random” is such a part of our everyday conversation lately? I think I have found the culprits — first stream-of-consciousness blogging and now the TV-dinners of blogging — tweets … those 140-gram appetizers on Twitter. Unfortunately, I have run across some people who are still TI — Twitter intolerant. Assuming […]

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When I arrived in Eastern Standard Time a couple of weeks ago, I took note that my Blackberry didn’t adjust itself to the new time zone. Easy fix. I was glad to help out a handheld. Well, last night as I remembered Daylight Saving Time (for once), I prodded the Blackberry forward 60 minutes. Guess […]

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Don’t tell me there is nothing new in Wi-Fi.  Today in Exton, Penn., I encountered the wireless wonder at a Subway and at The King’s place too. (So is Jared a computer geek, in addition to being a dork?)  I am sure there are lots of SWs and BKs that have W-F, but I ain’t […]

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As I prepare for the twice-a-year confusion/ritual known as Daylight Saving Time — how in the world is “spring forward” supposed to help me? — I am checking out Wi-Fi at hotel chain that is new to me. Comfort Suites. in Exton, Penn.  Suites, inns … lots of hotel chains are lumped together in my […]

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If you have read along, you know that I have a new side gig … not unlike Dirty Jobs on TV.  If you don’t know what I mean, scroll down a few posts.

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Well … my next mission is in an icy venue — Philadelphia.  Or is it?  All flights from Cleveland to Philadelphia have been canceled, so it may be back to sunny Texas … or who knows.  Life is an adventure.  And this new gig (supplemental to blogging) has just upped the unknown ante considerably.

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In 2004 Forbes named my blog “Best of the Web.”  Marketing types from Kodak headquarters contacted me to ask what I would charge for a personal appearance at one of their events. Blah, blah, blah. That was then … this is now.  I won’t lie.  The Internet is teeming with bloggers now — so I […]

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“What a small world” is not a cliche.  It is a truism that applies pretty much every day … seems like.  This morning, I was standing in line at an American Airlines gate, checking a bag to Cleveland.  (I am going there for some Wi-Fi and also a little “Dirty Jobs”-like action.) I heard a […]

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If for no other reason than my membership expires in a week, today I rushed over to The Modern art museum in Fort Worth to check out the Wi-Fi.  And of course, while I was there, I sampled the “decor” in Tadao Ando’s architectural showpiece. Actually, there was another reason.  As of late, PingWi-Fi is […]

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Well … the universe is right again.  For my birthday yesterday, Texas Tech gave me everything I wanted. The university signed a new $12.7 million contract extension with the “Wizard of No Wood” — coach Mike Leach out on the barren South Plains.

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