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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PingWi-Fi Rides Shotgun Through Amish Country
March 3rd, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Gadgets · Wi-Fi
Rare Book Store — DFW Boasts THE Legacy Books
February 11th, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops
After reviewing Wi-Fi in 50 cities & counting, the thought occurred, “Hey, why not take a look at wireless Internet in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex?“. Yes, why not? So, we have done a few Wi-Fi test runs at the new Omni Hotel in Fort Worth at night, with more in the works for that venue. […]
PingWi-Fi Overwhelmed By Things With Cords At CES
January 9th, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Satire
“Don’t try to describe a KISS Concert if you’ve never seen one.” That is the only Jimmy Buffet line I quote. But it a gooder, so flows quite often … and it is perfect for Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, CES. It is basically a mid-size city under a convention roof — with one third […]
PingWi-Fi Checks Attitude At Door, Vegas Visit Starts With A Bang
January 8th, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Satire
What happens in Vegas … stays in my room. I kid you not. This PingWi-Fi traveler checked into the hotel room as soon as I got to Vegas and headed to my room. Then, just as the key worked and the door lock sprung, I heard voices. I thought it was coming from down the […]
Walk The Walk: Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Salutes Heroes, Teamwork, Competition
December 30th, 2008 · Tags: Sports
Oh what I wouldn’t do to lace up the football cleats again and strap on a helmet … back to the days before an injury ended my interest in playing football. Lt. Col. Greg Gadson never lost interest in the game, but he will never wear those shoes again. He was a three-year starter at […]
Sometimes I Find Wi-Fi Hotspots … Sometimes I Just Finds
December 29th, 2008 · Tags: Satire
As my teacher told me in grade four, “If your head wasn’t tied on, you would lose it.” Maybe so … but I have also found some pretty interesting things in my day to compensate. I think my eye for all things lost began with an educational/historic interest. On the farm as kids, my siblings […]
Armed Forces Bowl Kickoff Event To Feature Real American!
December 19th, 2008 · Tags: Sports
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Announces Luncheon Speaker FORT WORTH – Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, who lost both legs to a bomb in Iraq and has served as an inspiration for the XLII Super Bowl champions, will be the featured speaker at 2008 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Kickoff Luncheon presented by Armed Forces Insurances […]
San Francisco Wi-Fi Finale … The Ping Of California
November 24th, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Hotels · Restaurant
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 […]
“Guns Up!” — Reality TV In San Francisco’s Union Square
November 21st, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Restaurant
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 […]
Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort — They Make Wi-Fi Happen
November 20th, 2008 · Tags: Cities · Hotels
Just as easily as I hopped on Southwest Airlines to leave Phoenix for the press conference at San Francisco International Airport, I am now going to blog backward in time. Yes … I had to leave paradise behind, to go do some self promotion at SFO. Here is what I left behind, the previous day […]