“We’ve talked about 20 minutes, so I think you have enough,” he said, abruptly ending a great conversation in a phone interview last week. But CBS News icon Bob Schieffer had been gracious to grant an interview just a couple of weeks after he moderated the final presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, and after all, he gave me equal time considering what was awarded the next president of the United States (in front of a national audience).  No complaints.

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Quickly, we pause to send a shout out to Steve Rubel, communications guru:

http://www.micropersuasion.com/

… thanks for the mention Steve, back at yah!

Check out Steve’s site and sign up for his daily communiques for the best in Internet strategies.

My opinion: Rubel introduced the PR world to the potential of Web 2.0, and he continues to innovate.

I have read his daily e-mails since 2004 or so.  Good learnin!  Seven pings. (Dang! Is Prozac seeping into the groundwater? … I think that is three perfect scores in a row.  Unprecented!)

No one … and I mean no one is a bigger fan than PingWi-Fi when it comes to obscure rock ‘n’ roll references! So, did you catch the roving reporter on ESPN during the Texas Tech vs. Kansas football game? His name is Rob Stone … but I am going to just go ahead and call him Ro-Stone, for tone.

Kansas arguably made a mistake in scheduling Heisman deservee Graham Harrell and Texas Tech for the KU homecoming game.  When the score was 63-14, with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, there was much more blue around the tailgate parties, than in the stands.  Ro-Stone was interviewing people – with attitude I might add — about their running out on the home team (some as early as the third quarter).

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Mentor Naomi Graychase, editor and chief slam poet at Wi-Fi Planet, wrote a nice piece …

College Students Say, “I Want My Wi-Fi”
By Naomi Graychase

MTV is fine, but for the Google Generation, the more fervent refrain is, “I want my Wi-Fi.” In a poll conducted earlier this year, the Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) learned that nine out of ten college students consider Wi-Fi to be as essential to their academic lives as classrooms and computers.

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I just saw a Google Alert — “code word” Wi-Fi — about everyone’s favorite … the iPhone.  The article in the alert questions whether or not people are experiencing problems getting on Wi-Fi networks with the iPhone.

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Sweet tunes for sweet rides …

Audi to Expand Audio Offerings with HD Radio™ Technology
HERNDON, Va., Oct 22, 2008  –  Providing drivers with a heightened entertainment experience, Audi of America today announced plans to offer HD Radio technology as a standard feature in many of its vehicles beginning with 2011 models, which will start arriving in dealerships in 2010. These luxury vehicles will be fully equipped with the best in digital broadcast engineering, top-of-the-line AM/FM HD Radio audio systems featuring added content and format choices and crystal-clear sound.

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And now for something entirely different (news release):

T-Mobile Launches the Highly Anticipated T-Mobile G1 Following Strong Pre-Sales Demand, the T-Mobile G1 with Google Goes on Sale Today Online and at Select Retail Stores Nationwide

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Oct. 22, 2008—T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the national availability of the highly anticipated T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android™-powered mobile phone. The T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a rich mobile Web experience, dozens of Android Market applications, and popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View™, Gmail™, YouTube™ and others.

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Google Alerts brought the following news item to our attention:

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Boingo Wireless Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, announces that Boingo Mobile is available on Motorola’s Wi-Fi enabled Motorola MOTO Q 11 smartphone. The newly announced MOTO Q 11 is the first Motorola phone to be bundled with the Boingo Mobile connection software and service.

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IF you find yourself stuck in an airport, and you have a Boingo membership for Wi-Fi … or T-Mobile … or whatever, I encourage you to spend some time with us and look through this site.  There is much more than meets the eye, buried deep in the back pages.

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… Ironic that a line came to me for this blog during my pastor’s sermon on Sunday.  When he quoted the saying “The world is your oyster,” I suspected divine intervention.  Or was it?  What a perfect phrase to describe the Web, where any blogger can publish and be read instantly anywhere.

Now, couple that thought with the subject matter.  The focus today is Blue Öyster Cult, and an interview of the band’s lead guitarist/vocalist Buck Dharma (Donald Roeser).  Dharma and friends will play with a host of other bands at South Padre International Musical Festival in a few days.

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