What are the odds that a kid growing up near Route 66 — “The Mother Road” — would fall in love with the automobile? I’d put money on that. But what about the chances of a guy from Albuquerque becoming a television network newsman? … Still within the realm of possibility. Now, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cities'
‘Garage Girlz’: Coming To A Station Near You
August 29th, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Sports
Wi-Fi Enchantment — Pinging Taos Pueblo And Its Peeps
August 19th, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Coffee Shops · Wi-Fi
“Are you an Indian?”
Let me start by saying I have the greatest respect for Native American peoples — both for their enduring the invasion of their homeland, and for their ability to take dusty reservation land and turn it into ski resorts, billion-dollar casinos, oil/gas well bonanzas, art and more … I get all [...]
Ping Asks: Who Don’t Like Some Boba, Wi-Fi & TV?
August 13th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Wi-Fi
As we continue to ping Wi-Fi locations on this ongoing tour, it is tough to decide which is best — the consistency of corporate chains or the charm of the mom/pop shops. (Note: moms get top billing. Who said chivalry is dead?)
Anyway … corporate consistency is nice in its own right … I [...]
Pinging USA Stadium — Internet Baseball, Worldwide Ya’ll
July 26th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Sports · Wi-Fi
The idea for my first blog, The Wi-Fi Guy back in 2002 or so, came to me when strangers continually approached me in Starbucks and asked how in the world my laptop was on-line — there among the coffee grounds and the pseudo intellectuals.
Now I have a new icebreaker. Not since the infancy of [...]
Ain’t No Wi-Fi Within These City Limits — Pinging Nutbush
July 17th, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Wi-Fi
Back in my newspaper days, occasionally the editor would give me “Man on the Street” interview assignments. “Great! Where can you find 20 people who have enough spare time to comment on celebrity gossip, trade embargoes or a new strain of e-coli?”
The first time I manned up on the street, it took me about [...]
Wi-Fi & The 2-Wheeled Impulse Buy: More Memphis Pings
June 13th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Hotels · Wi-Fi
Well, I made it through Memphis In May and lived to tell about it - if only I had a little time to tell about it … Been way busy with my Dirty Gig (cleaning up flood damage). Ha … By what I hear on local media, it really is somewhat of a feat to [...]
PingWi-Fi Cast As Unlikely ‘David Vs. Goliath’ Blogger
June 11th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Satire · Wi-Fi
When I was a youth, the newspaper could never get it right. One basketball article referred to me as “Pingelton.” Ha! I considered changing my name to “Pringle,” after hearing that one so many times. Another basketball article — my favorite — reported that “Pingelli” scored 20 points in one game. My best friend’s dad [...]
Shake Your Bootay, Get Down, No Wi-Fi Tonight
May 31st, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities
Make no mistake, I am on record for saying disco was the darkest era of rock ‘n’ roll history. I mean. Let’s be serious — it was people dancing to songs about dancing to songs about dancing …
Disco … that reminds me. Have you ever heard about that DJ in Chicago [...]
Soundtrack To PingWi-Fi Road Trip Now Includes Disco?
May 30th, 2010 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Wi-Fi
If you have read my blogs over the years, you know this already. But, if you recently stumbled upon PingWi-Fi.com, I’m just saying, I luvs me sum road trip!
I attribute this to spending hours and hours and hours on a farm tractor as a kid — lots of driving, but no sightseeing. To [...]
PingWi-Fi Ducks, Bobs, Weaves Through Memphis Flood
May 9th, 2010 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Gadgets · Hotels · Wi-Fi
What is it with me and hotel rooms? I just blogged about an uninvited guest entering my hotel room in Santa Cruz and waking me from a really good dream. A year earlier, I intruded on a loving couple when I entered MY room. It was too much 411 that I am glad stayed in [...]
