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Entries Tagged as 'Gadgets'

Abilene, Abilene … PingWi-Fi Makes Camp Near Diamond

June 9th, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Gadgets · Satire · Sports

If Rat Packer Dean Martin can sing about it, then I can blog about it.
“Abilene, Abilene.”
On the first day of my first Wi-Fi blog, I watched my son throw a no-hitter for his high school baseball team. A great day of baseball proved to be the perfect beginning for a wonderful trip.

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AT&T, CruiseCast Upgrade All Roadtrips With Sat TV On The Go

June 3rd, 2009 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Gadgets · Satire · Wi-Fi

Roadtrips just got a lot better.  Gone are the days when you may have used a bungee chord to tie down a small TV and a DVD player on a beer cooler in the back of the family truckster, for the kids to occupy they minds.
CruiseCast released this news:

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PingWi-Fi Pulls Out New Stick For Play At Colonial Golf Tourney

May 31st, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Gadgets · Sports · Wi-Fi

Well … I am almost sad to say I have finished another ‘dirty jobs’ assignment, and have moved on to what can only be described as a sweet gig.
Today I am circling the course — including all of the highly populated watering holes — at Fort Worth’s Colonial Country Club, for the Crowne Plaza Invitational [...]

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Blogging: Hardhat Dirty Jobs To Country Club Living

May 13th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Hotels · Wi-Fi

I was looking for some inspiration, when along came Devo. WOXY, an Internet radio station I frequent, is now playing “Whip It.”  “Crack that whip” … now that’s inspiration in its truest form.
(For newcomers, fyi, there is an interview of Devo’s frontman Mark Mothersbaugh on this site.)
Today — no stories of Wi-Fi … just [...]

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Turned On: Dead Man Wi-Fi-ing At Bass Hall

May 1st, 2009 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Gadgets · Wi-Fi

‘Turn Me On Dead Man’
Ever hear that phrase?
Back in the day, when the Beatles took a break from experimental drugs, they experimented with backward masking — purportedly playing audio tapes backward and recording the sound effects into their songs. One such hidden treasure was John saying, “Turn me on dead man,” referring to a [...]

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Twitter Me This Batman: ‘Can One Really Get Too Many Tweets?’

April 27th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Satire · Wi-Fi

One night I remembered the sordid details of some non-Freudian dream (darn it) in which I was tweeting status updates throughout the night.
You do Twitter, right? (If so, feel free to follow @pingwifi):
http://twitter.com/PingWiFi
This I know. I have two psychics “following me” on Twitter … but I have to ask, why aren’t they leading? [...]

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AT&T Wi-Fi Strategy Proves Sound, Despite Troubled Economy

April 23rd, 2009 · Tags: Cities · Coffee Shops · Gadgets · Wi-Fi

Interesting news release … I ain’t gonna lie … we saw this one coming …
AT&T Sees Surge in Wi-Fi Connections
Usage Boosted By Increase in Broadband Customer Base, Growth of Wi-Fi Enabled Devices
DALLAS — AT&T, the U.S. Wi-Fi leader with nearly 20,000 domestic hotspots, today reported dramatic growth in the number of Wi-Fi users and connections. [...]

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Mile-High Wi-Fi, Connectivy On The Go, For Peanuts Yo

April 21st, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Gadgets · Wi-Fi

If you search for the hashtag Wi-Fi (#wi-fi) on Twitter, you may be surprised at the number of peeps whose lives apparently revolve around Wi-Fi access.
Seems perfectly normal to me … LOL

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JiWire — Yes, There Is Money In Wi-Fi, Representin!

April 8th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Wi-Fi

So … like is Wi-Fi the savior of business as we know it.  Who knows, although you can prolly guess where I stand on the issue.
What was it the media called me back in 2004 … ah yes … “Wi-Fi Evangelist” and my favorite, “A Digital Kerouac” … good stuff.
Another fond memory — these guys [...]

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Will This Change Wi-Fi As We Know It?

April 8th, 2009 · Tags: Gadgets · Wi-Fi

We see lots of news releases and news stories.  This one, from NetworkWorld, has our attention.
HP Throws In Towel Over Key Wi-Fi Lawsuit

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