I’m not sure how many of you are keeping up with the various companies deploying WiFi commercially in quasi-public settings (like hotels, airports, pay-phones, etc.), but Starbucks is probably the best known example currently — utilizing a partnership with T-Mobile.
Joining them now is McDonalds, who is deploying equipment in three test cities: Chicago, New York and the Bay Area — would you like megabytes with that?
Wi-Fi Networking News has more details on that and I’ll let you know if I start offering access from my summer mansions.
I actually have no desire to look like a schmuck or act like a schmuck (being a wise-ass is A-OK), so for those of you that have linked to my blog in your blogroll (or given out my screen name to all the college chicas), I will attempt to link back to you sometime in the near future.
For now, here are a few that for some reason or other, felt compelled to link to me (I know it’s not for the free beer and wings):
- Media Dystopia (I blogged about his fantastic ‘Dano’ situation before)
- Mutated Monkey’s (no idea, maybe she saw my TV show)
- Funky Kenzo (from that bachelor party I didn’t throw)
- Mors Semper Tyrannis (I emailed him the X-rated version of the Constitution)
- The Worst Weblog Ever (this feline-o-phile is pretty funny, I stole his CSS too)
- Outwardly Normal 2 (I used to own massive amounts of shares in his blog, but sold it for a cheap import, he apparently is the co-creator of this handy dictionary)
- Know ProSE (he’s an uber geek that for some reason commented on my blog, I was honored [bows])
- Richard Giles (because I emailed him and called him at odd-hours each night)
- Mike Ewens (because I got him blogging, he owed me BIG TIME, like Mav and Ice)
- Matthew Davey (we worked on the BSJ, he’s a cool bloke)
- David Veksler - RationalMind (because we went to the same school and yelled at each other all day long)
- iluminent/weblog (I think I emailed him one time about RSS templates, probably in reference to that 10 he has on the banner)
- Gnome-Girl/Cheyene (she was the first “real” person to leave a comment here, I’d say some other things, but now isn’t a really good time)
- MediaTIC (because I fooled everyone into believing hablando espanol muy bien)
- Doing The Internet and Her Twin Sister (Andrew made his presence known with a bang… his wife wasn’t too thrilled though)
- ryochiji (this guy is a techno-bad ass too, he made Blog Matcher and is now heading to the University of Chicago for grad school, oh and he can walk on water)
- Holy Shmoly (this is Donncha’s blog, he’s the mofo that put together an excellent fork of Cafelog and is now part of the WordPress dev team)
- The Unnamed Blog (out of the blue, he probably saw my award winning stunt double moves in that Jackie Chan film, with that guy and girl and… well, I don’t want to ruin the plot)
- atom grid (sniff, he was the first LLC that committed a hostile take over of my blog, oh and he’s a riot too, if you’re into [deleted explicative])
- Karen de Coster (we actually didn’t care much for the others existence at one point, now we at least obey the restraining orders)
- Jason Ditz (he’s the smartest unemployed bachelor that also periodically updates his blog, hire him)
- The Serfdom Times (he’s the only other Dallasite I personally know that has a blog, besides Andrew — he’s a good cartoonist too, hire him)
- Mad Ancapper: Silas (because I destroyed the incriminating evidence from his bacchanal back at A&M)
- Human Conduct (because at least one person read my inside-joke parody)
- Wondrous Beauty (Sharleen and I met once at A&M, I did not get pregnant)
Thanks for whatever weird, sick and twisted reasons you put me on your rolls. I think there were a few others, but when they figured out that my blog is all about multi-level marketing scams, they hit the road. Anyways, that was my good deed for this quarter, I might do it again — depends on how much of an exodus results from my exposition of your secret identities.
Mike pointed out an interesting article, I thought this part was dy-no-mite:
Oh, and try copyrighting your Social Security number too. Then you can sue the IRS for using it – they are not permitted to use it by law, you know. You have to pay them, why shouldn’t they have to pay you?
I’d gladly be the test case (like Eldred) for such an idea. Though, I have my doubts that anyone would rule in my favor as they would be eliminating State revenue, a clandestine event that probably would never happen this side of the Apocalypse.
Poetic justice?
