WiFi @ The Fair

Many people from across the U.S. know that The Great New York State Fair begins in just a couple weeks.  Giving that I am a technology lover and a Justin.tv broadcaster I found my self wondering whether or not there is WiFi on the fair grounds.  Browsing the State Fair website turned up no results about internet access whatsoever.  However, a trusty Google search brought me to the Syracuse based PEC Inc. (Progressive Expert Consulting Inc.) website. There is indeed internet in every major building and  throughout the grounds and it was entirely built by the corporation.  Even more surprising, their WiFi is ten times faster than cable broadband and 55 times faster than DSL.  In other words, the connection is most likely much faster than your connection at home.  The only downside of the WiFi is that it carries a ten-dollar-per-day cost but for people like me, I am willing to pay the fee to be have access to this method of broadcasting from the fair.

I am still in the planning stages of broadcasting from the fair.  However, what I do know is that I will be broadcasting to my channel at Justin.tv or Ustream.tv.  Please keep following my blog or follow me on Twitter for the latest updates.

Destiny U.S.A.

I planned to broadcast from Carousel Center in downtown Syracuse today but due to multiple issues, including the crash of Justin.tv under  the strain of 50,000 viewers, I was unable to do so. At that point  I decided to blog about Destiny USA, the future of Carousel Center.  

Destiny, as we know it, is massive ‘green’ facility that will have a major impact on of Syracuse. Construction will expand Carousel to over 4.5 million feet and include the creation of a 1,300 room hotel, an aquarium and indoor water park, a re-creation of the Erie Canal, a stadium and performing arts center, three golf courses, a 100 acre glass enclosed indoor park, and a 20 acre artificial lake.  It will take till at least 2012 just to build the hotel and it could be decades until we see the finish line, if there is to be one at all. This project has been under way since April 2000 and we still have only seen the first stages of the ‘magnificent’ hotel. Citizens are torn between whether this is really a project worth waiting for but in my opinion it is worth blogging about. I will continue to blog as Destiny progresses and we see noticeable changes in Carousel.