Not much of an update today. I’m grumpy and late and my asshole neighbors were shooting off fireworks until 1am when (hopefully) the cops shut them down or (more likely) they ran out of fireworks.
- Last night was the last Saints game of the half, and it ended badly. Blegh. Go read the description. I was too disgusted by the lack of hustle and offense by the Saints. It’s the first series the Saints have lost at home this year, and that comes after they’d clinched the first half, but it doesn’t give me warm-fuzzies for how they’re going to play the second half. I hope I’m wrong. Oh, and in spite of the “official attendance” figure of 6,177, I head that the actual gate was about 3,200. Thanks to the twenty-nine hundred people who didn’t show up to cheer on the team.
- Cringely asks if we’re Shooting Ourselves in the Foot with all the electronic surveillance systems. The only really encouraging thing about TIA is that half of all IT projects fail. And if you’re wondering why this is bad, just think about the systems that are already in place and how people use them (cops looking up the records for a friend who’s wondering about a new dating prospect, for example). Now imagine that sort of (already illegal) behavior scaled up with much more information, some of it accurate.