I had written a big rant here, and while venting made me feel better, it would have just pissed people off, so it’s gone. No other commentary this morning.
- Yesterday, I got to call Roto-Rooter. There are tree-roots growing in the sewer line leading from my house out to the street, and they finally clogged things enough that doing a load of laundry would flood my basement. I don’t think any of my books that are boxed up in the basement got wet, but it was time to deal with the problem now. But I can think of a lot of ways to better spend $300.
- The Spamhaus listing for Brian Haberstroh / Atriks shows that yes, it is the same guy we worked with at LaserMaster back in the 90s. Thanks to the tipster who pointed it out to me.
- The TSA is working on Passenger Screening, Take 10, once again using commercial junk-mail databases. In a GAO audit last year, the system failed seven of eight tests, but hey, it’s much better now. In TSA’s Secure Flight, Schneier has more about why Secure Flight is just a bad idea. Among them:
the urge to use this system for other things will be irresistible.
That’s my biggest fear. [wired and schneier] - Here’s an Oblique Perspective from 1991 on the auto-hacking community by John Wharton. It’s a cool little bit of history about the guys who make cars go faster by tweaking their software.
- In an interesting twist, TiVo seeks new ideas from developers and is going to offer developer kits. Interesting, but overdue, I think. [scripting]