via @schneierblog this AM, a pointer to a wired article about how the wifi providers have cut a deal with the government to put more than the necessary lawful intercept capabilities into their systems. of particular note is the addition of a CAPTCHA to the system.

someone gave me a bit of grief the other day about my [use of the] phrase, “bootstrapping the chicken”.

for personal reference and in the off chance it saves someone else the maze of twisty passages all alike i went through.

we just got back from two weeks in italy where we stayed in apartments through airbnb as opposed to our usual hotel hopping. as someone who spends a ton of time in hotels for the man this was a notable departure from business usual and something that we enjoyed immensely. this definitely puts a different twist on the personal travel experience almost all of it for the better.