And while we're on the subject of those who still just don't get it...

Not wanting to waste a whole Friday evening after the KCK library stop proved fruitless, I decided to continue westward, giving myself a chance to keep an eye peeled for potential new locations along State Avenue (didn't see any) and eventually, of course, to check out how things were going out around the Speedway these days.  Not so well, I'm sorry to report.  The onetime open-air network that served the Legends shopping center is now gone-thanks, ath64, for updating the guide page to reflect this-and the Yard House Restaurant has now thrown up some sort of crazy clickthrough page on its network that I couldn't get to work without enabling more than I'm comfortable starting a browser with.  Jazz:  A Louisiana Kitchen apparently also now offers what may be free and open Wi-Fi but their clickthrough page didn't work any better. 

Finally, Books-a-Million (which has taken to calling itself just "BAM!") apparently is still dead set on following its onetime competitor Borders into oblivion by being even more obstinate when it comes to moving away from fee and towards free.  They still expect anyone who isn't a member of their discount club to pay for access. 

Since this company is obviously run by people who just woke up after being in a coma for the past couple of years, or maybe have recently returned from an Antartctic expedition or something like that, here's a brief refresher.  Barnes and Noble went to free and open with its Wi-Fi while Borders stayed play-for-pay until competitive pressures forced them to follow B&N's lead.  The upshot:  B&N is still around.  Borders isn't.

Oh, and to bring you totally up to speed-Will and Kate really went through with it, Casey Anthony walked and Francisco Franco is still dead.

Just in case you were wondering...

Stopped in again at the KCK Public Library's main branch, and no, the Wi-Fi here hasn't gotten any better.  You've still got to accept a self-signed certificate to connect, you still can't read Usenet posts or even e-mail if your provider, like most, now requires you to connect securely via SSL, and I didn't even bother to check the filtering.  Too bad, because they've set up a vending-machine cafe at the front of the first floor reading room with even a few wall-mounted power outlets readily accessible.  It's a shame they won't get much use unless some attitudes change around here-fast.