Harlem Renaissance, 21st Century Edition

NYC Mayor's Office:  Harlem to become biggest Wi-Fi hotzone in USA.

Interesting, to say the least.  And it's not like the need isn't there, either.  I just hope it doesn't prove to be a crime magnet given that it's only going to be accessible outdoors.  People too scared to come out and use it won't benefit from it.  

You know, it might have been better to have made an effort to recruit either new or existing business owners to unwire and provide some safe indoor 24-hour venues-or at least locations open later than the public library branches which probably are taking the brunt of bridging the digital divide currently-in the covered neighborhoods, and perhaps this should be looked at anyway as a spur to economic development.  

In any event, here's hoping it works out in the end.  

I really didn't want my first post in such a long while to be such a downer...

...especially not at holiday time, but I came across this from out in California while researching another late-breaking report of someone else being investigated for accessing and/or possessing you-know-what and I thought I'd pass it on.  The "someone else" is an aide to a rather well-known elected official; I'll leave it to you to look that story up if you're interested since there's no indication as of yet that Wi-Fi is involved.

As for the incident in which Wi-Fi is involved, here we go again with the blanket pronouncement that the bad stuff definitely got onto the laptop over what the detective makes a point of stating was an open connection.  Care to back that up with some forensics, Detective?  After all, you did find more garbage when you searched the suspect's home; might it be at all possible that he had some of it on the laptop already before he arrived at the restaurant? 

Actually we should count our blessings that this piece of low-hanging fruit was brazen enough to do what he stands accused of doing in public-thus easily bringing his predation upon kids to what is hoped will be a permanent end. 

And though, to paraphrase Dickens, it may not be in keeping with the situation above, season's greetings to all regardless.