School districts spend tax payer money on technology, yet the officials who make this budget requests know nothing about that they are purchasing. The Julie Amero case is an example of a school district that failed to install its software correctly, and then blamed a substitute teacher for the results of an easily prevented incident. More coverage from Rick Green at The Courant;

To believe that Julie Amero deserves to go to jail for exposing her students to pornography takes some work.

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Legislators held a public hearing on the proposed legislation that would increase the fines levied against drivers who are caught using a hand held cell phone while driving. The problem, it turns out, is enforcement. Which, had the legislators been using common sense when they first considered the ban, they would have realized that enforcement was nearly impossible. For example, at what point does a driver break the law? Picking up the phone? Looking at the caller id? Pressing the answer (talk) button? Talking on the speaker phone while holding the phone? Fumbling for the headset to talk while complying with the spirit of the ban? Reaching over over to turn down the radio volume in order to hear the conversation? Scrolling through contacts lists to dial a number?

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