I don’t think this is oh so terrible.  You take a prisoner, who has nothing to do all day anyhow, and put him to work in a virtual environment; playing a game no less.  If forced to choose, I think I’d probably rather be playing a computer game, than do manual labor.  I mean what’s the difference between forcing a prisoner to do physical labor vs mental work?  True, I think double-dipping by having the prisoners perform their manual duties and then later their unofficial virtual work crosses the line in a bit, but overall I think having prisoners do work online is a great idea if applied correctly.

Normally I love pretty much everything Google does, but I’m not so sure how I feel about having my credit cards tied into my phone.  I lose my phone far too often to then worry about losing my phone = losing my “wallet.”  Yeah, I may have to hold-out on this one a bit until I learn a bit more about the security issues and the protection available to me.  Being a Citibank customer and soon to be Android user, I guess technically I could jump right on-board, but I’ll pass on the early-adopter badge this time.

Not that I’m at all qualified to suggest a particular course of action for any sports franchise, but it seems to me that when something is by-and-large working, to change it completely is a bit out of turn.  So the Lakers lose a series, more specifically one game, horribly and it’s time to shake things up?  Ok, well I hope that works out.  On the bright side, the new scout is pretty hot!