From my perspective, none of this caused me any problems: the delays I experienced were manageable. But it's a very interesting example of a system being rolled out despite being very clearly broken. I wonder if we'll get an interesting write-up of it at some point?
One of my favourite pages on the internet, to which I've returned often over many years, is www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/tech/pol.... I sent a small comment to its author at the weekend and, within an hour, the page was improved further! We are so lucky to benefit from this community spirit.
The thing that sticks in my mind was at Malpensa. A very friendly lady was desperately babysitting passengers through the process hoping to find someone for whom it worked. She wasn't having much luck.
I'll be speaking at London Systems on Jul 2nd. Attendance is free, and you get a lightning talk or two as a bonus!
A confluence of events meant that, unusually, I've travelled three times to the EU in the last month. The new Entry & Exit System has failed 5 times out of 6. Each country/airport implements it differently, some comically incompetently. One, clearly, was ignoring it.
Linux sometimes surprises me.
pizauth-1.1.0 out with a number of features: systemd users will want to enable the `systemd` feature. I've also updated my web site with signed ssh signatures, so you can tell that I did (or didn't!) make a given release. tratt.net/laurie/src/p...