![]() ![]() ![]() “Limited, and closely monitored,” smiled Warden Ackley grimly as he walked through the door of the computer training room with his guests. Our terminals are loaded with tutorial exercises and educational programs.” “Because most of our inmates are in here for white collar crimes, uhm remember this is a medium security facility, part of getting them ready for return to the outside, is to give them training to bring their computer skills up to current. The Warden picked up a file and motioned for Parker to lead the way. I will need a walk through for me and my three handpicked officers. All that’s left now is the computer room. When you brief your team, please ask them to be alert for any sign of a phone.”Īt the end of the day’s fruitless search, Sergeant Tremaine walked into the Warden’s office simultaneously knocking on the door. We have to be on the lookout for phones at all times. At our national convention last year, the guest speaker presented a paper on the very subject. “I believe we have,” replied Sergeant Tremaine in his same monotone. Have we had the conversation previously?” The cell phone is the best tool ever invented to affect a prison escape. “Last year one hundred and thirty three phones. ![]() “Three and a half years ago we confiscated five cell phones in the whole year,” said Warden Ackley, warming to his favourite topic. Dogs will find him if he is,” was the monotone response from this mountain of a man, whose uniform strained to contain his overly muscular physique. “Probably hiding in a corner somewhere like a rodent. “What do you make of that, Sergeant Tremaine?” asked Warden Ackley. There is no physical evidence of a breakout.” The fences haven’t been cut, bars aren’t missing, no obvious signs of digging. “Perimeter report,” called Warden Ackley looking toward Deputy Warden Parker, who swallowed hard then responded as clearly as he could speak. The news of this escape suddenly made him feel 10 years younger. His hair was suddenly grey too.Īction is what he thrived on. The amount of administrative paperwork had grown exponentially over the years and was bogging him down mentally. Warden Ackley was looking forward to retirement. This was the last thing I ever wanted to happen on my watch. “Thank you sir,” said a relieved Shane Parker, noticing his hand shake as he hung up the phone, and thinking to himself, I’ve only been Deputy Warden for three days. ![]() “I’ll contact Sergeant Tremaine and set a 4am. “Good man,” replied Warden Ackley reassuringly. “Sounded the alarm, alerted State Police, put the jail into Lockdown.” “Did you follow procedure? Tell me what you have done.” “Warden Ackley, this is your new Deputy Shane Parker. Illustration by Marta D’Asaro.ĭespite the late hour, the phone was answered on the first ring. No set-up, subscriptions, logins or knowledge needed.Barry O’Farrell’s flash fiction examines lockdown in a prison setting, and a curious escape. The Grab To URL function is built on the same principles It just works. So i started to build my own app from scratch - with focus on the user experience Effortless, quick and clutter-free screen-grabbing, an intuitive interface/ ease of use and - of course - implementation of new functions to avoid the previously mentioned crowded desktop. The problem was that the good ones were too heavy - they did too much and didn't allow the same feeling of effortless, immediate action as the built-in OSX Screencapture functions. So i downloaded and installed maybe 10 different applications - some lousy and some really good. The developer answers: Some time ago - looking at my desktop filled with heaps of screenshots for various clients - a mess of files with almost identical names - i started to search the web and the App Store for a tool to help me avoid future mayhem. It also turns out that "ordinary" people that don't know how to press cmd+shift+4 / hold three keys simultaneously now get the possibility (or more appropriately the ability) to capture the screen easily and effectively.īut why popShot? There are a bunch of similar Apps out there already? PopShot provides an intuitive and pleasing interface with new important features for frequent screen shooters. ![]()
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