A real live sighting

Things to do in the City of Angels

• go start spotting... check

Ok, so I wasn't exactly in LA when I saw Anthony Stewart Head otherwise known as the librarian, Giles, in the cult hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was actually in the queue to get on to an airplane bound for LA that I made the sighting. He was about half a dozen people in front of me until I lost sight of him when he was whisked off, presumably into the first class carriage.

California
I have made it here. And what is the first thing that I do upon arriving at my hotel at 03:00 in the morning (my time, it's actually 18:00 here)? Have a shower? Go to sleep? Get annoyed by the fact that I arrived in San Jose airport and my luggage didn't? No, check out the free internet access and update my blog. I am a sad bunny!

I've discovered what I've left behind though. It's the most useful gadget that I've ever owned. It's a USB memory stick with a slot for an SD card on the other. It makes loading pictures from my camera to my laptop a doddle. And pictures are what make this blog interesting so I'd better find a replacement pdq!

Musings
Have you ever noticed that the internet now knows where in the world you are when you connect? I just did a quick search on SD card readers and everything that came back was located in the US. If I'd done the same search 12 hours earlier, most of the hits would have been in the UK. Are the machines getting more clever?

I really should get some sleep...