I am in London.

I am typng this using the “Inter­net on TV” fea­ture of my room. The TV is wall-mounted and has a dis­play of 640x480, and is clearly using some cus­tom, fullscreen ver­sion of Fire­fox. I feel bad for the guests who don’t know the key­board short­cuts, or that you can browse in tabs. Now that I look at it I think this might even be Linux? This costs $11/hour.

The room is smaller than pic­tured on the hotel’s web­site, but com­fort­able enough, about the width of two and a half dou­ble beds. There is an abstract paint­ing on the wall, the walls are white, and the fur­ni­ture is this very light false “pine” color, if I know my woods.

On my way from the tube to the hotel I learned that my street is crowded with young drinkers on Fri­day nights. It’s filled with bars and restau­rants, includ­ing Pizza Hut and McDonald’s, and even an Amer­i­can Fried Chicken, among other, no doubt classier places.

Tomorrow’s itin­er­ary includes buy­ing tooth­paste and a volt­age adapter. I would also like to buy a watch and somethng to read. There will also prob­a­bly be pic­tures taken along the Thames, and sore feet.