Sometimes I wish I worked at home. On Thursday mornings, when I have to get up and showered and dressed before the breakfast show trail I can actually set the alarm half an hour later than I do on the mornings I go straight into work, even though the trail is over two hours earlier than the start of the working day. If I could work at home all day and ditch the travelling, I could get loads more done, especially on mornings like this when the trains were held up for quarter of an hour by a burning car, apparently on the line.

Anyway, the trail went well. It was short and sweet and on an easy subject (the new .name top level internet domain) and as ever it gave me some more ideas for questions for this evening’s show.

It was, theoretically, my last trail by phone, as I picked up the ISDN mixer for the new line when I got in to ITN this evening. It all looks quite simple - just a mic and headphones to plug into the front, and the power and ISDN leads into the back, and off you go. Next week will be the real test, but I suggested engineer Steve could come around and help plug it in if I get (unlikely) stuck.

The show went well. Gordon was away, so it was a lot of talking and keeping track of things and by the end of it I was exhausted. In fact, it was only the big bard box of the ISDN thingie poking in my side all the way home that stopped me falling asleep on the train.

One of the guests was from onumber.net who set up web sites based on numbers rather than words and to demonstrate the service set up one to point to The Lab web site at www.onumber.net/843522. I didn’t twig immediately, but if you press those numbers in that order on a telephone keypad it spells out THE LAB. Apparently it’s the future.

Paul called to say he’s booked himself a week in Gran Canaria with Trevor, Jon and Ian in February. I’m already tied into family comitments so can’t make it, hence the plans for St Petersburg by train in late February instead. I guess I ought to get on with the planning now it’s confirmed.

1. ISDN
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2. Upping the count
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3. You jest, surely
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