We take so much technology for granted in our daily life. I know I do. I wake up in the morning to the gentle blips of my smartphone. Weather, news and facebook updates are instantly delivered to my inbox. My half-open eyes scan this impatiently until my conscience finally overpowers me and I roll out of bed. Stumbling towards the shower, I flick my iTouch to turn on my soundsystem downstairs to my morning playlist. I eat breakfast watching BBC on my laptop, then on the underground i'll read another chapter of the Antichrist eBook on my phone (and I'm one of the old fashioned Londoners. These days you need a Kindle)
And just like Apple's transformed what we do and how we do it, Google has revolutionised what it is we have access to on a daily basis. Today I sat in my office slightly worse for wear, the usual Monday blues, when my fingers anxiously punched away at the keyboard looking for the 21st century equivalent of reminiscence - googlemaps.
I scanned the eastern coast of the Sinai, carefully on 'satellite view', until my eyes finally spotted it. I zoomed down from outer space onto that very ledge where, less than two years ago, I fell asleep at the edge of the water. I still remember how that wine tasted and how sleepy I was, and how bright the milky sky shone. I sat in my chair immobile for a few minutes, staring down at the ledge. It's so far yet it it's so close. The colour of the sand jogs my memory well. "Oh to be there!" weeps the satellite.
