I am listening to WNYC on the stereo. It’s 4 am in New York so the BBC is on. Soon, the news shows will start for the earliest of commuters. I’ve already checked the Wall Street Journal and New York TImes. In the NYT, there is a report on Bloomberg’s Mayor’s Management Report, which this year has an interactive component. I check the East Village and find, to my surprise, there was only 1 murder in the 12 months to June 2002. I would love to see a chart of that number for the past 20 years.

Later today, I will log on to my computers on Rector Street through a secure connection. I might do a spot of programming on them, or perhaps do some hedging if I need to fill in for someone. I will stay in touch with friends via the same email and instant messaging addresses as before.

So, you see, it is possible to be in more than one place at the same time. Physically, it is impossible to get a Volcano Roll at Zen One. But I’ve traded that in for yesterday’s late summer sailing trip with Joachim through the Stockholm Archipelago to Sandhamn, a beautiful and secluded island.