It is nice sleeping in my own bed. You get used to your own bed, and it is easier to sleep in it… I still woke up too early this morning but I did sleep better… The bed at the motel I stayed in was probably the worst I have ever slept in… The matress felt like it was only about an inch thick, although it was much thicker. I was planning to stay down there an extra night, but the work finished early so I was able to drive back.

The iPod almost ran out of power on the way back. Came very close. I think the saving grace was that I was listening to ‘The Games’ most of the way, and this saved HDD access, and therefore battery life. That means that I got probably at least 10 hours battery life out of it – and going down there I was using shuffle and would often say next song, requiring more battery power.

SlashDot has a story in which they are reporting that a number of manufacturers of digital cameras (and some camcorders) are offering free repairs to devices after the image sensor supplied by sony is starting to fail with moisture ingress.

Linked to BoingBoing I think is RavelCo, which is a security device for cars. Basically, you get various wires from around the car, and route them THROUGH the connector. The connector plug contains a plug board that contains random wire connections (but they are documented on a per install basis) so the correct plug is needed to wire the vehicle back correctly. There is one type of attack that I can think of here… Get a car battery, connect the ground to the chasis of the car, and the inject power into all of the inputs. This might cause the starter to start, but it should not be too hard to work that one out.

I have some prep work that I can think of to help the process too, but that still makes the system secure. And no, I will not say what the prep work would be since I do not want ot help car theives. But I do believe that this is vulnrable to attack….

Finally, from LA comes news that a small plane has made an emergency landing on an LA freeway…