Tech Eye: Lonesome lessons

Naturally these moments of escapism tend to coincide with periods when the local financier (loan shark) has his eye on us or the police have charged us yet again with "aggravated nudity."

Indeed, there's something to be said for solitude, aside from the fact that it gives you a chance to lick a wider variety of things than would be considered polite in public. Solitude - and, to a less pleasurable extent, quarantine - gives you a chance to reflect on the good things in life (bathing in chocolate pudding), the bad things (bathing in chocolate pudding with Gérard Depardieu) and the ugly things (Gérard Depardieu and Barbara Streisand bathing together in anything). Perhaps the best thing about solitude is that, by definition, there's never anyone around to ask silly questions like, "Did you just steal that?" or "However did you fit into that girdle?"

There is a downside to seclusion, however - finding your way back from it. While Techeye has generally been lucky with this sort of thing, we once went on the lam with Cousin Peregrin Techeye after some crazy woman accused him of "vehicular lewdness with intent to debauch." We crossed a few borders as we dodged Johnny Law but sadly, following an unfortunate accident when our hotel (bordello) in Guyana was raided, we were separated. Due to our mobile phone's battery having died, our poor cousin couldn't get in contact with us from the police station and, last we heard, he had become "Captain of the Shower Room" in Guyana's Georgetown Prison.

Techeye learned a very important lesson on that fateful day - always keep your mobile charged when hiding from the police in a foreign hotel with a family member. That's why we're picking up an Emergency Mobile Phone Charger from Gadget.brando.com.hk. This handy item runs on two AA batteries and boasts "transform efficiency up to 92 percent." It costs around zł.43 (plus shipping) - a paltry sum if it helps to keep you in touch when you're off somewhere hiding.