WAR DRIVE Tomorrow I'm going out with the laptop to test the wireless settings. I think our nearest hotspot is the IMAX. Also thinking about solar panels for the Mexico leg of the trip. I was talking to Heather about this the other night and she suggested panels as she took one out to Africa with her. We still have to finalise the details of the Mexican trip but I think we will be spending most of our time way outside of Mexico City so keeping the batteries charged is going to be problematic. Off subject somewhat I just came across this article from Canada: "TORONTO -- A half-naked man found driving on a city street was arrested and charged with child porn offences this week in the first Canadian case involving wireless Internet signal piracy, police said yesterday. The bizarre case began when a Toronto police officer spotted a motorist going the wrong way down a one-way street in a residential neighbourhood. After pulling the man over, Sgt. Don Woods discovered the man was naked from the waist down as he downloaded images on a laptop computer of a young girl involved in a sex act with an adult. Investigation showed the man had hooked into a wireless computer network at a nearby house to gain access to a resident's Internet connection and download images from child pornography websites. The scheme, known as "war driving," allows a computer with wireless Internet capability to tap into a wireless home network and access the World Wide Web..." (MORE) That's the kind of thing you don't see discussed on Top Gear. Mike is blogging to: Big Black