She says:Oh, the sweet agony of a timed out Internet! I just spent forty minutes writing THE most brilliant blog post the world has ever seen, and, in a doomed race against time, the Tokyo hotel computer counted me down and I desperately jabbed at the save and publish button. Japanese warning messages were popping up on the screen, I was futilely ignoring them, trying to post for you, and the screen went black. All my hard work - gone. Into the Japanese Internet ether. Trust me, it was truly brilliant prose. I mourn the loss, as should you.

We FINALLY have reliable Internet access for a few sweet moments, here at the Apple store in Ginza. Sweet, sweet Apple.