June 13, 2006

Singapore hotel

I am currently staying in Singapore, having just finished speaking at a conference. Having been upgraded at check-in, I'm staying in a modern and beautifully appointed room. All very nice.

Of course, being modern and minimalist, you wouldn't want to spoil the sleek lines of the controls with anything like labels. This is what is at my bedside:

Let's get a closer look at that:

Hmm. From the bedside position I could infer that the various buttons most likely controlled the lights, and after some trial-and-error finally managed to get the results that I was looking for. (I guess I should count myself lucky the that the "all off" button was labelled, even if it was too tiny to read.)

All very amusing.

Posted by jamesr on June 13, 2006 12:41 AM
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