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Suite Life: Nerd out in a steel cage apartment

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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who get excited at the idea of living in recycled packaging and those who don't.

As I step into the blue box that will be my home for the next 20 hours, I think about the voyages it has taken around the planet and what it has carried. And if I might be able to smell it.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on October 18, 2020, with the headline Suite Life: Nerd out in a steel cage apartment. Subscribe