mykrocosm

Way back in February 2005 I tried out jotspot, an online wiki that gives you your own space at yourname.jot.com. I know a few others who gave it a go too. It was a great way for me to learn some good wiki habits for personal organisation, but after a few months I started to find it a tad too clunky and I never really liked the idea of having DOYAW, data on yet another website. I ended up installing MediaWiki on my own domain.

Today I noticed that Google just bought Jot Spot. Curious I thought, surely the technologies in that site wouldn’t be beyond the expertise of the Google folk. And they already have a semi-wiki site in Google Notebook - at first I wondered how they were going to align these two products. Perhaps they’ll merge them?

Then I discovered the agenda could be even bigger - Jotspot’s CEO stated earlier this year that their aim was to “embrace and extend” some of Microsoft’s Office products. I have a suspicion that Jotspot had some big projects in the pipeline and that these, not the wiki system, is what Google really wants!

Everyone seems to be posting their clock count for daylight saving, here’s ours :

Car (2), Microwave, Oven, Hallway Clock, Bedside Alarms (2), Phones (2) for a total of 9.

And now the whinges :

Both clocks in the car are factory fitted, and they seem to get more than 5 minutes out of sync before you’ve reached the next service station.

We still can’t figure out how to change the clock on the Oven.

And why is it that even when you have your phone’s options set to “Automatically update date and time”, it doesn’t??

On Friday we disappeared into a lovely little Balinese BnB cottage up at Birdwood. I packed a huge basket overflowing with watermelon, honeydew, mangoes, strawberries, sun dried tomatoes, artichokes, eggplant, spicy fetta, brie, other cheeses, olives, kabanas, salads, foccacia, ciabattis, wine, the works.

We could literally feel ourselves unwinding over the first couple of hours we were there. We spent the whole weekend drinking, eating and enjoying ourselves in the spa bath and in front of the cosy wood fire. We ventured out once on Saturday evening to stroll the main street, and on Sunday afternoon we stopped off at the Lobethal Heart of the Hills Market before finishing our leisurely drive home.

What a wonderful weekend. What a wonderful city we live in. Never mind those long, car-weary journeys - there are so many great getaways right on our doorstep!

So I got another Blogger’s Prod … but I have a pretty damn good excuse - I just got married! So there.

October has just been a blur. To recap, the highlights :

• Buck’s night. I’m still gathering the full story from those who attended.
• Family. With my sister back from London, the Flea Folk flying in from Singapore, and several interstatial relatives, there was an awful lot of dinners, barbeques and gatherings
• Friends. Even more dinners, barbeques and gatherings.
• House. Even after two months living in the new house we still hadn’t found a home for all our possessions. Then we had to procure and set up two more beds. Even that wasn’t enough, as we wound up accodomating seven bodies. All sharing one bathroom. Yep.
• Garden. All the lovely plants in our new garden started dying. And the lawn too. Apparently they wanted water or something like that. Geez, needy much?
• The Big Day. October 14th. A perfect and memorable day. I can’t really do it justice with words right now.
• Here We Go Again. Not content with one, we’re following up with a second wedding in Singapore in three months time. So instead of getting to relax and enjoy ourselves this past week, we started the whole shebang all over again, designing invitations, shopping for paper and envelopes, and making lists, making lists, making lists…
• The Recurring Greeting. “Why do you look so tired? Get some sleep…”
  

Ok so we’ve spent the whole day planning the big occasion, and patience is starting to wear really thin. Then milady drops her pen (we’re at the point of his and hers pens by now) and announces “I need chocolate, I’m too stressed”. I’m all, “Is that the best mechanism for dealing with stress?” and she’s like, “I don’t care. I need the endorphins”. So we debate that for a while.

Long story short, I give in and we have some chocolate. I match her bite for bite, just to keep her company. So we have a fair bit. And funnily enough within ten minutes it’s worked - we finish out the rest of the the day’s planning on a really nice high.

I have a disconcerting feeling that I just set a precedent Dr Phil wouldn’t like. So you tell me. What’s a feller supposed to do?