Clippy

Clippy is dead. That lovable animated paperclip in Microsoft Office that helpfully offered the phrase "it looks like you are writing a letter..." has not been included in Office 2007.

See http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/microsoft-clippy-rip-1997-2007/ and http://www.techsophist.net/?q=node/504 for more tearful goodbyes.

Hair Raising

After the very private event of Britney Spears' head shaving, the non-publicity-seeking gal is selling her hairbrush to help make ends meet. Split ends perhaps?

If you feel the need for a pre-loved hairbrush, you can bid for it on ebay here

more MidSumma Carnival pictures

We had a great day at the carnival, the JOY balloon-blowing-up tent had been set up in the hottest part of the park but it was only 48 degrees in there so we didnt mind really, and escaped to have a picnic under the shade of the trees after an hour or two. Then we did a stint on the JOY stall, taking turns at being barrel girl (whatever that is), collecting entries for the free hourly draw and helping members to sign up or renew their membership. It was good meeting friends new and old, 'Not the real mccoy' listeners, some regulars (hi Tex and MP), so we didnt even know we had. The best feedback was "Oh, they played my song, they played my song!"

balloons

balloons
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Blowing up balloons at Midsumma Carnival

sick

I'm sick today, got the tummy bug thats been going round. Yesterday I was covering for a work colleage that was sick, today I got it. Pah

Ednaville

On Sunday we went for a picnic to the botanical gardens and then went into see the Ednaville exhibition at the Arts Centre, a recreation of a 1950s house. I think we were the youngest there, but I still kept saying 'oh, we used to have one of those....' wrought iron umbrella stand, flour/tea/coffee jars, telephone table & seat, bedhead bookshelf. I think it was more an exhibition on my parents old house, not Dame Edna's. The only thing I didnt recognise from the era was the African Lady portraits, face blue in the moonlight. Joe tells me they were all the rage at the time, and we overheard a couple saying Oh, thats just like the one we used to have