I never got into Facebook. Try as my friends might, I just wasn’t interested in it because IT SUCKS. My only interest in MySpace has been the language that has grown out of it, and for some reason I have a soft spot for lolcat pictures.

* Quick digression: lolcat has become an area of increased interest for me. I first noticed it when ‘teh’ started popping up everywhere I went, the we started replacing the letter ‘y’ with ‘eh’. I’m not 14 so I didn’t really understand what was going on, though ‘teh’ is one of the most common mis-typings you see on the net. But to end my digression, if your lolcat isn’t quite up to scratch (no pun intended) you can head over to the translator TO BRUSH UP ON UR SKILLS BEFORE READIN TEH LOLCAT BIBLE (conveniently started at Genesis 1). *

I don’t have all day to stuff around with my profile page, nor do I want to read delete hundreds of emails about this person roundhousing that person while so-and-so throws a turd at such-and-such. That’s why I like Twitter. 140 characters to talk about whatever has your attention right at that point in time. Do it once a day, once a week or twenty times a day (as some people seem able to do). I follow 14 people (six of whom rarely update) and receive no email updates because they’re all contained within whatever client you choose to tweet in (and if you really want email notifications, you can tell Twitter to do so). Key information, minimum fuss.

Which brings me to BrightKite, location based twittering. Currently in public beta (read: we’ll invite you when we want to), the whole concept looks quite exciting. While it seems the mobile capability is limited to the USA (and limited carriers) right now, in all truth you’re just a free wifi hotspot away from tweeting WITH your location as well. Of course, an iPhone launch in Australia and some competitive mobile data plans would go a long way to seeing me tweet whenever and wherever I am. Being able to bring location (through Google Maps), pictures and tweets (tagged to location) into one service goes a long way to allowing users the opportunity to properly connect with one another. ‘Cos remember, it’s all about interaction. Check it out and while you’re there, check out my page. I promise to have a more locations soon.

With the Olympic torch in Australia, it seems like a good time to post this one. The question: How to design a logo? I mean, after all… it’s the Olympic Games and the pressure is on. Lots of expectation; the need to better previous efforts and all that. Who could forget Sid, Olly and Dickhead, Fatso or that all time favourite, Springy! With all that pressure, the Beijing organisers have come up with this:

How did they come up with this I head you ask? I think I have some idea… (more…)

Alright, after reading Oz’s comments on how he does everything and we do nothing, I thought maybe I could use this imposed feeling of guilt to write a post to get something off my chest. I have never written anything of importance before and this shall be no different I am sure. I know nothing about the workings of Mac’s (though I do have one) and very little on Star Wars merchandise :) I suppose I could talk to my husband but ever since our little 14 month old baby girl has started repeating words and playing games with him, I am rarely able to pull his gaze away from Little Miss, let alone get him to listen to me. Ah the joys of being smitten.

So anyway, now that our little one is a bit older and is enjoying the company of other littlies, it is apparently not good enough to play at home with Mum, we must get out of the house. So I had to search Melbourne for things to do with her. It’s not as easy as it sounds as I had to be sure it was at a time when she may not be sleeping, eating or screaming. We started going to the local library for Rhyme Time and Story Time and the kids get to do a bit of arts and craft afterwards. Now, Little Miss is way too young to really get stuck in to the activities and she likes to jab other people with scissors so they are now off limits, but she can scribble very nicely (though sometimes she does manage to deface other kids works by losing control of her lightning fast crayon) I obviously have to help her to finish off.

Well, my gripe is this. There is one Dad that comes every week and honestly does the whole project for her little girl…perfectly, not a scribble out of place, while his poor babe looks on and begs to help. Dad lets her do the mundane things and at the end he proudly shows up his work and hands it over to his daughter. You can see other parents fixing up their kids work and trying to make sure it is as good as possible. I feel a little inadequate as I was actually helping Little Miss a fair bit and her work looks like crap (though totally gorgeous and cute because she helped of course).

You can just imagine what this dude will be like when she is older. Competition between parents is so rife already at this young age that I am not looking forward to the politics involved when I have to show up to PTA meetings and help out in the canteen. I am certainly not the kind of person who will be trying to get into the good books with her teachers by sending in expensive presents for Christmas and birthdays and please, who can really be bothered with working bees at schools, picking up rubbish and mowing lawns voluntarily when they already have some lazy bastard that the schools are paying to do it during the week?!

I have a friend who is on the committee already, just for kindergarten! I thought things would get easier as kids grow up, you know, they can start to speak and tell you what is wrong instead of whining and you playing some sort of angry charades with an even angrier little person, but I have just realised that I have to protect her from all sorts of scenarios. God forbid that she should be bullied in high school as I am originally from the bush. I swear I will dig out some mockies and hunt down the bully and get bogan on it’s ass! But for now I shall sit back and watch and enjoy Little Miss’ naivety on all things weird in her parents world.