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Future gazing from a quiet corner of cyberspace.

I am trying for speed rather than form today so I have taken a few quick snaps on my phone to capture the New Year’s preperations.

These two are the master chefs in action. Mark and Marie cooking up a satay extravaganza!

After much drama throught the year, the result is this amazing kitchen. Adrienne and i have threatened to bring in a film crew to televise the cooking activities that will be going on in here in the future. Mark has his dream Kitchen.

The two best friends in the world - Adreinne and Nicole. Somehow even though we have started off with completely different holidays we have bumped into each other all along the coast.

Let the party begin…

I was just looking back on my previous post about Facebook. The little sparks of contact and inspiration that came from the discovery of new friends and old, quickly turned into a nuisance. Although I still check in on my own profile every now and then I barely use it at all. One of my big concerns has been around the constant need to share private information with every application developer that wanted me to use their app.

I should be able to see exactly what data is being shared and be able to limit it and control its use. Until this happens I am unlikely to signup to too many more applications on Facebook.

It is fascinating watching how the “gen y” crowd is using this and other social networking services. They are totally fearless about sharing every last detail about their lives. It makes me feel like an old fart to say so but the way that they these services is completely different to my own. They practically live in these worlds; or rather they co-exist in both the online and offline worlds.

For me though these worlds are still quite separate and the world of Facebook has taken a noticeable back seat to the rest of the non-Facebook universe.