Broadly speaking, there were three topics that I wanted to explore today. Firstly I wanted to talk to the Zoho Writer developers to see if they really intend to implement the changes that I have suggested. I wanted to explain why I thought they were important, if I needed to; and to lobby for their inclusion. Secondly, I wanted to see what was in store for the other Zoho services that we are using, and find out if there are anymore that we should be using. Finally, I wanted to find answers to some of the questions that I have been asked in Finland about Zoho: will it last, can we trust it, why should we prefer it to Google, and so on.

There were many reasons why leaving Goa was difficult other than the zen of scooting. We had all really enjoyed ourselves, and we had met some very interesting people that I hope grow into real friends.

The village we are staying in is actually called Kindlebag. It is very small and dominated by the Intercontinental Hotel, which is both good and bad. It fills the place with package tourists during the season, and Indian business conferences during the summer; but it ensures that almost everyone in the village is employed in one way or another.

The rain comes and goes. One day it rained and rained almost all day. Irma went to Chaudi to do some shopping, and took several hours, because she had to hide in various shops as sudden downpours caught her by surprise. The good side of this was that she came back with a large and unusual collection of purchases ranging from Maggi Vegetable Masale magic cubes, to a traditional metal teapot.

Today we went to meet the sheep again. They are now back on their island, and we wondered whether they would recognise us, or respond to us.

The site has scarcely been updated since the end of June. I managed to upload several posts from India but none of the accompanying photographs – and indeed none of the re-edited prose. Early this morning I reloaded the amended versions of the Goa pieces, so they make at least some sense now.

Saturday afternoon in Charlotte is not necessarily going to be the highlight of your week, unless you have spent the rest of your week in Charlotte.

The girls give the sheep a party, and before the sheep take the boat home.

This spring the girls were asking if they could have an animal in the summer to look after. That is why this summer we have had two sheep living with us in the countryside. I have been familiar with sheep…

is online and ready to Goa!

is sitting and waiting…
now has tickets from Mumbai to Goa with Kingfisher, the world’s best airline
has abandoned the waiting routine and is at Benitas using the new, free wifi. Hooray for Benita, I say!

has finally got the new land online in something like a finished form
gets ready for another long local exploration with the junior cyclist. We have already found a beach and a cafe this week…
has just been given a copy of the almost-forgotten Vippe, but the latest Shockwave player won’t play it. Damn!

says hello to Ms Sun, who has finally come out to play

has begun today’s Fleamarket Adventure by adopting the proffere role of driver and helper

is sitting on a jetty in Pellinki with a laptop and a mokkula, waiting for Ville to phone
has discovered that supervising Auo’s swimming and reading are completely incompatible activities
hardly ever fails to finish a book; but then hardly ever starts a book as dull as the first 96 pages of Nerve by Dick Francis.

is going to cook lunch as soon as he manages to check his mail
says, “Mail checked, Second Life unavailable; food coming!”
has discovered that the girls love tosca cake, despite pretending that they don’t
is checking out www.vivaty.com – another attempt to make 3D ‘worlds’ mainstream
has finished watching the sun set over the islands and is going to bed

has returned from a very rainy Saturday morning fish market. Sunshine, my foot!
has a lifestream.fm follower, and I haven’t even got into the service properly yet!
got some Twitter spam in the form of a phoney “I am following you, but if you check my profile you’ll get a link to a lame ad”…

is back in Helsinki, and getting bored with stomach pains

is not going to mow the lawn in the rain…
is failing to get a KDE-powered eeePC to recognise a Nokia N70 so that I can download images. Damn!
has the N70 / eeePC thing under control, and is now looking for a neat Linux ftp application. Any suggestions?
has found almost everything he needed to know at wiki.eeeuser.com, and has decided to test Kasablanca for ftp

says, “oh no, more tests tomorrow!”. The situation is (possibly) wryly amusing.

is writing synopses and outlines this morning
is going outside to experience the autumn weather for himself
thinks Anna is right about IE Tab for FF. It *is* awesome

has got the go ahead for Goa from the kindly doctors, and stands by for medical fun in the fall

is about to check in online – 7 hours to flight time!
may be offline for the next three weeks, as Goa is not known for its continuous net access, Bye bye for now!

has had another early morning because the junior schoolgirl started a school outing at 8am in the pouring rain – but at least she woke up!
has a cabal of funding and timetabling issues dancing around him like cartoon monsters
notices that Jaiku is finally back up and running, and may finally be in a position to out-twitter Twitter!
has been more distracted than he planned and done more than he intended (but not exactly what he intended). Ho hum and off we go!
has already started booking the 2009 holiday; and is now getting worried about the availability of tickets to LoW (and hotels…)

2008. Week 31: July 28 – August 3.