Everybody is going crazy!

Tomorrow will be the house dedication, there will be nine monks here in the morning, food for the community, and a large gathering. The community is making sweets for the dedication, food is being gathered and prepared, people are coming from around Bangkok, it is a big deal. The house is all rearranged to make room, the chairs or seating pads for the monks are here. I am taking pictures with a new camera that I got yesterday at the Photofair at Bitec Center. Being a recluse by temperament it is a little stressful, but the feeling is good. I do not think that Jit will sleep much. She went to Phra Pradaeng market in the morning with a friend on motorbikes. We also went to Big C and Phra Pradaeng this afternoon to get more "stuff".

Yesterday I went to STOU to bring in my hand-on exercises and then we rode to the Photofair with the Photography department at STOU. The Photofair was all digital and really excellent, all the new things from Canon and Nikon were there. I saw the D200, and want one. I also saw, and purchased, the Ricoh GR Digital. I already own the GR1v and the GR21 and could not resist. The Ricoh GR Digital is not available in the United States. I have been using it today and am happy with it, it is fast, sharp, and sensible. I want to get the Voigtlander Mini-Finder for it, the 28mm-35mm one. I think it will be a perfect match.

There are going to be at least 40 people for my STOU presentation next Friday. I have the material prepared. Monday is a holiday and Tuesday I will bring in my computer to make sure the projector and Internet connection are working. I am looking forward to the presentation. The subject is Finding, Gathering, and Sharing Information with the Internet. Since my presentation was completed last Thursday Google has added RSS feeds to Gmail and Yahoo has bought del-iscio-us. The world of Tagging and RSS feeds is moving quickly. It is like the old days when the Internet was exciting and free. Everything that I will be presenting will be a free tool to gather and share information. It is exciting.

We are going to put the computer in a sperate room so I will be out of communication for a day or two. Monday we are taking Juk's computer to Pantip Plaza to get repaired. I hope to get to the Photofair tomorrow after the house dedication.

I will be keeping notes and taking pictures so I will update my Blog when things calm down.