¡Vámonos!

Many of you who are regular visitors may have been puzzled at one time or another by a odd munching noise that started a few seconds after the page opened and went on sporadically whilst you read, Some worked out what it was, others remained puzzled, whilst still more asked me what it was.

For those who are still none the wiser, the noise was Señorita Ovejita Rosita, my virtual pet pink pig, who was a bit of a greedy guts and was constantly munching grass. There was an 'off' switch for her noise and as I had set it to 'off' I was unaware of how noisy she was.

However, after she freaked out attendees at a recent Flashmeeting and provoked comment in the chat, I felt enough was enough, and Señorita Ovejita Rosita has been moved on to greater things.

Her replacement is the altogether more placid (and silent!) Pablito Pingüino. Feel free to toss him a fish every so often - he'd very much like that.

Posted by lisibo at 18:26 0 comments    

Labels: funny, offtopic, widgits

Thought it was about time I adopted a pet for my blog.

There were no cows available at the Virtual Pet Shop unfortunately - anyhow, Angus would get jealous, wouldn't he @mrmackenzie?

So, in honour of my friend, The Countess of Devon, here's my new pet who will henceforth live in my sidebar.

Feel free to feed my sheep with hay or lettuce - just offer it to her and click for her to eat. Apologies that she's a noisy eater.

Posted by lisibo at 22:49 2 comments    

Labels: animals, funny, widgits

Continuing on the theme of 'bling for your blog', have you seen the latest - my Favicon. If you have the blog open in tabs, you should see my Weemee on the tab, and also by the URL in the address bar at the top. (Unless you use IE6 in which Favicons apparently don't work!)

I was alerted to these little beauties by Silvia Tolisano's post Add a Favicon to your blog
on her Langwitches blog. Although she offered the Wikipedia definition as well, I liked her 'non scientific description' - 'The little thingy that shows up as a little picture right next to the URL address in the address bar.' Sounded like a good idea - but couldn't work out how to do it as Silvia's blog is a Wordpress blog with a hosting company so doesn't work quite the same as a Blogger one!

Then Joe Dale blogged Favicon your Typepad blog
and, as usual, gave clear instructions on the way to go about it. But Typepad blogs are again different so still no joy!

However, I left comments on both blogs, and Silvia and Joe were kind enough to point me in the direction of Blogger Tips and Tricks and specifically Favicon for your Bloggerblog. (Thank you x)
And there, in words of one syllable and with clear step by step instructions, I discovered how and succeeded in adding my favicon using My Favatar.
And it really was quite easy! I could see that the post has been updated several times with additional information, and was cheered to see that the final ammendment was the idiotproof, step by step instructions in words of one syllable that I needed - so I'm not the only one who sometimes needs a bit of 'intervention support' ;o

And I'm quite fond of the latest use for my Weemee - she gets everywhere, that girl!

Posted by lisibo at 15:12 0 comments    

Labels: Blogger, Joe Dale, Langwitches, widgits