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Friday night, it’s cold…
…and I just wrote a funny email, we’re listening to Big L and eating homemade pizza. The dog is making slurping noises as he eats scraps.
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National Library
The redesign of the National Library may not be going ahead as planned, so hopefully we get to enjoy that ballsy and unapologetic sixties/seventies architecture for a bit longer.
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New design for the old site
At last a new design. I disliked the last redesign but am a little happier with this one. It remains a work in progress. It works in IE6 and the usual Firefox, Opera, Safari, but at the time of writing it is untested in Chrome, IE7 and IE8. Tomorrow is another day though. Then I really must upgrade!
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Highlights from 2008
2008 went fast. Highlights included:
- Cigars. From the first proper smoke I had on Mauricio’s porch in Habana (a Cohiba no less), to the aged Davidoff on Christmas Eve, cigars have become a great addition to the enjoyment of life.
- Getting engaged. Tash agrees to marry me just before Christmas. w00t! (BTW, these are in no particular order)
- Helicopters. Well only one. The flight to the floor of the Grand Canyon followed by a dusk flight over Las Vegas was extremely memorable.
- Mexico. We only visited Mexico City and Teotihuacan, but I can’t wait to return. Our friends Rulo and Pia gave me a wonderful tour of Mexico City, complete with traffic thrills, grilled grasshoppers, and mariachi!
- The US trip in March was incredible. I would love to return to New York, Washington DC and San Diego. Tash organised the whole thing and did a marvelous job. The Saturn V in Houston was extremely cool.
- Webstock was brilliant, and I’m looking forward to the 2009 event in February. The quiz was a lot of fun, we really must organise another one of those!
- Importantly for me the vast majority of projects I worked on this year were successful. The new year poses many challenges and opportunities, and I see no dull moments ahead.
