Several years ago I wrote Marbles Squared, a 'lightweight addictive puzzle game' for the Palm Pilot. I would often peruse Google for reviews and download figures, until one day, I found an article that referenced my little game.

I remember, back in 2000, I think, while I was away for maybe my first snowboarding holiday, upon my return, I found my desk (...and my email) had been in constant use. Nothing unusual compared to nowadays, but back then, there was only 5 of us, so I definitely thought: "who's been sleeping in my bed?"

Merry Christmas all - and a pre-emptive happy new year! In other news, my entry for Andy Budd's Santa letter won a copy of his book and a 2gb iPod Nano. Superb! Congratulations to those who also won the book.

Just a big thank you to everyone who came to Julie and my 10 year "togetherness" party last Saturday! We hosted an 80s party at Heist in Brighton and it was a ball. Lots of superb costumes and lots of retro tunes. Here's the invite I put together for the occasion:

Jonas, a good friend from work is getting Married this weekend. In Hungary. He's marrying a Hungarian, so it makes a lot of sense. 160 people, from 19 different countries. An open bar from 7pm until 3am. It's going to be messy. Jonas (aka Jan) has done an amazing jobs of organising all [...]

Trying to keep healthy had go through a few pints of water each day, today I learnt a fairly cardinal of water near computers. If you have trouble with simple actions, such as: picking a glass of water up, then you're going to be in trouble.

I'm really never really any good at birthdays, but this year, I think I've done a little better. Most people at work knew it was my 28th, even people I'd say I didn't really know. I took an hour lunch break for some food with a few friends (an hour where I work [...]