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Normally at Christmas time this is what happens. We write all of the Christmas cards, promising that we will write a letter to go in each one. Time runs out and we end up sticking the cards in the post at the last possible moment, without the letters.

This year we did it differently. We wrote the letter, then time ran out before we had written the Christmas cards and we ended up not sending anything at all. Disaster.

So to all of you of were kind enough to send us cards this year we're sorry for the un-festive silence. Next Christmas we'll be back to our usual routine.

So 2008 wasn't a great year for blog entries, but it was bursting with action in other regards. Here's a quick run-down

• HarvestRoad, for whom I have been working since 2002, sold its business and a dozen of its employees to an Italian publishing house.
• My job changed a lot.
• We moved office.
• We moved office again.
• Things got back to normal.

It was a mental work year, mostly as a result of all the things that happen when a company creates a new subsidiary. Happily we kept producing software throughout the changes and are just testing the first major release since 2006.

Somewhere along the way Ben grew another six inches, Jasper contracted (and is now in remission from) a type of cancer to which retrievers are susceptible, Eve kept everything running smoothly and I got my first (and second) iPod.

Helped along by a birthday present bike I started to exercise, first only on a weekly basis and now several times a week. Right now I am about a kilo heavier than I was this time last year...