Christmas was spent with my family back home in Cambridge. Thus, other than performing maintainance on their computer (as is the tradition whenever I visit home…) I was largely separated from my Blog.

Here then, is the first catch-up post for the new year. A little self-indulgent look at my Christmas presents. Peter Jackson will be pleased.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Box set (extended editions)

I’ve been asking for these every year since they first came out. I just need to find 4 more hours spare for Return of the King and I’ll be done already.

MSI TV Tuner card

To watch television on my computer… Just as soon as I get the aerial in the right position (please God don’t let that be “1 metre above your bed and nowhere else”)

Jeffrey Zeldman presents the Bible – Designing with Web Standards

Seen by most as The Bible of web design.

Radiohead calendar

I’m a big fan of Radiohead’s artwork and this calendar is full of more recent work (the Kid A era and beyond, really).

Photographs from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in London

Not that I’ve been going on and on about these for some time or anything, but some of them are really rather nice indeed.