Every year around this time I start working on my christmas letter to all my friends. This is a letter that basically brings all my friends up to date with my life. So I have taken some time today to work on that. I have more to do on the letter, but I think that the majority of the work has been done on this. It has been hard to write this year, working out what I have managed to do, and where this year has gone. Seems to have gone so quickly.

I have a subscription to a program with Microsoft called Empower for developers. This is a special plan where developers get access to MSDN for two years worth about $6,000, as well as other support. 18 months back I paid $875 for this program. Unfortunately my membership dropped off. Contacting microsoft they told me to re-subscribe, paying my money again. The good news is that I have extended my subscription by 18 months saving me a lot more than I will be spending. Still I would rather not be paying the money to Microsoft at this stage.

[Short break… Just got a phone call from the USA… Just got some consulting work. Fantastic. ]

The LowEndMac site has a look at how and why Apple developed their Powerbooks, and how revolutionary the Powerbooks were. Findally, the SMH has a list of the Top 10 presents this christmas…