Once again another year has raced by and it's time to reflect on all the things we planned and failed to achieve this year...

December has been a busy month with the usual meals, drinks and general Christmas festivities. The beginning of the month saw MSXi move offices from Lexden in the outskirts of Colchester to the Octagon building near the town centre. Much of the month has seen confusion over travel arrangements, parking spaces etc.

I spent a four days in Antwerp, Belgium for Europe's premier Java developers conference, Javapolis. The quality of the speakers seemed much higher than the previous year, probably largely due to the presence of such luminaries as James Gosling, Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter. Antwerp seems like a nice city but sadly we again did not find time to explore.

The day after returning from Antwerp was Rob & Charlotte's wedding in Rayne, Braintree. The ceremony was held in a very nice church in Rayne but sadly I left my camera in the car so did not get any photos. The reception was held in Bocking village hall where myself, James and Matt were in charge of the music. For those not there you sadly missed what will probably be the only time I play Bon Jovi's 'Living On A Prayer'!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas and hope you have a Happy New Year!