My Month: December 2007

13. Dec, 2007 Categories: Blog by Mike Linskey 0 Comments

It’s that time of the month again where you get to read about what I’m thinking, doing, visiting, watching, and listening to. And there’s another cartoon from Hugh Macleod which is a pretty big clue as to what Noah, my son, is getting for Christmas (good job he can’t read yet, but then if he could, I doubt he’d be so uncool as to be checking out his Dad’s blog…). I shall, of course, be helping him to learn to play with his new toy come the 25^th…

What am I doing?

Trying to find a decent web storyboarding software package
Buying everybody’s Christmas presents via the interwebs
Wiping little people’s bums n noses
Less twittering – no time, too busy! )

Websites that I’ve bookmarked recently

Thermo – Sneak Peak at Adobe MAX: I want this NOW! Awesome piece of kit that’s gonna make my job 10x easier if Adobe ever get it out of the door…
Index Investor: not a recent bookmark, but worth the small subscription just for the UK version of the monthly investment analysis newsletter
23andme: yeah, I do want to know if I share maternal ancestry with Vlad the Impailer, but I’m not too keen on knowing if I’m more susceptible to Ebola than everyone else. Once I do find out, will I have to disclose this when applying for life assurance? What if I send in someone else’s spit and access their full genome? Spooky…

What am I reading?

Understanding Your Users (Courage/Baxter): about to become my bible for the next 6 months
The Afghan (Frederick Forsyth): tosh for the train
Lost Temple (Tom Harper): more tosh, just not as good as Forsyth’s

What am I watching when I’m home?

X-Factor: last one coming up. It hasn’t been as addictive as last year’s, but still a lot of mindless fun for a Saturday night
The Prestige: cracking movie on Sky Premier that’s well worth losing 2 hours of your life for…
Property Ladder: Sarah’s back, looking a bit perkier than the last series )
Heineken European Cup Rugby: will Wales manage to get a team through the pool stages this year? Ho hum…
Extreme Makeover Home Edition: the best feel-good show on TV by a country mile. Miserable people should be made to watch this – it’s guaranteed to melt even the most ice-cold heart. MOVE THAT BUS!