I had a wonderful Christmas this year. It wasn’t the usual massive Christmas that includes all of my girlfriend’s uncle’s, aunt’s, cousins, nieces and nephews (around 30+ people). This year we had a Christmas lunch with just her home family - parents, sisters and their families. It really was a wonderful and intimate Christmas lunch.

Secondly, I am now officially an Apple boy. My wonderful girlfriend bought me a silver iPod nano. :-) I’m really smilling from hear to hear. Apple make some seriously sweet hardware. They just so beautiful. Now on to digging out all my MP3’s that are scattered all over the place and organising them to fit into iTunes.

On a side note, the first thing I did listen to on my iPod was a brand-new podcast that was launched - Amplitude.

Despite growing skepticism to advertising, new communications technologies are making it possible for marketers to be more effective than ever before. Mike Stopforth and Dave Duarte discuss the best and the worst of new marketing in South Africa each week.

The first episode was pretty interesting. It’s really great to hear about things happening in the blogosphere and the marketing world that I’m following, from two okes that have quite a reputation on the internet in SA. They definitely have a great angle on things and I’ll be following the podcast with great interest.

Wishing you well

So I just want to wish my 5½ readers a really awesome Christmas and New Year. Have a good one, and if not, have a great one.

For those religious folk like myself, I read something that really hit home yesterday. “Throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.” Hebrews (12:1). Take a big “box” and put those things that are hindering you from getting closer to God in it, and throw it out with the trash.