January: Seems to have been quite a quiet time. M came over for the sales but couldn't find evidence of much going on in January.
February: Went to Lux for Valentines day. Again no evidence of major activity apart from work and study.
March: Had a wicked St. Patricks day / Tried to track down a stalker / Elections / M Father's death / Mum was unwell / A little chick started hatching in my head.
April: Moved to a new house. Went for wedding in Poland.
May: Went to Westport with the miss. Got engaged!
June: Worked a lot on the VAST competition. Tuska Festival. Spain won Euro 2008.
July: Started planning the Japan trip.
August: Japan trip planning. Had a rather disappointing b'day.
September: Japan trip, The unholy trinity concert, Wedding in Slovakia.
October: Another Lux trip. InfoVis conference in the US.
November: Animation Experiment. Obama elected president of the US.
December: Experiment going on. End to end business trips. Roberta got married. Christmas and New Year.

Best book I read this year: Master and Margarita
Best film: The Dark Knight
Project of the year: VAST Competition
Best Holiday: Japan
Best Concert: The unholy trinity
Best Game(s): Mahjong on MahjongTime / NHL 2009
Most Useful Software: Tableau and Processing
New thing tried in 2008: Proposing
Band discovery of the year: Amon Amarth / Nile
Favourite Pub: 12th Lock
Total Number of Trips: [Lost count in the end]