As I did with 2008 and 2007, a couple of highlights from this blog for the past year:

• I made quite a few changes to my blog, including updating my Feedburner feed, installing Disqus and ShareThis, and moving the blog over to my own hosted site and making the jump from Blogger to WordPress
• Ended an extended >1 year stint on a major client
• Reviewed a video game designed to teach students immunology [Bench Press]
• Upgraded my Blackberry’s operating system
• Read quite a few books on business strategy, including: The Innovator’s Dilemma, The Race for a New Game Machine, and The Essays of Warren Buffett
• Was blown away by the new Star Trek movie
• Attended the 2009 Hot Chips conference on advanced chip technology
• Said goodbye to one of my favorite shows, Scrubs
• Learned the hard way that I should always be chained to my Blackberry
• Wished my favorite browser a happy 5th birthday
• Attended an international, week-long training program that my company holds for third year associates and got a new song stuck in my head
• Bid a sad farewell to Sheldon Dorf, the founder of the San Diego Comic Con
• Gave a belated birthday blog shout-out to my lovely girlfriend
• Had some fun with a camera in the de Young museum observation tower and courtyard
• Learned that music videos are the best way to sell PCR machines
• Checked out the new mummy exhibit at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
• Really enjoyed the new Sherlock Holmes movie

Happy new year, everybody!
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