Break out the pencil and brush

More time will mean more time for family and hobbies. At least some of these will intersect. Maybe one intersect will be art.

It's time to get the brushes, paint and pencils out again and get back into sketching and watercolour.

Learn how to take better Photographs

2008 will be the year to learn to use the features of my camera away from Auto. Break out the user manual and learn how to use features like aperture priority, shutter priority, white balance.

A good place to start will be ePhotozine.

Get an MBA

After two+ years of trying to find the time our move to New Zealand will give me the time at home to settle down to some study and work towards my MBA. As Tom Markert writes in his book if you can get one you should.

My Book Project

Designed for friends and family to keep track of the books I have read, currently reading, purchased ready to read and will be published in the future.

http://davids-book-project.blogspot.com/

Surprised - The Golden Compass

When are plans changed last minute we headed to the cinema and the film that was playing was The Golden Compass.

Didn't have any expectations for it but overall I cam away wanting to watch the next part. If they make it all it won't be released until late 2009.

Has the potential to be the next Lord of the Rings but maybe not the same mass appeal. The level of CGI in the film was so good it was sometimes hard to tell actor from graphics apart.

I hope it does well enough that New Line Cinema choose the make parts 2 and 3.