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Graphic Novels

• The Boys Volume 6: The Self-Preservation Society by Garth Ennis
• The Boys Volume 7: The Innocents by Garth Ennis
• The Boys Volume 8: Highland Laddie by Garth Ennis
• The Boys Volume 9: The Big Ride by Garth Ennis
• Dark Entries by Ian Rankin
• John Constantine, Hellblazer: Pandemonium by Jamie Delano
• John Constantine: Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations by Peter Milligan
• Angel: After the Fall Volume 3 by Brian Lynch and Joss Whedon
• Angel: After the Fall Volume 4 by Brian Lynch and Joss Whedon
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming by Joss Whedon
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969 by Alan Moore
• Tom Strong Volume 1 by Alan Moore
• Eternals by Neil Gaiman
• Fables Volume 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham

Doctor Who

• Doctor Who: Dragon’s Claw by Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse and Dave Gibbons
• Doctor Who: The Eyeless by Lance Parkin
• Doctor Who: The Indestructible Man by Simon Messingham
• Doctor Who: Wolfsbane by Jacqueline Rayner
• Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography by Elisabeth Sladen
• Running Through Corridors: Rob and Toby’s Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (Volume 1: The 60s) by Robert Shearman and Toby Hadoke
• Time, Unincorporated 3: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives: (Vol. 3: Writings on the New Series) edited by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Never the Bride by Paul Magrs
• Something Borrowed by Paul Magrs
• Enter Wildthyme by Paul Magrs
• I Shall Wear Midnight: A Story of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
• Transition by Iain Banks
• Surface Detail by Iain Banks
• The City and the City by China Mieville
• Looking for Jake and Other Stories by China Mieville
• The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
• Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch

Other Fiction

• Flash for Freedom! by George MacDonald Fraser
• Flashman and the Mountain of Light by George MacDonald Fraser
• Flashman and the Redskins by George MacDonald Fraser
• Flashman at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser
• Flashman in the Great Game by George MacDonald Fraser
• The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
• The Kingdom of Light by Giulio Leoni

Non-Fiction

• God Collar by Marcus Brigstocke
• Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge & the Ordnance Survey by Mike Parker
• Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
• Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club: One Man’s Quest to Uncover the Books That Taste Forgot by Robin Ince
• Seven Million Years: The Story of Human Evolution by Douglas Palmer
• The Story of English: How the English Language Conquered the World by Philip Gooden

How many of my 2010 books have you read?

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Fiction

• Alexandria by Lindsey Davis
• Saturnalia by Lindsey Davis
• Scandal Takes a Holiday by Lindsey Davis
• The Accusers by Lindsey Davis
• The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis
• And Another Thing …: Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three by Eoin Colfer
• Holy Warrior by Angus Donald

Non-Fiction

• Extinct by Anton Gill
• Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
• The Glorious Revolution: 1688 – Britain’s Fight for Liberty by Edward Vallance
• The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
• Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch

Doctor Who and Torchwood

• Doctor Who: Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock
• Time, Unincorporated 2: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives: (Vol. 2: Writings on the Classic Series)
• Torchwood: Almost Perfect by James Goss
• Torchwood: Pack Animals by Peter Anghelides
• Torchwood: Slow Decay by Andy Lane
• Torchwood: SkyPoint by Phil Ford

Other TV spinoffs

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat by Jane Espenson
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight by Brad Meltzer
• Angel: After the Fall, Volume 2: First Night by Joss Whedon
• Spike: After the Fall by Brian Lynch
• Star Trek New Frontier: Stone and Anvil by Peter David
• Star Trek New Frontier: After the Fall by Peter David
• Star Trek New Frontier: Missing in Action by Peter David
• Star Trek New Frontier: Treason by Peter David
• The Big Book of “Top Gear” 2011

Superheroes

• The Boys Volume 5: Herogasm by Garth Ennis
• Bullseye: Greatest Hits by Daniel Way
• Cable Volume 1: Messiah War by Duane Swierczynski
• Cable Volume 2: Waiting For The End Of The World by Duane Swierczynski
• Civil War by Mark Millar
• Brit Volume 2 AWOL by Robert Kirkman
• Alias Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis
• House Of M: World Of M Featuring Wolverine by Brian Michael Bendis
• New Avengers: Revolution by Brian Michael Bendis
• Mighty Avengers: The Ultron Initiative by Brian Michael Bendis
• Punisher MAX: In the Beginning by Garth Ennis
• Punisher MAX: Kitchen Irish by Garth Ennis
• Punisher MAX: Long Cold Dark by Garth Ennis
• Punisher MAX: Mother Russia by Garth Ennis
• Punisher MAX: The Slavers by Garth Ennis
• Punisher Max: Up Is Down And Black Is White by Garth Ennis
• NYX X-23: Innocence Lost by Zeb Wells
• Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Two by Alan Moore
• WildC.A.T.S: Homecoming by Alan Moore
• Wildstorm: Armageddon by Christos Gage
• Wolverine: Enemy of the State by Mark Millar
• X-Force Volume 1: Angels And Demons by Craig Kyle
• X-Force Volume 3: Not Forgotten by Craig Kyle
• X-Men: Endangered Species by Mike Carey
• X-Men: Legacy – Sins Of The Father by Mike Carey
• Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny by Ed Brubaker
• Supreme Power: Hyperion by J. Michael Straczynski

Other Graphic Novels

• Elephantmen: Wounded Animals by Richard Starkings
• Grandville by Bryan Talbot
• Fables: 1,001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham
• Fables: Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham
• Fables: Witches by Bill Willingham
• Jack of Fables: Americana by Bill Willingham
• Jack of Fables: Bad Prince by Bill Willingham
• Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape by Bill Willingham
• Jack of Fables: The Big Book of War by Bill Willingham
• John Constantine Hellblazer: Hooked by Peter Milligan
• John Constantine Hellblazer: India by Peter Milligan
• We3 by Grant Morrison
• The Umbrella Academy: Dallas by Gerard Way

Work

• HTML5: Up and Running by Mark Pilgrim
• Introducing HTML5 by Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp
• jQuery Cookbook
• jQuery: Novice to Ninja by Earle Castledine
• Pro JavaScript Techniques by John Resig
• Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig
• Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

1. Reply to this post and I’ll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) five songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

ggreig gave me the letter “W”, well he gave me “Z” first but with only eight Z-tracks in my iTunes that would have been somewhat limited so we mutually agreed to go with the second choice.

• Weekend Without Makeup – The Long Blondes
• What Do I Get? – Buzzcocks
• We Almost Got It Together – Tanita Tikaram
• We’re Going To Be Friends – The White Stripes
• When I Grow Up – Garbage

Argh! That was hard. I had a long list of about 25 and a short list of ten but getting it down to five took all evening.

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test…

The Citizen

25% Elegant, 17% Technological, 67% Historical, 56% Adventurous and 29% Playful!

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At the start of the year I was working Wicked Web in Clerkenwell, living in West Norwood and had been going out with pink_weasel for six months. We went on holiday to Boston and Tennessee. WW moved office to Old Street in the spring. I went to Las Vegas for Andy’s stag weekend.

2001

I took Lettice to Budapest for her birthday. WW started laying staff off towards the end of the year.

2002

WW went into liquidation and hence I was made redundant. I became self-employed and started freelancing for many ex-WW clients. Went to the south of France with Lettice’s family – first time I’d ever seen the Mediterranean.

2003

I spent the first part of the year working on a site for the BBC. Towards the end of the year I started doing contract work via an agency which meant that I got a large refund from the tax man, eventually. I went on a falconry day and flew a Harris Hawk. I asked Lettice to marry me.

2004

I started this blog and spent several months working for the Home Office.

2005

I gave up freelancing and started work at Visit London. I started cross posting this blog to LiveJournal and joined LibraryThing and Last.FM. I moved house to larger flat, ten minutes down the road from the old one, and Lettice moved in. We got married and went on honeymoon in Canada.

2006

I learnt XSLT. Lettice also started to work at VL. I joined Flickr

2007

Relaunched visitlondon.com with a new CMS, clocking up a stupid number of days off in lieu in the process. I did jury duty. I joined Facebook. We went to Dublin and Amsterdam.

2008

We went to Venice. I learnt JSP and jQuery. I joined Twitter

2009

We went to Barcelona and tried to buy a house. I grew a moustache for charity.

The sidebar says that there are 25 posts in November. But 5 of those are the automated weekly posts of Twitter updates. And 2, including this one, were actually written a week into December and backdated.

Not good. Worse than last year in fact. I fail at blogging.

• 1973 – 1974 Geoffrey Howe (Con) Reigate
• 1974 – 1976 George Gardiner (Con) Reigate
• 1976 – 1979: Sir George Evelyn Sinclair (Con) Dorking
• 1979 – 1983: Keith Wickenden (Con) Dorking
• 1983 – 1992: Kenneth Baker (Con) Mole Valley
• 1992 – 1997: John Patten (Con) Oxford West and Abingdon
• 1997 – 1998: Paul Beresford (Con) Mole Valley
• 1998 – present: Tessa Jowell (Lab) Dulwich and West Norwood

Baker, Patten and Jowell are the ones I was aware of, which was depressing enough…

Your result for Which fantasy writer are you?…

Ursula K Le Guin

3 High-Brow, -7 Violent, -3 Experimental and 3 Cynical!

Congratulations! You are High-Brow, Peaceful, Traditional and Cynical! These concepts are defined below.

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Very True Mood:  grumpy

You Are An ISTJ
The Duty Fulfiller

You are responsible, reliable, and hardworking – you get the job done.You prefer productive hobbies, like woodworking or knitting. Quiet and serious, you are well prepared for whatever life hands you. You are conservative and down-to-earth. You hardly ever do anything crazy.

In love, you are loyal and honest. If you commit yourself to someone, then you’re fully committed. For you, love is something that happens naturally. And you don’t need romantic gestures to feel loved.

At work, you remember details well and are happy to take on any responsibility. You would make a great business executive, accountant, or lawyer.

How you see yourself: Decisive, stable, and dependable

When other people don’t get you, they see you as: Boring, conservative, and egotistical

What’s Your Personality Type?

Last time I did a Myers-Briggs based personality test I came out as ISTP, so this is the same in 3 out of 4 aspects.

Interestingly I recently took part in a team building day at work based on yet another variation on Jung’s archetypes. Based on the slightly more in depth analysis (compared to an Internet meme) I came out as something that would be E*T* on the M-B system. So the only thing that everyone agrees on is that I’m Thinking rather than Feeling. Which ain’t that much of a surprise

Very True Mood:  mellow