We were horribly busy at the time (obviously) so didn't celebrate it at the time - and remedied this on Thursday of this week, by closing the office and relocating to Brussels for the day.

In summary: Eurostar, pissing statues, EU parliament, Tin Tin, cheese, beer, gadgets, idiocy. Full photo set is here - I'm sure there will be others. And, as will now be traditional, absent friends get to chew on a chocolate pope.

On a more sentimental note: wow, 5 years. This means I've been working longer here than anywhere else I've ever been: and despite that, it's still fun. So a big thankyou to everyone who's been a part of that, and those who continue to be.

More on the Tom World Tour 2005: I'm speaking, along with FP client Mark Curtis of Flirtomatic, at next weeks Mobile Monday, on the subject of "Device Fragmentation and Java": desperately planning to cram in as much as possible from what we've learned launching mass-market mobile services over the last few years.

Course alert!

A day of “Round-Robin”, multi-style training, and presentations of off-mat aikido. A seminar for people to whom aikido is more than just twisting wrists. What does aikido have to do with leadership, yoga, sports science or peace building? Step outside the box and find out.

“Aiki Waza Michi Shirube”
Aikido training is a signpost to the Way – O’ Sensei

£85m is just dandy for Sudoku publisher: "Puzzler Media, which publishes crossword and sudoku titles, is expected to be sold this week to the family that owns DC Thomson, the publisher of The Beano and Dandy comics. The sale price will be around £85m."

Music biz to 'hijack' Europe's data retention laws: "the door is officially open for the entertainment industry to use legislation designed to protect European citizens from terrorists to prosecute them instead."