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Happy 2012! Here we go again, the beginning of a whole new year! We leave behind us 2011, and we now face something "new", the end of the world. Again. The Mayans said that the end of the world would come at the end of the year. Either that or they ran out of room at the end of their calendar... Anyway, I've survived 2000, Mir falling onto Paris, and others that I can't even remember. Bring it on, 2012!

Each new year also comes with a tradition; new years resolutions. The kind of thing that you keep for, what, 2 weeks? Then forget. I've got a few, but I won't say what. I probably won't keep them anyway. One that I will, become more of a family each and every day.

So, what has happened in 2011? 2011 will stay in my memories for a long, long time. After years of being a geek, I am now finally a geek and a father to a beautiful baby daughter. She is doing well, and she is already impatient to talk and walk. Take your time, I have a lot to show you, but that will come, don't worry. I can't wait to take her out to zoos and other activities! Being a father is a major change for me, and it does change a lot if things in life. I no longer look at work the same way that I used to, but I still have time to be a geek, so that's OK. Some things don't change.

Work wise, things are almost the same, but I need to change few details. After about 10 years in embedded systems, I finally sat down to have some fun with the Android SDK, and even worse, I actually like it. I'm considering going into it more seriously, just to add yet another line to my CV, but I've always had a problem with Java, I just couldn't get into it. I never knew why, but I think I do now. I've been doing C (and assembly) all my life, but I needed to go through Python to be able to fully appreciate Java, and now I really do. Yet another task for 2012...