- So many good years with my own Special One
- Sydney Roo! for giving us nachus
- Mom, Dad, Joanne, Larry, Jakey and all the Rentzes for all the love and generousity
- Evan, who almost always knows the answer
- Joel and Rodrigo, for Glam
- Fred, Cynthia and the crew for Kachingle–still see great things for you guys!
- Tim, Brian, Ari, Gordon, Brian and the Dojo, kept me sane for most of this year
- My online pals, Garret, Karl, Rob, Rogers and the SpoFites
- Charlie Stross, Peter Hamilton, David Webber and the folks at Analog for some great science fiction reading
- Stevie G, Fernando, Pepe, Dirk and the rest of the Reds, you’ll never walk alone
- The Rails community for software that is fun to program, easy to get into and has a gem for nearly everything