2014 has been an odd year.

• Google made contact lenses with Google Glass tech.
• Samsung and Cisco agreed to share patents (or at least not sue over them).
• We learned a quarter of Americans think the Sun orbits the Earth.
• The world’s first Braille mobile phone became available.
• One of my Billy Connolly audio tapes got snapped, shredded and spat out.
• Iain Duncan Smith was called to account for using misleading ‘statistics’ to justify his actions.
• We visited Cragside, and I had the chance to tick “ride in Lord Armstrong’s lift” off my bucket list.
• Vegan friendly cheese was grown in a lab.
• Gaza disgusted the world with its unrelenting attack on Palestine.
• The 3Doodler (3D printing pen) went on sale.
• Vapes are exempt from the indoor smoking ban.
• Workfare schemes were deemed illegal.
• George Takei got slammed for his bullying of the disabled.
• Skellow and Greggs made the headlines following their publicity on Google.
• The iPhone 6 followed LG and Samsung’s curved screen approach.
• Scotland’s referendum voted to remain part of the UK.
• Apple’s proved their patents are more secure than your data when their iCloud got hacked.
• Australia proved solar power could replace fossil fuels.
• @CassetteBoy’s David Cameron video went viral just as David Cameron was criticised for holding a £25,000 champagne party immediately before announcing benefit cuts.
• Sainsbury’s launched the best Christmas advert I’ve ever seen, while Famous Grouse went mainstream.
• Ghostbusters reached 30.
• Three years to the day after we met, we got engaged.
• And after nearly 20 years, I’m giving up smoking.

Let’s hope that 2015 will be just as interesting. Hopefully in a good way. Personally, I can’t wait to get my hoverboard.

Happy New Year!