About a month or so ago, before the chaos of December arrived I was queueing this post up - a selection of 5 sensational experiences I had in the festive build up which I hope will still satisfy all your senses, even if they are well past their posting date!

1.Eastern Promises at the Rich Mix
If you haven’t seen it yet, do, it was one of the best films I saw last year for sure. A combination of tough Russian gangsters, young Eastern European girls tragically failing to make a better life for themselves in London, a midwife, a baby and the best fight scene of 2007 make this gruesome thriller led by Viggo Mortensen a stunning watch from start to finish. Be warned though, after viewing you may have violent dreams.

2. Eating great food and getting crack
At some point I paid my second visit to the mighty Great Queen St gastro pub in Covent Garden. Between the four of us we had excellent vension, burger on dripping bread and a barley, squash and mushroom risotto, all very tasty indeed! To complete our inner glow we took a stroll down the embankment towards the Tate Modern where we saw the crack before going up to level 7, where we shared four amazing desserts whilst London’s skyline became illuminated in front of our eyes.

3.James Murphy + Tom Mahoney = Fabric live 36
After a hectic electronic start to the mix (which isn’t too studio friendly late morning I’ve found) things calm down and slip into a funkadelic, disco experience that makes you want to dance sexy.

4.International Lefthanders Day
At the time I wanted this poster a lot, it’s been made with Scandinavian skill.

5.Apple iPhone
It’s not about what this first generation product can’t do, it’s all about the amazing things it can do. The touch screen interface is absolutely superb, you consume lots of stuff, you stroke it alot, it’s incredible. I have had iPhone-itous for two months and it feels great.

There is no gold, sliver and bronze to be awarded here - all three are absolute winners…

1. Stevie Gee + Big Active
I’ve finally tracked down the creators of the awesome artwork for the latest Athlete album.

2. Vampire Weekend
Punk / New Wave / Classical sounding stuff from New York based band that I have been very lucky to see play a couple of times recetnly.

3. ‘Put it Back’ Anthony Burrill exhibition at Concrete Hermit
I’m off to take a look later today - this has motivated me to finally get framed the rather confident AB print I brought earlier this year.

Here are two rather pleasant things that have been launched into the world wide web from Poke towers recently;

1.Orange Unlimited is a never ending page of interactive flash fun that brings to life the Unlimited campaign tag line ‘Good things should never end’. The characters you will meet were illustrated by the awesomely talented Rex, my favorite bit is the beat juggling musical characters on a washing line - it’s abit like a simpleton’s version of the incredible tenori-on.

2. Spinvox is a clever little thing with a tidy new website…’SpinVox is a service that can be accessed from any phone. Speak Freely and SpinVox will convert your words into text and send them wherever you decide: mobile, inbox, TV screen, blog and more. Give it a try now’

Procrastination is sticking a pencil up your nose amongst other things in this great animated film by Johnny Kelly. I missed a screening of this at the London Animation Festival earlier this year, and now the internet has made my wish come true. Enjoy

New T-shirt designs from Steve Nishimoto, coming soon courtesy of 2K by Gingham. When you get the urge to purchase a new tee, it’s worth consulting Nik’s new blog.

Design studio Dixon and Baxi have uploaded some new work to their portfolio with a familiar bearded face for Nic, Rob, Si and I featured amongst the case studies. Go Model J!

The London International Animation Festival starts Tuesday evening and runs through to Sunday. ‘The Pearce Sisters’ a new film from Aardman Studios opens the festival.

An amusingly bleak hearted tale of two weather lashed old spinsters. Lol and Edna Pearce live on a remote and austere strip of coast. They scrape out a miserable existence from the sea. The pearce sisters is a tale of love, loneliness, guts, gore, nudity, violence, smoking and cups of tea.

Beard in a Box can do both these things for you. Great illustration.

Here are three good things that have been sent round at Poke this week…

1. See the drastic change in the pay gap between the average CEO and the average worker since 1970 with the swell CEO payscale slider.

2. More infographics, this time from Flip Flop Flying - Facial Hair of US, UK and UN leaders.

3. ‘Climate Change’ animation from Airside+ Mother.