New Year’s Resolutions

It’s that time of year when people make and often promptly break their New Year’s Resolutions. 😉 I must admit, although I don’t make any resolutions, I do use the start of a new year to reflect on my achievements (or lack of them) during the past year and set my goals and objectives for… Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions

Season’s Greetings

I’m writing this blog to the sound of the annual Christmas pop song medley playing on the radio and with shops and cafes adorned with images of robins, Santa Claus, reindeer and snow. Even in New Zealand, where it’s approaching mid summer and the pohutukawa trees are in full bloom! So while the Northern hemisphere… Continue reading Season’s Greetings

Returning to Middle Earth

The Power of One Radeon HD Frank Menzel, one of the clever developers at AmiBoing (& Entwickler-X) recently posted a YouTube video to show the performance boost that the new Radeon HD drivers can provide even on a lower powered entry level machine. He has written a special parallax scroller which included multiple parallax layers… Continue reading Returning to Middle Earth

Classic Bytes

Visit to Aladdin’s cave After AmiWest 2012 I flew back to the UK with Matthew Leaman to visit AmigaKit’s new facility in Cardiff.  Earlier this year AmigaKit vacated the two industrial units they have occupied since 2005 and moved into much larger premises in West Cardiff which has enough additional space to support their continuing… Continue reading Classic Bytes

AmiWest Special (part 2)

Commodore memories I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to former Commodore employee Beth Richards who is a new member of the SACC user group, the organisers of AmiWest. Beth worked in Commodore’s special chip design group from 1990 until the bankruptcy in 1994. She worked on the Grace and Beauty chips for the… Continue reading AmiWest Special (part 2)

AmiWest Special (part 1)

Well I finally made it to Sacramento safe and sound. Clearing immigration in LAX (Los Angeles) was an interesting experience. After just over an hour queuing for passport inspection I received the usual (but not unfriendly) interrogation about the purpose of my visit to the USA. After informing the young passport official I was attending… Continue reading AmiWest Special (part 1)

Back to the Future

Westward Bound (travelling east ;-)) I’m writing this blog as I sit waiting in Wellington airport on my way to AmiWest. Only three flights away and almost a day back in time before I arrive in San Franciso tomorrow, before I take off today. Air travel across the International date-line can be so confusing. It’s… Continue reading Back to the Future

Breezin’

Pre-AmiWest Musings I’m writing this blog as I prepare for my annual trip to the AmiWest Amiga show in Sacramento. The tickets are booked but, unlike the song, my bags are not yet packed. 😉 I have to say I really enjoy AmiWest. It is always a professionally run show and the company, as you… Continue reading Breezin’

Something in the Air

Squashing Bugs For my sins I am an AmigaOS 4 beta tester, although I don’t have as much time these days to diligently test all the regular files and updates that the hardworking developers keep churning out. Obviously all of the kudos and plaudits go to the developers and rightly so, but spare a thought… Continue reading Something in the Air

Virtual Reality

Cyberspace I know the “Star Trek holosuite” will probably not be a reality in my lifetime (but hope springs eternal ;-)). It’s a pity because I’ve always wanted to explore strange new worlds, To seek out new life and new civilizations, To boldly go where no man has gone before……erm! Back on topic! As we… Continue reading Virtual Reality