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Of course, I mean the year coming to an end—not Queen’s song Another One Bites the Dust (though it’s a fantastic track). Another year has flown by in the blink of an eye—it feels like time speeds up with each passing year. With so much to do and so little time, it’s been a whirlwind,… Continue reading Another one bites the dust!

I’m back in New Zealand after my summer trip to the UK, where I attended Retcon 2024 in London and Kickstart 02 in Nottingham—both fantastic retro-computer shows. I covered Retcon 2024 in my previous blog, and you’ll find my personal Kickstart 02 update in my Soapbox article in the upcoming edition of Amiga Future magazine.… Continue reading Back to winter down-under

I’m enjoying the warm summer weather in London although when I first arrived from New Zealand the temperature, at 14C, was 2C less than wintertime in Wellington. Such is life. However, it now up to 30C and too hot. Some people are never satisfied! Let the fun begin I enjoyed my visit to RetCon 2024,… Continue reading Summer frolics

As the winter nights draw in, there’s nothing quite like the warmth and cosy glow of a wood burner gently radiating its comforting heat. As I placed another log on the fire, I found myself reminiscing about my personal journey with Commodore and Amiga computers. It all started back in 1980 when I was contemplating… Continue reading Mid-winter solstice

It’s already March as I sit down to write this update. While the year is flying by so fast world events continue to make depressing reading with wars, political disharmony and general discontent. Fortunately, in our Amiga sphere things are looking much brighter with numerous hardware and software developments covering all colours of the Amiga… Continue reading On the Plus side

It’s Christmas and mid-summer in New Zealand and as we come to the end of another year it’s pleasing to see the return of multiple Amiga shows around the world. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend a few of them following the relaxation of New Zealand covid-19 travel restrictions. Although some Amiga events like Amiwest… Continue reading Christmas Present

Living in New Zealand but originating from the Northern hemisphere does cause a certain level of seasonal confusion. I will never get used to a Christmas summertime. In New Zealand we are now heading into autumn but March will always mean the start of springtime to me. For a hemispherically challenged person like me it… Continue reading Spring/Fall edition

With 2022 fading fast I can’t believe this is only my second blog of the year. Apart from ongoing work commitments I do have a number of excuses for my lack of updates. These included, finishing off the Vultures to Vampires trilogy, attending Amiga37 in Germany, writing my regular bi-monthly column for Amiga Future magazine… Continue reading Christmas Present

While the Northern Hemisphere is suffering under a sweltering heatwave, so far the New Zealand winter has been wet, windy and wild. It’s hard to believe this is my first blog of 2022. Where have I been, you may ask? If you are a reader of Amiga Future magazine you will know I’ve been heads… Continue reading Summer greetings

Over the past couple of weeks New Zealand entered into another snap lock-down caused initially by one community cases of the covid-19 delta variant. So what does an Amigan do when he is locked up at home again? I know, work on volume two of the Vultures to Vampires book. To be honest I though… Continue reading Lockdown, part 2