As we are about to celebrate the start of a new year I thought I would quickly reflect on some of my experiences over the past 12 months. In many respects 2016 has been an excellent year for the Amiga community with the one exception being the sad passing of Dave Needle, one of the… Continue reading Happy New Year from the land of the long white cloud

At this time of year with mid summer fast approaching in New Zealand my Northern hemisphere imprinted brain has a difficult time coming to terms with warm weather, sunshine and Christmas. Not that Wellington has been particularly seasonal in the past few weeks, with earthquakes, storms and flooding. Still the calendar shows that today is… Continue reading Summer/Winter Greetings

I was going to entitle this blog “Showtime” to highlight the three Amiga shows I attended in the last 2 weeks but changed the title due to an incident while driving from San Francisco to Sacramento. Paul Sadlik, daytime architect and night-time beta tester extraordinaire, was driving me to Amiwest along with AmigaOS developer Tony… Continue reading Down the rabbit hole

I started writing this blog on my A.L.I.C.E. laptop while I was sitting in Sydney Airport waiting for my flight home to New Zealand after a short business trip to Australia. Although the visit was not Amiga related I still found time to meet up for a lunch with long-time and very active Amiga developer… Continue reading Movie Night

Boing Ball Vision If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I have a tendency to see “Boing Balls” in everyday objects. 😉 A few days prior to my recent trip to California to attend Dave Needle’s Memorial service I took part in a football practice session for the first… Continue reading Super Nova

I can’t believe it’s already March 2016! Just where does the time go these days? As I write this blog I’m preparing for a whirlwind trip to California to attend Dave Needle’s memorial service and big farewell party. No doubt it will be a bittersweet event but a chance to celebrate Dave’s life and work… Continue reading Dave’s big farewell party

To celebrate the upcoming New Year festivities we commissioned EntwicklerX to create a special CANDI animated Workbench to count down the hours, minutes and seconds to New Year’s Eve wherever you are in the world. As usual Thomas and Frank have outdone themselves and the result is the Fireworks CANDI countdown theme.  All registered Workbench… Continue reading New Year Countdown

With the end of another year in sight it’s time to reflect on the past twelve months and look forward to the coming year. As all Amigans well know, 2015 is the 30th Anniversary of the Amiga’s birth and the occasion has been celebrated and commemorated around the world by parties both large and small.… Continue reading Amiga30th Season’s Greetings

As most Brits of a certain age will know, that is a corruption of a well know and well worn catch-phrase from one of Britain’s longest serving entertainers. However, I could think of no other way to “subtlety” announce  my imminent departure for Germany to attend my fourth Amiga30th Anniversary event of the year. Hey,… Continue reading Neuss to see you, to see you Neuss!

After my trip to the Amiga30th in Amsterdam last month and my subsequent visits to California and the UK to attend two more Amiga30th Anniversary events, I’m now safely back in New Zealand. I have just about overcome the triple-whammy of three time zones, jet-lag and late nights coupled with a slight over-indulgence of alcohol.… Continue reading On the shoulders of Giants