I’m now back home to Summer in New Zealand, complete with a Northern hemisphere cold (sniff!), following my flying visit to Pianeta Amiga, which was held in a rather chilly Bologna in Northern Italy. Nevertheless the Pianeta Amiga show was a fun affair, even though the attendance was quite small compared to previous years. That… Continue reading Christmas Cheer

With the dust finally settling on AmiWest for another year the Amiga community now turns it focus to Italy’s annual Pianeta Amiga show which this year is being held in the historical city of Bologna, an important cultural, economic and political centre in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Pianeta is Italy’s premier Amiga show… Continue reading Forza Amiga

Another year, another AmiWest show on the horizon. I’m just finishing off my presentation for this year’s show and helping to finalise the A-EON Technology News Releases, which have become a regular feature of the AmiWest show in recent times. This year we will be announcing details about several of the exciting developments we have… Continue reading Just Breezin!

I’m now safely back in New Zealand following my whistle stop tour to Canada to attend the AmiJAM 2013 Amiga show in Calgary. It’s almost 30 years since my last visit and the city has changed over the intervening years. It’s population has continued to grow and now exceeds 1 million making it Canada’s third… Continue reading Running AMUC in Calgary

I’m writing this blog on the eve of my flight to Canada to attend AmiJAM 2013 organised by AMUC in beautiful downtown Calgary. It’s many years since I was last in Calgary and, although I’ve made several visits to AmiWest, this will be my first trip to an Amiga show north of the border. I’m… Continue reading O Canada…..

Sorry about the title for this month’s blog but since my return to New Zealand, following the Silicon Dreams show and and my trip to Italy, the Wellington region and the top of New Zealand’s South Island has been subjected to a number of severe earthquakes and multiple aftershocks. The most recent, which measured at… Continue reading Rocking and Rolling

Well the Silicon Dreams show has come and gone and although the attendance was not as large as the organisers would have liked, nevertheless al least there was a small but steady flow of visitors to the Amiga Zone. Unfortunately, due the layout of the Discovery museum, the Amiga Zone was not located alongside the… Continue reading Life’s a Breeze

Pre-show ramblings In just over 4 hours I’m setting off for Wellington airport and ~50 hours later will have swapped winter for summer when I arrive at my eventual destination, in the future and back in time. Which is quite apt really because, later in the week, I will be attending the Silicon Dreams &… Continue reading … .. .-.. .. -.-. — -. -.. .-. . .- — …

Sometimes I’m a little surprised when I read comments claiming that nothing is happening in the Amiga world! I look around and marvel at the many exciting developments in our active community. In the last month alone they have been new releases of Amiga Forever and AmiKit for emulation lovers. The MorphOS team has just… Continue reading Do Amigans have Silicon Dreams?

You will have no doubt heard the phrase… Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me… or so the saying goes. According to wiki this sentiment is reflected in the common law of civil assault which states that name calling, unlike putting someone in fear of physical violence, does not… Continue reading Sticks and Stones