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Magic Moments
Hello friends. There are often times in life where in hindsight you wish you could just freeze it and pop back in time and visit that moment again and again. Christmas of 1982 is one of those. Welcome back ☺️ Let me set the scene. School is now on break for the holidays and my…
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Keep it quiet, keeping up with Commodore.
Hello my friends. In today’s blog we are now going to dive into a very exciting time in the early 80’s where home computers or micro computers as they were commonly called became the big thing. But there was 3 key problems to the general public; 1. Why do l need a micro computer? 2.…
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Clickety-Clackerty
Hello my friends. In today’s blog we are now in the very early 80’s. Things for me are about to change up in a massive way and once again my Mother plays a most crucial role that will influence my childhood for years to come. Welcome back ☺️ If my Father was the practical, braun…
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Jingles and it’s a keyboard, l guess?
Welcome back my friends, and today l am going to talk about the run up to me getting my first proper home computer. I don’t know about you, but l am very much a musical person. Rhythms, beats and melodies all seem to stick in this rats nest l call a mind of mine way…
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The Sloane Ranger
Hello friends. If you have made it this far, then 10 points to Gryffindor and welcome back. If my Grandfather was my technology mentor, then my Father encouraged it in me as a child growing up. He worked as an electrician from an apprentice at the age of 16, right through his working life. He…
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He made me an offer l couldn’t refuse.
Hello friends and now for that tricky third album, l mean blog post. I hope you are having fun reading these so far and welcome back. I’m a Godfather. In fact, twice over to a little boy and girl that aren’t so little any more being teenage and in their twenties respectively…wow where have the…
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In the beginning…
Welcome my friends to the first of what l hope to be many blog posts. Why am l doing this? Well, this year l celebrate my half century on this third rock from the sun and l just wanted to write a few things down, share some insights over the last 50 years and then…