the “about us” page

We are a small (5'6"), balding, overweight software house.
Previous programming experience including microwave, video and ZX Spectrum.

OK slightly more seriously

Hi my name is Alan and I was born in 1964
and, contrary to popular belief, am still alive.
It was a time when men were men,
music still had some redeeming qualities,
computers were read about
and programming was something the BBC did.
I been married now for 14 years (you don’t even get that for murder)
to a very understanding wife who doesn’t understand me.
“The wife” hates computers nearly as much as they hate her.
We have two lovely children most of the time
and two screaming demons the rest of the time.
My hobbies are martial arts, computers,
sleeping and trying to workout why the garden is dying.
There are no longer enough hours in the day for all of them.
I have over the last few weeks had a lot of fun
with Blitz Basic and am hoping to give something back.


The aim of this site is really an ego boost,
it could do with one.

I drive a Skoda.

and slightly more seriously

I hope you find something of use in these pages
and nothing offensive - please let me know either way.
The programs have been developed on a
Atghlon 900 - 384meg - RadionVE  - no badge system,
if you find any of the programs run too fast/slow
then please let me know.
The flash welcome on the opening page was taken from
a web resource site - all other work is mine.
If you find a snippet of code useful and include it
in a one of you programs - please give me a credit.

I started playing about with computers in 1981 on a Commodore Pet 
progressing through ZX81,spectrum,atari st,amiga (amos and bb) and now pcs.
One of my first jobs was programming a drilling rig - using punched paper tape !
“By-eck them were the days - a night out, fish’n’chip and still have change from.....”
To date my favourite language has been amos but  I think I have now seen the light.
.

While trying to teach my wife to program the conversation went...
Me - "You have to break everything down into simple steps,
try to keep it simple and ‘think simple’.”
Wife - “You’re  good at that !”
I like to think it was a compliment........

Have fun, be good
and keep knocking the rocks together

OK - I lied about the previous programming experience
- I can’t use the Video