Special thanks go to these people: Karen (my wife), she's great, and keeps me sane. Becky (my daughter, 23mths), beautiful and very intelligent for her age (gets it from me, that's obvious) DEnnis, I guess no NetYaroze site would be complete without a mention of this guy! I met this guy on the Middlesex course, and after a couple of days, got to like him. Now, we're best buddies (he lives in the Netherlands), and have begun to make game development plans.

This is me! This picture was taken by my very good friend DEnnis using his digital camera, on the recent Middlesex University Net Yaroze course, run by Peter Passmore and assisted by Robert Swan (great course mate!) I don't know what I was doing when this photo was taken! I'm 30-ish years old, married, and happy. I've been interested in computers since I owned a Sinclair ZX-80, way back in 1980. Programming became a love for me much more about 3 years ago, and I have spent as much spare time as I can since (which hasn't been very much!) in the pursuit of digital happiness! I've done some C programming on my Apple Mac, but really wanted to know how different it was to program a console. When I found out about the Middlesex University course, I joined immediately; it was excellent. Now, I have put my Mac programming on hold (apart from MacMemTool) to further NetYaroze programming, which I am now enjoying. I also enjoy 3D work, creating models and scenes (I use Maxon's Cinema4D XL - you've gotta check this package out!) I'm kinda working on a 3D movie, which is a 'take-off' of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. I've got some models, and stuff (I even composed the main theme tune using my Korg Trinity keyboard!). Ask me about it if you're interested in seeing anything! It'll make much more sense if you know anything about the DS9 series (Thanks Paramount!) I live in Hertfordshire, about 5km north of London, slightly out in the country, with fields all around, in a village called Cuffley (you must have heard of it..!) It's quite peaceful, not as noisy and dirty as London, yet not too far away (I work in London during the week). My aim is to get into the 'Games Industry' (who isn't?) sometime next year (1999), so I've got to work hard at the NetYaroze for the next 9 months. UPDATE (December 1998): My wife just had a baby (Andrew James), and that is taking up most of my time now!! Hopefully, in a few weeks, I will be back in the swing of things. You can contact my by e-mail at