I wasn’t one for many of the traditional student activities while at varsity. Didn’t spend much time at the student bar, join any clubs or take part in any sit-ins. Admittedly the late ’90s weren’t exactly a hot-bed of student activism and the student bar’s choice of music didn’t much align with my tastes [...]
Writer Down Under
In 1993 I came across a magazine on the stands called, “Amiga Down Under”. A new local title, it was all about my favourite piece of hardware, the Commodore Amiga computer. I was 16 at the time, and in a flush of youthful bravado sent them a letter (yes, no email…) asking if I could [...]
Cyber Cafe
In 1996, for a while, I ran a cybercafe from a music store on Karangahape Road in Auckland – Cyberculture. I used to spend plenty of time down the store anyway, as it was a hub of electronica awesomeness, so it seemed like a good excuse to spend even more.
The store had a basic [...]
First pass the bass
In 1996, not content spending my days online and my nights on dancefloors we decided to merge the two by transmitting a danceparty online. Using 50 metres of phone cable, dial-up modem, budget PC, basic webcam and CU-SeeMe software we broadcast
atmos the revenge
When I was 18, a disturbingly long time ago on reflection, I launched a little website about electronic music and local events. It being 1995, and my being in New Zealand, meant that there was precious little out there like it. So for a while it was a useful site for Auckland’s fledgling electronica “scene”. [...]
Introduction to Appreciation
This section is about experiences, techniques and content that allow people to appreciate different, and valuable, points of view.
