These are just a few of the interesting people I know :

Essex people

• Chris Johns (CMJ)
  Fellow Acorn user at the University of Essex and someone I'm very proud to call a friend. When I had problems he was there for me, and I hope I was and will be there for him. He's just moved up to York to start a new job.

RISC OS people

• Dave Thomas (Spanners)
  Dave seems to be one of the few people who is willing to accept challenges, however mad they may seem. Liking Loretta is one challenge I think even he will give up on, though. I worked with Dave at RISCOS Ltd. He's been up in Glasgow with Picsel for the last 5 years.

• Matthew Godbolt (TheMoog)
  Another of those people who is likely to be totally knackered by the time he's thirty. Where he gets the energy from I'll never know. He's now running his own company writing software for programmers.

• Thomas Olsson (Zappo)
  Every so often I find a program that is very cool. Once in a while I find real gems. Of these gems I think that Thomas has produced about half. It scares me when I suddenly discover that something I always liked to use was written by him.

• Robin Watts
  Robin has always been in the RISC OS world, it seems. Whilst I was at uni, Robin was someone I looked up to, and now that we work together (some of the time) it's nice to know that he's someone people should look up to.

• Dave Ward (Dave upstairs)
  Dave's an oddity. He worked upstairs from us at RISCOS Ltd, and some might say that he's a major reason that RISCOS Ltd started. Some might. Whatever the tale, he's a mate and has a gorgeous girlfriend so we have to be friends <grin>.

• Alex MacFarlane-Smith (Aardvark)
  Alex is a clever guy who's helped me out when I've needed things doing that I couldn't do. He's more 'together' than I and I really admire that

• Joseph Heenan (Jogu)
  Jogu takes on far more things than I ever have done. And he makes remote controls for sky boxes in his spare time. Like most of my friends, he's far cleverer than I, too.

• Ian Jeffray
  As with some of the other friends here, Ian's very driven. He doesn't suffer fools gladly. Why he puts up with me around I don't know, but I appreciate it though I may not show it sometimes. I look at his dedication and attitude and whilst caustic at time, I only wish that I could have that kind of energy.

• Andrew Hill
  Andrew's a doctor. He does computer things. It's strange. He has more enthusiasm than most, possibly only matched by David Gamble.

• Chris Williams (Drobe)
  I've known Chris for quite a few years now and from his new site's early beginnings through to him now editing at The Register. He might be a journalist, but he's not quite the stereotype you might think!

Amazing people

• Sue Robinson
  I met Sue at Downham, through Caroline. When times were hard, she was a very good friend. One day I hope that I can repay the service, 'cos she was someone I could really talk to and helped me a lot. Thanks Sue!

• Caroline Webster
  In Caroline I found someone with whom I wanted to spend the rest of my life. Things didn't work out, and that still makes me very sad.

Family

• Julian Fletcher
  Julian's my middle brother, currently doing his working for an accountants, which is odd given his background in theoretical physics. He's far cleverer than me.

• Simon Fletcher
  Simon's my youngest brother. I shared a flat with him for a few years, which wasn't at all as hard as you might think.

• Claire Dunnett
  A life long friend and misplaced sister of mine. Seperated at birth by being born into a different family, Claire has been one of my longest and best friends. Just because we're not related doesn't mean we can't be brother and sister. She has two children - Alex, who I'm also Godfather to, and Bethany. They're both lovely!

School people

• Philip Tordoff
  I forget how I met Phil; it just seems that whenever I think of Doncaster, Phil was always there. Maybe it's just because he made me laugh, or something else. Whatever it was, he's one of my oldest friends. He's still in Doncaster, and got married a few years ago to one of his school friends.

• Angela Beardsmore
  In the same way that Phil was always there in Doncaster, Angela had always been in Newark. She always was one for getting what she wanted, and through everything she's still kept a smile and cheered me up. She's in Kent now, finishing her PhD.

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