Ashley

Music:I listen to Synthpop, New Wave, 80s, New Romantic, EBM, Industrial, Goth. Once of the first albums I was ever bought was Duran Duran's first album when it was released on vinyl in 1981. I have loved synthpop and new wave music ever since and follow many bands. During my teen years i listened to lots of C64 and Amiga demo music.Movies:I tend to like thrillers and action movies with either a futuristic or dark style. e.g. Terminator 2, Blade Runner, The Crow, The Matrix, RoboCop, Blade, 8mm, Ghost In The Shell. I also like 80's cult movies such as Never Ending Story, Goonies, ET, John Hughes films such as Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink and Ferris Buellers Day Off, etc.Travel:I spent 14 years growing up in various parts of Australia and then moved to England in 1989, since then i have visited France, Grmany, Spain, Gran Canaria, Turkey, Holland and the USA. In the future I hope to revisit the USA and return to Australia to revisit the places I lived during my childhood.Computers: I had an early start with computers and have been using them since I was 13 years old. My first computer was a Commodore 64, which was later upgraded with a 300 baud modem and 5.1/4 floppy drive back in 1986. In 1987 I purchased the new state-of-the-art Amiga 500 and used many Amiga computers including the A2000 and A1200 during the next 10 years. I worked my way through at least 8 different modems, starting with a 300bps, then 1200, 2400, 9600HST, 14.4, 28.8, 33.6 and finally 56k. In 1995 I started running a computer BBS which I kept online for 5 years and made many friends from around the world.In 1998 I decided to move from the Amiga platform and join the masses as a PC user. This was not an easy thing to do as I really loved the Amiga and its scene.