http://www.annablack.com/organisation
This month I am mostly sorting the notes for my book. Only another 1000 odd people to meet 
Aug 102010
The ultimate ‘Allo ‘Allo! related non-APOTSPOAB of all time! http://www.annablack.com/allo-allo-2
Thanks to the jolly lovely @LollyGee on Twitter we had champagne breakfast on the London Eye first thing this morning Many APOTSPOAB’s – more pics to come…
Jun 022010
Download HERE the latest SID*tastic Anna Black Anorak from the home of Commodore 64 remixes SLAY Radio
As usual there was a C64 LIVE in the studio playing SID’s as they should be heard. An extra long show this week due to the rather large amount of games to be loaded from the Brighton Commodore 64 Swag
207 mins of retro computer things 
* SID = Sound Interface Chip – the Music chip of the C64
Ok… I admit this is getting silly now…but as requested “825 photographs in less than 1 minute?” !
Warning – please don’t watch this film if flashing lights and fast images affect you at all 
Love Anna x
Apr 242010
Popped into the City on Wednesday to meet Andy from retrocomputers.eu – a veritable hub of all things retro micro computer.
Andy is a volunteer for the “The Centre for Computing History” in Haverhill, Suffolk http://www.computinghistory.org.uk and a jolly nice chap. He was recently at the Gadget Show in Birmingham displaying some rather fabulous SD/Flash add ons for various retro systems of which I am very jealous! 
The Centre for Computing History also provides background retro computer bits and bobs for the excellent Channel 4 Comedy “The IT Crowd” Andy was off to watch a recording in Pinewood later in the week – so have to keep our eyes peeled for some rare items in Series 4. Hurrah!
Also, during a ZX Sinclair Spectrum part of the conversation Andy told me about the rarity of the 16K “Issue 1″ Speccy’s. Intrigued, I checked my boxed 16K when I got home and turns out that I actually own one! Hoopla! Thanks Andy! —-> See the “Issue 1 Spectrum” Page
Obviously of course we didn’t forget the most important part of meeting up and decided on a Fire of London-esque APOTSPOAB
Warning – please don’t watch this film if flashing lights and fast images affect you at all
People often ask me where are all the photographs of all the people holding thesignedphotograph are. Well, it’s a logistical admin job and a half and I get very confused So to enable you to see the scale of the project I’ve updated the previous APOTSPOAB flicker film and hereby present to you “825 photographs in less than 2 minutes?” Music courtesy C64Audio.com I hope you enjoy.
If you are an APOTSPOAB I hope you can spot yourself! Thanks so much to everyone who has taken part. It was a pleasure meeting you, and I have made many friends on our travels. I still need another 1365 people, so if you wish join in let me know and I’ll come to you. I hope to be having an exhibition and film screening shortly too so ears peeled for that
It is a pointless pointlessness for a very good reason… I will get the website tidied up shortly so it all makes sense… for info on how and what and why, please visit thesignedphotograph.com or follow on Twitter
Have a great weekend,
Anna x
Feb 122010
We went to Portsmouth and saw the hovercraft which was a geeky ambition 
And here is @thesignedphoto with the Spinnaker Tower 
Regular readers will know I am a complete variety and theatre history nut. I was fortunate enough to meet Steve Clark while at the London Palladium a few weeks ago. Steve is one of The Clark Brothers and dance history on legs – or feet to be precise. Have a look at the clip below – it is absolutely incredible!
He is a true entertainment legend who regaled us with tales of working with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and many other names I never thought I’d be one degree of separation from. He also said he worked at the Kilburn Empire!
Also below is a lovely bit of video with Sandra (a wonderfully jolly lady with a beautiful beaming smile) when they broke into impromptu sing songs. This clip makes me so happy – it’s a real joy to watch!
Would you like to replay the video or share the link to it with your friends?
(apologies for the hazy video quality – the lighting was very gloomy and had to brighten a bit…)
(I’ve managed to visit a few of the West End Theatres recently so will write more soon about my backstage exploits )
Dec 172009
Back in Gothenburg last year we met Åke the Cat
