We Love Alpacas » blog http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz Alpacas for lifestyle farming Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:56:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 So, we’ve made the move. http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz/2009/we-have-made-the-move-to-nz/ http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz/2009/we-have-made-the-move-to-nz/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:28:53 +0000 Anthony http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz/?p=94493679 Goodbye London UK, hello Tauranga NZ. And – oh boy – we’re so glad to be here. So phase one of our plan is in effect: get settled, establish our core web design business and get to know the local alpaca farmers in the greater Bay of Plenty region (first up – Surico Alpaca whose white suris we spotted as we went on a recent jaunt to Lake Tarewera).

Alpaca chewing the cudWeLoveAlpacas on hold

Unfortunately the worst GBP/NZD exchange rate since the 80s has forced us to postpone plans for a lifestyle block and setting up our WeLoveAlpacas operation. Still, it’s not all bad – our revamped web design site was featured on moluv.com, business is busy and we’re excited to be creating an online shop for an international fleece company at the moment. Cue lots of amusement at the fantastic supplier photography and subject matter we’ve got to work with. We’ll keep you updated on the launch. It’s going to be a beautiful site…

]]> http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz/2009/we-have-made-the-move-to-nz/feed/ 4 Alpacas + geeks == true http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz/2009/alpacas-geeks-true/ http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz/2009/alpacas-geeks-true/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:35:24 +0000 Anthony http://www.welovealpacas.co.nz/?p=94493649 Recently I’ve been flirting with retro gaming again. It’s not purely driven by nostalgia  – some of those games I ‘wasted’ hours days on as a kid have truly stood the test of time.

As my flirtation grew into something more serious I stumbled upon an old hero of mine – Jeff Minter. Jeff (owner of Llamasoft Ltd -ah! first clue) used to make utterly baffling games which seemed totally different to everything else out there. His games might not have played to convention but there was a definite formula to them:

1/ Camelids. By the truck load.
2/ Actually it’s just #1. But it’s an important point.

I like how my recent foray into the wonderful world of retro gaming dovetailed with my interest in alpacas by finding a perfect point of similarity. I also like how Jeff now owns a farm in Wales (ah, the motherland) which is home to llamas and alpacas, and has a blog on livejournal with the subdomain stinkygoat.

Cheers Jeff – great times and a great inspiration.

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