Welcome to the January 2005 issue of MyAtari. Firstly, allow me to wish you a very Happy New Year. I hope that you enjoyed the recent festive period. After an enjoyble Christmas and exhasting New Year celebrations I have finally managed to sit down and write this foreword. My head is slightly banging as a result of recent celebrations (all the non-alcoholic juice - honestly).

This month I would like to call upon readers to email in recommendations for our forthcoming annual MyAtari Awards. We wish to know what categories should be in the awards this year, email your recommendations (not your nominations - that's next month) to 2005awards@myatari.net.

Until next month,

Best wishes

Matthew Bacon, Editor
matt@myatari.net

What's new?
MyAtari launched in 2000, so 2005 is the sixth year we're spanning, sounds like a long time, but doesn't feel that way! This issue, I'm pleased to announce the start of a new series by Roger Burrows of Anodyne Software, about programming on your ST/TT/Falcon. Roger's a good supporter of the Atari scene with his CD and DVD related products, now's your chance to get really stuck in to programming with his help! The series will be very much oriented towards what you, the readers want to see and the problems you want to solve, so get those thinking hats on and get involved and most importantly, have fun! I know there are plenty of you out there with great ideas for new software but don't know where to start, well, now you have a guiding hand!

We've also got an article about the Atari font, carrying on from my article two years ago about the Atari Fuji symbol. If you want to create some authentic Atari styling then this is a recommended read.

Lastly, thanks to all those who made the trek to our Christmas party in London, it was a pleasant get-together despite heavy rain later on!

Shiuming Lai, Features and Technical Editor
shiuming@myatari.net

MyAtari magazine - Feature #1, January 2005