Neil Hopcroft

[0] Bearing in mind the source at the moment is QCIF at 4fps[1] ‘video’ might be overstating it somewhat [1] This is a mobile phone, how much can you expect?

The weekend started in the pub, one of the English guys here is leaving soon so we all went out to celebrate. This is the first evening we’ve been to the pub since I got here, they’re like techies everywhere, not the most sociable bunch. A very peculiar evening, there was lots of drinking going […]

kayteanese or rosiaconite (or anyone else in the general vicinity of Tokyo) I’ve got a couple of books I’ve read and was going to send home, but if you’re interested you could have them…”Stupid White Men” and Iain Banks “Use of Weapons”.

When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else? Probably when I was driving, not sure what it would have been, something like the dead kennedies. I dont sing to other people. You have the power to go any distance into the future and, after one year, return to the present with any knowledge […]

Breaking more new ground today I lead a training session with powerpoint slides and demos and everything. One day I’ll not let the nerves get the better of me…but not yet. Hardly a triumph of style over content.

…I’ve finally escaped from it! My first paycheque has at last made it to my account here, I’m no longer on the breadline, so to celebrate I went for a triple cheeseburger with large fries at Wendys. Erm, not much of a celebration I know but I’ve been craving greasy spoon food for a few […]

If the person you were engaged to marry had an accident and became a paraplegic, would you go through with the marriage or back out of it? Go through with it, of course. Unless their mind was almost completely gone, in which case it wouldn’t matter that much to them anyway. Your house containing everything […]

After yesterdays storm the weather has been better today, so I took my first venture outside of the city.