Neil Hopcroft

Today was a work Christmas party (I think theres supposed to be another one later). I’m not keen on these corporate celebratory events at the best of times but when you’ve got a Japanese guy telling jokes in English about the Finns…well, lets just say I didn’t stay all evening. Still, I did get to […]

My mp3 player has twice this week played “Welcome to the pleasuredome” just as I’m arriving at work. Can I download a different sense of humour to it, I don’t like this one.

Its a good day over at the Register today – Segway into little girl “Toddler Ruby Bleskacek was punished by a Segway rider in a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday. (No, we are not making this up.)”

Its politcal corerctness gone mad, I tell you. “The computing world’s venerable master/slave naming convention has come under fire by Los Angeles county officials who charge that this type of product description is offensive.” I presume the offense here is in the use of the word ‘slave’, referring to a device (not person) that is […]

Inspired by Iain Sinclairs “London Orbital” I today set off to walk the Meiji-dori. I got as far as Ikebukero before being distracted by shops, not bad going I think. On the way I discovered a tram system (which warants further investigation) and some incredible road mending machines (which, frankly speaking, scare me). Next time […]

Then, all I need to do is something extreme… Its good to be back on a real keyboard, with little letters and everything. There was only minor further excitment on todays excursion – I found a second hand record shop. At first I was a little concerned that it might actually be a second hand […]

NOW ALL I GOT TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW TO POST IN LITTLE LETTERS TO EXTREME LJ