Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Archive for February 2004

The wisdom of hindsight

…well its more like insight since the experience hasnt finished yet. ive made it to the departure lounge. no delay advertised yet but theres still an hour til takeoff. nothing more to report now except that there seems a chance ill sleep on the plane.

What a mess…

Following (nearly) everyones advice I’m aiming to stay all night at Midnight Mess and get straight on the plane tomorrow. I’m not sure how wise this is. In fact, I’m reasonably sure it isn’t very wise at all. But thats not going to stop me. I’ll call it research into jetlag reduction. Or something. I […]

Given that I am flying to Copenhagen on Sunday, then on to Tampere, what should I do about going to Midnight Mess tomorrow night? I’d like to go since its one of the most enjoyable clubs here in Tokyo, but equally I don’t want to miss my flight on Sunday morning – I have to […]

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(I know this is doing the rounds at the moment, but I couldn’t resist…) Wood floors spark trouser mishaps “It says “trouser-related mishaps” have nearly doubled to more than 9,000.”

Me and my friends are so smart, we invented this new kind of art

Today I feel trapped, I’m full of creativity but have no outlet for it, nor, indeed, time for it. Some of this I blame on testingrange who seems to have run away with one of the themes in my head and done it rather more justice than I ever could…maybe have to do some work […]

Anti-virus industry: white knight or black hat? This is an interesting piece about the ethics of AV marketing. Some time ago I turned down a (very lucrative) job developing antivirus software for handheld devices because I didn’t like the ethics of the industry, it is built on peoples fears, has no incentive to reduce those […]

Finally managed to get my latest camera to beam its pictures somewhere useful…almost perfect size for LJ icons too, 120×120.