Neil Hopcroft

Mirage last night, at Head Power. It was a strange night, it was advertised as mainly an 80s night, but it was flipping between 80s and modern EBM. Satoko-chan was spinning when I arrived, but I hung around downstairs for a little talking to Rob, by the time I got up to the dancefloor she’d […]

Photo recognition software gives location “For a small fee, photo recognition software on a remote server works out precisely where you are, and sends back directions that will get you to your destination.” Another of the pieces falls into place.

From what I can work out this book originated from a dare – or at least a misinterpretation of Gimpos obsession with the M25. It describes a series of walks around the capital, staying within the acoustic footprint of the motorway. They start walking up the Lea Valley toward South Mimms, where else would you […]

Where did I get to? Oh, yes, I’d just landed after flying back from Helsinki…flying in to Haneda airport is a very different experience to arriving at Narita, somewhat akin to landing at London City, you fly toward the skyscrapers then turn south toward the runway at the last minute. I collected my baggage and […]

…when I posted my last entry describing the journey to Finland I should have pointed out that I was back in Tokyo…sorry for the confusion, and heres part two… Our meeting in Helsinki was adjourned when we reached an impass at around 2pm (having refused to be distracted by the strange man offering to take […]

I knew I shouldn’t have looked …at least Suggs is almost cool: The Number 1 single on your birthday was: Clive Dunn – “Grandad” The Number 1 album was: Simon & Garfunkel – “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Born on your birthday: 1957 – Don Snow ( keyboard player, Squeeze ) 1961 – Graham McPherson ( […]

“You see that Xena Warrior Princess, she’s your favorite historical figure” …and I thought I was bad at history. Or maybe we should be asking ourselves more about what history is? Why do we believe the history we were taught in school? Is there anything happening here apart from a speeding up of the story […]

(this entry written in a steakhouse at Helsinki airport…yeah, I know, even with redundancy on my mobile internet and I couldn’t get the laptop to dialup…the rest of the trip later, once I’m caught up with the rest of everything) Helsinki airport, where I rather foolishly arrived early expecting there to be some kind of […]