Neil Hopcroft

…and howcome I’ve only just noticed his cover of “black planet” lurking in the back of my mp3 collection? Its really not very sensible at all. And we like it all the more for that.

Yesterday was the Rome Burns gig in Camden…the day started out wrestling with British Rail (or whatever they’re called these days) trying to get a ticket, of the two machines at the station one wouldn’t accept notes, the other wouldn’t give change. So I had to queue for a ticket at the single open window. […]

This is unsettling… Settlers of “Catan is perfectly suited to be launched as the first Capcom release on the N-Gage platform”.

Whose going to the Rome Burns gig later today? Anyone want to meet for lunch? I’ll be in town around 1pm – mobile number same as before, mail me, or leave a comment here…

An infinite number of cats on an infinite number of computer screens

Everquest bigger than Namibia “Edward Castronova, now associate Professor of telecommunications at Indiana University, carried out the original study which measured the economic productivity of each Everquest player.” …so, edling, you are performing a valuable economic service…

I’ve not been pay much attention to what is going to be happening in the near future. If anyone has any plans, or parties, or gigs, or other events you think I’d like to know about, let me know…leave a comment here or mail me. Edit: or should that be a ‘fist of steel’?

While I wouldn’t do this sort of thing myself [0], I rather like the idea of it…”Find an interesting-looking stranger, someone who fits their face if you know what I mean, and ask them to join you for lunch or a coffee or just a bit of a chat.” [0] I’m far too British

It was my last day at Nokia on Tuesday, and it was Zaras last night in Tokyo, so we met in Shibuya and went to Christon Cafe, a final visit before leaving the city. Then on to meet Charles and retire to the Pink Cow for a quick half before leaving too late to catch […]

I know its been a while since my last proper update – evilmattikinz was visiting so there was some hardcore geeking to be done between showing him the sights of Tokyo. We started out with an introduction to the sleazy underbelly of Tokyo society on Monday night, with a wander around Kabukicho, visiting a Buddah […]