Neil Hopcroft

I want one of those (videos of self-reconfiguring robots, again from jwz)

“Welcome to Darwin!”

Theres something so right about driving through the sleepy villages of Suffolk with the acapella version of “Forward to death” on full volume (“I can’t stand this way of life, I can’t stand your attitude”). Streets which, incidentally, seemed to be teeming with ambulances. Either everyones waited until spring before getting injured or they’re emptying […]

Is that a dolphin in your cooling tower? (from jwz)

Leonard Nimoys full body project – Not Worksafe, infact, not at all safe.

The mini arrived today, I’d expected it to be small, but this is /SMALL/….now all I need is a USB keyboard and then I can work it.

“Journeys of an Underground Philosopher” Though short this is an interesting book. It describes the life and thoughts of a traveller turned station announcer. He mixes mundane snippets of life on the tube with deep thoughts about the structure of society he sees through its expression in those muddling their way through the underground system. […]

“Enterprising hackers have discovered that because the new motion sensor returns reasonably accurate measurements to Mac OS X, it can be used to do some cool tricks, from realigning an image in a window so it always points up, no matter what angle you hold the laptop at, to controlling what’s playing in iTunes — […]

Realtime earthquake information – that seems (to my untrained eye) quite a lot of quakes for a 24 hour period – any Tokyo based people care to comment whether its been especially wobbly over there lately?

Theres something fascinating about infrastructure, concrete bridges spanning the canalled river. The drivers on the A14 above know nothing of what is down here, its just more road, with railings instead of embankments. Its full of history, if you’re looking for it. An urban history, made by guys who didn’t even notice they were doing […]