Neil Hopcroft

A black comedy about an ex-convict who receives a mysterious birthday card from his grandmother. Filmed entirely in the Fisher Price PXL-2000 format

Any Cambridge-ish people up for a day out today? Maybe to the seaside or somesuch?

Can anyone recommend a good command line rtsp getter? I found something called “CoCsoft Stream Down” (don’t laugh) which kinda does the job but has a vaguely crazy windows interface which gets around 60% of each of the files I want – ideally I’d like wget to understand rtsp:// but the version I’ve got doesn’t […]

Worth a try – but they’ll only be replaced by zombies… Are you in Encyclopedia Dramatica? Am I allowed to laugh at Laugh At Rice for not knowing the difference between ricer toys and Detroit muscle? “I’m in the phone” “Welcome to Fluffy Legwarmers.com for all your designer legwarmer needs. Stand out from the crowd […]

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Freakonomics – tales of a rogue economist. USB sewing machines Headcrash Origami gone mad Breaking the kneecaps of intelligent design

Super Maryo in Javascript Forklift safety (with thanks the sheepthief) I shouldn’t be looking for a new car (mine starts again now). Hats

“discover Dorset Blue Vinny, try a taste of Trelawny, sniff a Snodsbury, dabble in a bit of Double Gloucester, and Purchase your very own Pant-ysgawn.” ….this is oddly tempting. Who is going?

“Narrating the space between three points in Helsinki” Mystery Melloman Flamethrowing robosapien Choose your printer carefully

“Declaring yourself to be operating by “Crocker’s Rules” means that other people are allowed to optimize their messages for information, not for being nice to you. Crocker’s Rules means that you have accepted full responsibility for the operation of your own mind – if you’re offended, it’s your fault. Anyone is allowed to call you […]