Neil Hopcroft

A winners tale of greed and glory in the internet wars. Charles Ferguson was a founder of Vermeer Technologies, the company that created Frontpage, technology now owned by Microsoft. This book is in two sections, first covering the rollercoaster ride of Vermeer, the second, smaller section an analysis of the potential future(s) of the big […]

Perhaps its a little unfair to blame all my current malaise on my my job, but making a move toward getting out of there seems to have lifted my spirits somewhat. The question becomes one of what happens next? I’m reasonably sure that my long term future doesn’t see me staying in the Cambridge area, […]

Themail – a visualisation interface for email Post punk junk – at last podcasts that contain something worthwhile, I have a feeling I’m going to be going through everything here downloading it all. Someone elses view of Wolveton Gatehouse

Revisiting a couple of links from previous posts: Barbie garden Scumball 2006 – now with dates, July 6th 2006 ~> July 10th 2006

“We’ve decided to let this auction go until April 20th, the anniversary of the Columbine shootings. We would also like to make note that we are not trivializing the incident or disrespecting the victims or their families” USB trainers Innovative lofts with a garden and a garage on each floor From “Furry fandom” to “Anna […]

http://neilh.livejournal.com/261142.html – a very good meeting http://neilh.livejournal.com/284382.html – quiet http://neilh.livejournal.com/287118.html – time to move on http://neilh.livejournal.com/292917.html – what happened to the future? http://neilh.livejournal.com/299530.html – headache http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en.aspx?articleId=127&sectionId=6432 So, looks like all the pieces are fitting together. At least I know whats happening. The first thing to do when trying to get out of these kinds of […]

Minifig Famous People # 17: Dick Cheney One cool car Not my monkey ASCIIqarium Utility pets Human Conducted Tele-Vision Apparatus URBAN EYES is a critical design concept combining RFID technology, CCTV cameras and pigeons to create a unique service for urban spaces. I have no idea what this is but I think it needs to […]