Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Archive for April 2006

“Jay’s hair is so unbelievably stupid, even the world of comic books could offer nothing close to the abomination occuring on his head. But if he did have a super hero alter-ego, we assume its origins would involve Boy George mating with a Magic Coral Garden” Response to the Great Lucas Cruft Purge roadside_relics “I […]

Space junk Bug bag Psycho kitty (HK gets analytical) Turn it off High octaine fun Hacked gadgets answer to dead disks

A blindness that touches perfection

…and sometimes, mixed up in the memories, theres a feeling of being a bad person, letting things lapse that shouldn’t be let lapse, walking away when thats the safe option. I bought a card to write to someone I care about, but then I realised I didn’t have a pen. Even if I did, I […]

Goth origami Nice unusual photos (worksafe, surreal)

King of Snape

Today I went for a drive, my intention was to go to see Orford Ness. First stop was Orford Castle, which is a compact castle, it looks quite small from outside but is somewhat more extensive from the inside, with lots of clever little rooms tucked into the walls. It seems to have been well […]

Now you can play with the Khronos projector (logs of pictures, dial-up beware) I got a brand new combine ‘arvester….so I’m going demolish the old one (with grain truck racing in the interval) Matlab no longer safe Tank cosy – some people really don’t have better things to do, do they?

Watching the collapse of an industry (Elvis impersonators flee in their thousands) Homebrew phones…the operators won’t like that (make your own mobile phone) Are you maxed out? (film about debt)

“the Forecast umbrella provides information about the likelihood of rain” “Will you aim too, please” Goth subculture may protect vulnerable children

Assault on Castle Rising

We arrived just before lunchtime, we found Simon and Adelle around the campfire waiting, with their troupe, for their lunch to cook. We went for a quick scoot around the castle, an odd building, a stone keep somehow incongruously placed within what feel like older earthworks. Maybe its because the stone has been restored or […]