Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Archive for October 2006

Book review: Taming the Lion, by Richard Farley

“100 secret strategies for investing” This is a kind of “Being Richard Farley for Dummies” book, it describes who he is and how he does the things he does. But for all that its actually quite an interesting read. He has split his thoughts up into 10 sets of 10 ‘secrets’, some of which are […]

wear compensator

… I’ve just checked mine, but i don’t have a reference point. The warning is showing, but what would cause that? Does it mean the clutch is worn? Or that the cable has broken? Or that the compensator is no longer compensating? There’s a suspicious looking pile of dust right by it, but that could […]

Worthing…

I drove the A24 south today, it goes to Worthing. I found the pier cafe, where I could watch the elements in comfort, its really the cafe for the theatre on the pier, so it was quite empty apart from a considerable number of pensioners. On the way back I stopped at Cissbury Ring, where […]

Not quite a slashdotting….

“Dear Neil On Friday September 29th my website stats tripled, so I tracked the answer to your thread. There’s something quite wrong about outsourcing your grieving Firstly I would like to thank you for the extra traffic my website received, albeit I do hope that you and your friends will never need the services of […]

all the time at sunny beach

As is typical technology mocks in suspicious ways, playing me the mad capsule markets just as the heavens opened upon my arrival in worthing. An ideal day for sitting in the restaurant of a grand seafront hotel watching the elements doing battle with whatever they can find. No such thing here, though.

Linkblast

Cycle hats increase risk? Extreme harmonica Its a suspect device