Neil Hopcroft

BMW X5 prototype “Do not touch any of the wires!” Steampunk turntable Frankfurter converter Edible Skoda A short history of British road signs

Anyone about in the Fulham area during daytime who would like to help us with some user testing on our new software version?

Oh dear, and that last entry sounded rather more melancholy than I had intended – it was intended as a reflection on how things have changed in the last year, not a discussion of the exit that wasn’t. Thursday was the Fields of the Nephilim gig at the Astoria. Its been many years since I’ve […]

I close my eyes and i’m back at my last exit. I’m walking along pressing myself against the wall away from the platforms edge. I hear the sound of a train approaching, its getting closer, louder, closer. An exit. But i decide its stupid and wasteful, so i stay close to the wall to save […]

“i know that porridge isn’t usually a direction but the figure shows what i mean”

I’ve just uploaded a bunch of old photos. Let me know if theres any of you that you thoroughly disapprove of and I’ll hide them….and pass on the URL to anyone you think might be interested. More to come – I haven’t started tackling those from Japan yet.

Doll face Rolls-Royce pickup conversion Chocolate racecar INT13 still alive and kicking Chocolate offsetting Death by a 1000 Cutts Fun with explosive gases Alameda-Weehawken burrito tunnel Scope clock 6502 in Javascript Kit car USB everything

Saturday we were Peters guests at Diamond Light Source. It was a fascinating tour with plenty of information about what we were seeing. It is a new particle accelerator they have recently built in the contryside south of Oxford, with the main holding ring running at 3GeV – enough to be twice as bright as […]

SMS from unknown number: “OK send me a pick fitcop” How should I respond?