Neil Hopcroft

I might have overdone the rss feeds now that I got a few more points to play with. Three pages to catch up with after only a few hours sleep. Oops.

Mainly for the marvelousmrchip – theres a discussion going on over here about software development control methodologies…

[0] Bearing in mind the source at the moment is QCIF at 4fps[1] ‘video’ might be overstating it somewhat [1] This is a mobile phone, how much can you expect?

The weekend started in the pub, one of the English guys here is leaving soon so we all went out to celebrate. This is the first evening we’ve been to the pub since I got here, they’re like techies everywhere, not the most sociable bunch. A very peculiar evening, there was lots of drinking going […]

kayteanese or rosiaconite (or anyone else in the general vicinity of Tokyo) I’ve got a couple of books I’ve read and was going to send home, but if you’re interested you could have them…”Stupid White Men” and Iain Banks “Use of Weapons”.

When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else? Probably when I was driving, not sure what it would have been, something like the dead kennedies. I dont sing to other people. You have the power to go any distance into the future and, after one year, return to the present with any knowledge […]

Breaking more new ground today I lead a training session with powerpoint slides and demos and everything. One day I’ll not let the nerves get the better of me…but not yet. Hardly a triumph of style over content.

…I’ve finally escaped from it! My first paycheque has at last made it to my account here, I’m no longer on the breadline, so to celebrate I went for a triple cheeseburger with large fries at Wendys. Erm, not much of a celebration I know but I’ve been craving greasy spoon food for a few […]