Neil Hopcroft

Whos up for the Screaming Banshee Aircrew gig in Southampton on Sunday?

No major casualties at saturday nights party, except for a little overenthusiasm with the packaging tape. Not enough food, and not organised enough to sort out what there was. The party bifurcated somewhat when someone found the source code for CP/M (admittedly a ROM based version, not disk based so the bootstrapping is somewhat different). […]

“Failed states” is another fairly typical Chomsky book. I find his writing style quite an easy read, he has a kind of clarity that you rarely get with political writing. For this book he compares the actions of the United States government with their descriptions of countries they have attacked, and specifically the justifications for […]

I board the district line at Fulham Broadway for my journey home. Normally the train is quite busy, with people standing at Fulham but by the time it gets to Wimbledon theres often seats. One day I got lucky, and got a seat at Putney Bridge – the train was still quite busy, with a […]

Tank cosy (for those that missed it last time) Total eclipse of the heart (warning: contains beards and abuse of white goods…actually I think theres only one beard, but its impressive enough to have gained a pluralisation) Larvae – not for the faint hearted when it comes to insects What are you going to do […]

In many ways I’m pleased that blogs have turned into what they are today. They are a technology that fills the same hole that ‘The Monthly Neil’ (or whatever I called it all those years ago) was intended to fill. They provide a passive way for readers to keep in touch with people. And an […]

Sexiest car in the world (worksafe) Glow in the dark knitting aside from the list, the ship is stable and not sinking…with 4000 Mazdas on board…safe to assume that the conditions in the hold are, at best, a gigantic mess.

“Finlands post office has issued four commemorative Lordi stamps to celebrate the Finnish bands recent Eurovision Song Contest triumph.” (no link for this at the moment)

Move your cursor over the pylon…wonder how you click? Foldable guitar The worlds first amphibious motor home

new-republican makes me want to do more exploring (don’t be put off by the name, its an urbex photoblog).