Neil Hopcroft

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…and a few more that escaped the last round: How to be a convincing time traveller Theme park decay MRI remixed Seamless pictures Choose your apocalypse

It is interesting reading this book now that I’ve moved to the area in which much of it is set – the descriptions make it seem very much more rural than the sprawling commute belt I know. While the story is familiar, from the Jeff Waynes version, the book gives a very different feel to […]

I’d forgotten how nice the drive up the M40 to Oxford can be. Its a shame, then, that it was preceded by a queue on the M25. 25 minutes to move one junction, how do people tolerate that on a regular basis? This years Venturefest was at the Said Business School, next to the station. […]

(Recovering from a couple of weeks on the end of dialup here is an extra large set of links) Bentley loses its way Censored (worksafe) None more Kitty Geek cruises Cats that look like Hitler More USB wearables Light-pick – imagine this mated with some POV writing, it’d only take a small accelerometer and bluetooth […]

Theres something depressingly cyclical about the kinds of arguments you have at this time of day: (I’ve pre-watershedded the language a little, add your own colour if you feel it necessary) Her: I can’t believe you asked anuver girl for er number, why’d’you ask er for er number? Him: She was a policewoman, I was […]

It started with the wearable keyboard… …but I was distracted enough to go searching the site, whereupon I found what I think is a USB tail. but that’s not ridiculous enough, so I found a Bluetoothbrush

I’m pondering the possibility of a housewarming party here in Leatherhead – having completely failed to get around to having one in Cambridge….if you can see this you’re welcome to come along, but first I would like to know who is about when.

Back online again now. And I’ve eaten too much cheese over the last few days. These two facts are not related in any way.

This is a book that has been sitting in my in-queue for a long time, I’ve finally gotten around to reading it. Eric takes us on a tour of the fast food industry, from the origins of the modern hamburger, via the sweatshop kitchens and slaughterhouses, to where he thinks the future of the industry […]