Neil Hopcroft

Today I went for a drive, my intention was to go to see Orford Ness. First stop was Orford Castle, which is a compact castle, it looks quite small from outside but is somewhat more extensive from the inside, with lots of clever little rooms tucked into the walls. It seems to have been well […]

Now you can play with the Khronos projector (logs of pictures, dial-up beware) I got a brand new combine ‘arvester….so I’m going demolish the old one (with grain truck racing in the interval) Matlab no longer safe Tank cosy – some people really don’t have better things to do, do they?

Watching the collapse of an industry (Elvis impersonators flee in their thousands) Homebrew phones…the operators won’t like that (make your own mobile phone) Are you maxed out? (film about debt)

“the Forecast umbrella provides information about the likelihood of rain” “Will you aim too, please” Goth subculture may protect vulnerable children

We arrived just before lunchtime, we found Simon and Adelle around the campfire waiting, with their troupe, for their lunch to cook. We went for a quick scoot around the castle, an odd building, a stone keep somehow incongruously placed within what feel like older earthworks. Maybe its because the stone has been restored or […]

Time, at last, to write up some of the things that have happened over the last few weeks, before I forget about them completely. I’ll start with Standsted Castle, which offers authentic 11th century views of the final approach. They call it Mountfitchet Castle these days, they can’t compete on equal terms with a modern […]

I was trying to look up some information about muzzle flashes on muskets, and encountered this site, which seems to systematically break all the rules of web design. Anyone got any idea how long the muzzle flash from a Napoleonic era musket would last for?

Gazing into the sublime: rarely seen data from astronomy and biology Careful where you go looking for oil The new HK Exorcist, and HK Immolator – Kitty-chan gets new toys. Music by People Like Us, for people like us – warning: orange, very orange, cut the red wire or reach for the NoStyle button (I’m […]

Hmmm, where to start…? Firstly, I suppose, a request. What follows is not yet public knowlege, I would appreciate it if it were not discussed with or in the presence of anyone you don’t *know* is on my friends list, at least until I post a public entry on the subject (yes, I know you […]