Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Memories

Linkblast

“You are in a maze of twisty countries all alike” Deflections on trusting trust 8088 Corruption – 30fps, on 4.77MHz processor. Just proving it can be done, now why do we have minimum requirements a hundred times that to run the operating system? “I squash dead fish between my toes, Try not to step on […]

Book review: Imperial Ambitions, Noam Chomsky

You either love Chomsky or hate him, theres very little middle ground. This book is a collection of interviews with him over the last couple of years, covering many topics mainly around Americas empire and how they view the rest of the world. He gives the impression of someone who has a lot of information […]

frubmlub

A fabulous evening out, as ever Otway is full of treats and really not the most together of stage performers…but thats why we love him. We got to hear hits from his 20 year chart career, the 7th most popular lyric in 2000 years (beating U2 and the Manic Street Preachers), Blockbuster taken to another […]

John Otways World Tour visits Cambridge tomorrow night (sat). Who is going?

Book review: Terror Inc

…tracing the money behind global terrorism. By Loretta Napoleoni This book starts out with a collect-a-set of bits that beginings of books have…Forward, Introduction, Preface, Acknowlegements and Prologue. It then launches into a whirlwind tour of the American view of the terrorist map (the IRA are conspicuous by their absence – I presume because they […]

“Thank you for calling 1-800-SUICIDE” Press 2 Pigs in Stereo

Knowlege won’t help you here

I was out walking for my lunch yesterday, a quick wander down to the local garage. The nearest to my office is around 20 minutes walk away, which kills your lunch hour quite nicely. Its a boring walk, consisting of two straight roads at right angles to each other, both with hedges or houses down […]

Anyone up for gaming afternoon tomorrow? My house, midday.

Driving without a safety net – a quick look at how far we’ve come in car safety design in the last 15 years. To my way of thinking this is some good reasons for not getting the latest greatest cars money can buy, you end up losing contact with the road, how to really control […]

“Don’t lose your sense of wonder” – POW Mint condition