Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Memories

A meme of sorts… If you were to attend a book burning, which books would you take to put onto the pyre? Why? My reaction to this question is perhaps unusual, I think it sounds like a great idea, mostly because burning books is associated with government oppression and control of media, if it were […]

I’ve just watched a beautiful sunset over my neighbours house – it would have been more beautiful if I’d been able to see the horizon, but thats what you get for living in an estate. It would take a lot to beat the sunset at Enoshima. (1Mb MJPEG .AVI – with some nasty sound, probably […]

“The Bible is true. No doubt about it! Paul explains God’s authoritative Word, and everyone who rejects His history-including six-day creation and Noah’s Flood-is ‘willfully’ ignorant.” A walk-through of the Creation Museum …guess I’ll stay ignorant then, anyone up for an en-mass visit? Theres bound to be some fun to be had…

johnfkent made me do it: 1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video: loads, probably a couple of hundred, not even sure where they all are, theres a pile in a loft in Surrey which I need to get back sometime… 2) The last film I bought: A collection of Hal Hartley films, including […]

Mr Bunnys Internet Startup Game “Players start with $10 Million, and try to purchase and debug software packages containing at least 20 feature points. Each software package, when purchased, has a number of bugs equal to its number of feature points. So, you need to hire programmers to debug your software. Packages and Programmers are […]

Anyone going to make it to the Interlock gig in Peterborough on thursday?

“TWO Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after duelling with lightsabres made by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol“

Caution: Red-lining

…was what their van should have said – they were laying some high-friction red asphalt on the road by one of the crossing points in Milton. I’m not sure that ‘Caution: white-lining’ really gives out that much better a message, though. Today I crossed the river and walked to the next village east – Horningsea. […]