Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Memories

Dilbert captures the world I live in, again Made it to the boot fair this morning, having found everyone packed up and gone home last week….caught up with dalglir and his young lady, who seemed to be having a good time there, and found someone selling the Lego Bionicle boardgame (Quest for Makuta, or something) […]

I’m not going to be the only one whose life has fallen apart with a power outage in a remote server room halfway across the world, am I? Shame, really, ‘cos I’ve got so many things to say, like pointing out the hardcore morris dancers, or warning you about a file-sharers virus, or even pointing […]

I’ve just noticed trying to type ‘Vauxhall’ into the predictive text on my phone gives ‘tat?’, maybe I should ask my phone what car I should buy next? Does anyone else use their predictive text to predict other aspects of their life?

“Improper use of cola might result in blunt trauma, puncture wounds, physical illness, mental illness, caffeine dependency, dental necrosis, acid reflux, death, devastation, and random tax audits. Or it might not….OpenCola soda is distributed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL)”

Today, on my walk to the office, I found some bollard polishers. I don’t remember seeing anyone cleaning them before, but I assume there is a long history of such undertakings by the highways agency. Good work, lads, keep ’em clean.

“Weightwatchers On-the-Go – there’s plenty of SyncML Data Sync and client deployment wizards in there to help People of Size™ find the thin person within.”

Historic Underground picutres

I’m not a twisted sociopath, everyones forgiven

It seems I accidentally had a phone interview this morning for a job in ‘the M3/M4 corridor area’….not quite sure how that happened, since I’m supposed to be taking a break when I finish my current position at the end of the month. Today the results of an ’employee satisfaction survey’ were made available. Clearly […]