Neil Hopcroft

I started the weekend as I often do, running late. I still arrived earlier than I was expected, and met our companion on the steps of redkitty23s flat. So we got talking and waited for our hostess to arrive. The three of us headed out to Blenheim Palace to see it ‘dressed for christmas’, which […]

I’m coming to the end of the Shadow of the American Dream, what do I read next? I’ve got three shelves full of books I’ve not read yet, but I’ve narrowed it down to a choice of three for the moment, but which should it be?

“Tempest for Eliza is a Program that uses your computer monitor to send out AM radio signals. You can then hear computer generated music in your radio….the problem is i cannot use the time when the electron beam does the blanking and retrace phase” and “Can you read this? This image was captured with the […]

Any Oxford people got crash space I could use tomorrow night?

“William Heath, is… creating an online Kafkaesque nightmare” and a nice rant about the efficiency of the government, from a voice on the inside…

“They have designed a mobile phone case or cover that when discarded can be placed in compost in such a way that just weeks later the case will begin to disintegrate and turn into a flower.”

“For €25,000, you can get a crucifix antenna“

Why didn’t I find this while I was living in Oxford :( On show, the best from Dennis, Bristol, AEC reliance among others. No Routemasters as far as I can see from the list, unless they had another name too?

Today, I attempt to tackle my email and ljcomment backlog, normal lack of service will be resumed shortly…

Die Fabrik on thursday, which makes a bit more sense if you say it in a german accent, I’m sure, was an interesting mix of a load of music I’d like to get to know more about. We arrived, apparently, three quarters of the way through a note (or was it a chord?). But things […]