Neil Hopcroft

(further in a series of Neil-has-too-much-time-on-his-hands[0] links, I’ll stop soon, once the novelty of proper connectivity wears off) …I thought the Japanese were strange with their complete lack of fear of poncy umbrellas, but the Irish are taking it to the next node… [0] and a tax form that really should be filed quite soon

Sorting out things happening over the next few months, is anyone going to either of these wireless conferences?

“The LEGO Group, specifically, is especially disapproving of these kinds of things” …but this seems a little too battalions-of-orcs-and-elves-fighting-on-a-battlefield for my liking, there must be some games out there that involve using lego for its intended purpose. Something a bit more like these, but more like a proper strategy game. Any ideas anyone? Oh, and […]

Tough on goth “The problem is when kids go whole-hog with the look, then it takes on a sort of dark-side symbolism,” she said. “And it upsets parents, it upsets kids and it upsets teachers. This is a place to go to school, and to be a kid. And I don’t want kids being afraid […]

…isn’t the builders advertising I thought it was. The town is decked out with Union Flags, with congratulatory messages in windows the length of the high street. Theres going to be a drivepast of our Olympic heroine later this afternoon. Why does this make me angry? Maybe I can’t lose some of the associations of […]

Welcome to the Charm School – “clean, sharp, playful but dangerous illustrations in pen and ink” (“While this site contains no obscenity, it IS intended for mature audiences.”)

…and howcome I’ve only just noticed his cover of “black planet” lurking in the back of my mp3 collection? Its really not very sensible at all. And we like it all the more for that.

Yesterday was the Rome Burns gig in Camden…the day started out wrestling with British Rail (or whatever they’re called these days) trying to get a ticket, of the two machines at the station one wouldn’t accept notes, the other wouldn’t give change. So I had to queue for a ticket at the single open window. […]

This is unsettling… Settlers of “Catan is perfectly suited to be launched as the first Capcom release on the N-Gage platform”.

Whose going to the Rome Burns gig later today? Anyone want to meet for lunch? I’ll be in town around 1pm – mobile number same as before, mail me, or leave a comment here…