Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Memories

sploit “CVS is a source code maintenance system used by many open source development projects, raising the prospect that the exploit may be used to spread compromised code to developers and end-users who download files from hacked servers.” This is an interesting development – what happens if you can’t trust your version control system? The […]

5TH MOBILE PHONE THROWING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS “We are offering wireless communication in languages from all around the world and if you have a lurking sense of frustration concerning: Unanswered mobile calls Wrong numbers “Sorry, this number cannot be reached at the moment “-situations “Sorry, this number does not exist any longer”-messages “Your battery is low”-messages […]

Under the hood “The following references for each vehicle manufacturer provide the sources for accessing OEM service information, tools, and training materials.” Anyone know of a similar resource for UK cars? Or am I reduced to buying a beamer ‘cos they’ve got better tech support.

Just pondering the Landmark Trust availability list for end of June/begining of July….would anyone be interested in coming along for a week and/or weekend in a historic building of some kind? Is Morpeth Castle cool?

I bought one of these and equipped it with a 40Gb hard disk. Its basically a hard disk media player that plugs in to a normal television. It can play all sorts of media types, DVDs, .jpgs, mp3s, etc. I’ve not had much of a play yet, but it seems pretty good, and its quiet, […]

Spooky spooky blah

Indescision was solved by a quick call to Michael last night, Project Elektra or House der Decadenz? Lets face it, I can go to an 80s night anytime, JGoth cabaret is less common back home. The venue was strange, being in the middle of the Shinjuku red light district, I arrived before it opened but […]

Thanks to Grandi for this: Gothbusters “Slightly more than $118,000 of the money was earmarked for therapy, assessment and case management…”It never happened because referring someone for looking, acting Goth is not a concept that ever got imbedded in people’s heads,”” Nice to see the ‘good’ guys suffer apathy too…

October Whitby lineup Highlights: Zodiac Mindwarp and James Ray. Hmm, I think I’ll be going to this one. \m/

The soulmate manifesto “Love economics: an analytical model of interpersonal dependency.” Versa laser “VersaLaser™ can transform images or drawings on your computer screen into real items made out of an amazing variety of materials… wood, plastic, fabric, paper, glass, leather, stone, ceramic, rubber… and it’s as easy to use as your printer.”

A meme from purple_pen… Look at your interests list and pick out any interests you have listed which appear in plain text. These will be interests that aren’t hyperlinked to a list of other people who share the same interest, because nobody else has listed them yet. They are unique to you! Now paste those […]