Neil Hopcroft

Anti-virus industry: white knight or black hat? This is an interesting piece about the ethics of AV marketing. Some time ago I turned down a (very lucrative) job developing antivirus software for handheld devices because I didn’t like the ethics of the industry, it is built on peoples fears, has no incentive to reduce those […]

Finally managed to get my latest camera to beam its pictures somewhere useful…almost perfect size for LJ icons too, 120×120.

.tv washout …living on nine scattered atolls all less than 4.5 metres (15 feet) above sea level, will be hit Thursday and Friday by “king tides”…On Thursday at 4.40pm (0440 GMT) the tide will peak at 3.07 metresfeet) and on Friday at 5.19pm (0519 GMT) will reach 3.1 metres (10.2 feet). MOCkery …attempt a speed […]

One for all you S60 owning Hello Kitty fans… http://themes.symbian-world.com/info.php?id=2

Gillian was back from Kyoto yesterday, so we met for a meal last night. Shes staying Ueno now, we wandered most of the way around it before stumbling across a traditional Japanese place with an English menu on the next block from her hotel. The food was really good and the staff talkative and helpful…I […]

simonsatoris secret is out now: 213 things you’re not allowed to do in the military http://www.avalanchetankers.us/archives/000058.html (actually stolen from twicezero…)

Today has been made of testing device drivers, getting annoyed at lack of synchronisation, rumours, being paid to find Java games on the net, power supplies, trace loggers and waiting for flash stations.

“Neil, I’m in Shibuya” After a few weeks of running on hectic I’ve finally had a day to myself to sort out some of the things that have been somewhat neglected.

Some more questions from mindygoth: 1) I often think you look slightly bewildered… are you? Do I? Probably, yes, but I’ve never really thought about it that much…social interaction was never really that much of a strong point for me, I don’t (think) I take on that kind of look unless there are other people […]