Neil Hopcroft

Now that the festivities are over its time to think about what I should be doing with the rest of the time I’m here – I’m getting a desire to travel some more now, but don’t want to clash with anyones visit over here…so…

Just by Meguro station today was a bobby giving out flyers. Which seemed both completely normal and extremely strange all at the same time. It got me thinking about the last time I saw a UK policeman abroad. It was a strange holiday, it was a beautiful sunny day, Caroline had driven down from Lincoln […]

Todays quick wandering around trialling the wifisniffer (wiffer?) suggests that urban Tokyo is roughly half covered with pockets of 2.4GHz rf which may or may not be active wireless networks. More exploration necessary, and perhaps more gadgetary too. The Meiji shrine was pure crowd yesterday, there was a frantic feeling in the air, a need […]

January 19 is Penguin Awareness Day (from )

Hey, razornet, I got a morbid fear of being chased through a red light district by a tiger in a flower arrangement, thats gotta be worth something?

Christmas shopping today, finally got myself some toys…it was a bit touch and go, cos I couldn’t find anything I wanted apart from a camcorder but then there was a nagging question about whether that was PAL or NTSC and I decided it wasn’t worth spending that much to find out that it wouldn’t be […]

Oh good… What Famous Leader Are You?

Before I rename you, Mr Bond…

FBI urges police to watch for people carrying almanacs “WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning…The FBI noted that use of almanacs or maps may be innocent, […]