Neil Hopcroft

…to go to an 80s night and fantasize (that can’t be the right spelling, but it doesn’t look right with an s either) about buying an angle grinder for musical purposes? Mirage was held in a bizarre club in Shinjuku, it was a large basement room but they’ve put a floor in half way up, […]

Another silly tube map

Trust me, I’m an engineer – another Dilbert classic.

Today I ran the barriers at Shibuya station. I didn’t mean to, and, indeed, didn’t expect to – I thought I had the right ticket and was confidently strolling through when the barrier closed on my trailing foot. Of course, I was so far through by then that it didn’t make much sense to force […]

Why is it that everyone thinks I should do something with sharp knives? You lot worry me…or maybe I worry you. Thank you for your hobby suggestions anyway. The most promising of those suggested so far (while I’m still in Japan, at least) is http://www.geocaching.com , which is a bit like a cross between Fundamental […]