Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Memories

Bah! I hate jetlag. I’ve gotten myself into a cycle of two small sets of sleep per night rather than one big chunk like I’m used to – three hours when I get in from work waking up at around 11pm, just after all the useful restaurants and cafes have closed, and three hours from […]

Sex aid causes bomb scare

Back to work yesterday (or was it today? I’m still too jetlagged to work that out) to find that practically speaking nothing has happened since I left. Oh well.

24 Hours Later

I’m back in Tokyo after 24 hours of travelling. Got some sleep on the plane, fwiw. More details later.

Oh, and differentcolors, I got your mail but left home without putting the information in any of my portable electronics…could you mail it again? Sorry to be so crap.

I love the smell of burning kerosene

(I tried to post this from my phone but that didn:t work…) Here I am in Narita airport, waiting for my flight to leave. It has been delayed so I:ve another 1.5 hours to wait…I get in around 2015 to Heathrow (if you:re reading this and know Damians phone number, can you call him and […]

We should escape now

During our project meeting this morning a siren, then a voice came over a loud speaker system I didn’t even know existed. It was an odd sound something like I imagine the Vogon announcement to earth would have been, all perfect clarity in a stern Japanese – something about a fire in the boiler room. […]

Conditions normal and you’re coming home

The plan, such as it is, looks like: Sat 25th – arrive Heathrow, 1730ish, head to Camberley Sun 26th – sunday roast in Luton, to Kent Wed 29th – head to Whitby Mon 3rd – to Oxford Wed 5th – back to Kent Fri 7th – Fly from Heathrow Theres a few bits I’ll make […]