Neil Hopcroft

Oh, while I remember, that nasty long unpronouncable email address has been nicified, replace pe5feugnmu1ujbn7d9wc with neilh

Well, I’m not quite sure what to make of that…. I met up with kayteanese and rosiaconite, finally some people I know in Tokyo. Its not quite enough to be called a social life yet, but its certainly a step in the right direction. What I’m disturbed about, though, is the resturant we went to. […]

I’ve just picked up my bag again to attempt to get into it, the lock I put on took a bit of a battering in the cargo hold on the way over here. It wasn’t until just now that I noticed just what a close call I had at customs on the way into the […]

I fear they might have pulled my SMTP access after my address mailout…anyone got a mailserver I can use? Or it might just be the service is out for routine maintanance but theres no way I can tell ‘cos all the status info is Japanese :( Or maybe I need to pay for a POP […]

This is a Danish cheese on the soft end of hard cheeses, or the hard end of soft cheeses. It has a light spongy texture, not rubbery like Edam, much softer, it has a delicate flavour which works well when melted on, say, bolognaise, but gets lost on chilli or curry. A near perfect cheese.

OK, so I only went to Chiba so I could use that title, why the hell not?