Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

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Close call at customs…

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 […]

Cheese review: Maribo

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.

Chiba City Blues

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

Where the streets have no name

(This entry (and the few that will follow shortly) were written back at my flat and have be postponed pending transfer to a computer with ‘net access, I’m getting a phone with access soon, but until then things are still going to be moving somewhat slowly here…)

Just about to check out, to move to my new flat…I’ll be back once I’ve got an ISP.