Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

I wish I wasn’t quite so socially inept. But I also wish that carol singers wouldn’t come to sing at me.


N55 Manuals

For example:
“Construction:

LAND is constructed from pieces of land in different places in the world. The various parts are added to LAND by persons who guarantee that anybody can stay in LAND and use it. Any person can initiate expansions of LAND. The geographical positions of LAND can be found in Manual for LAND. The manual is continuously updated at www.N55.dk/LAND.html. A current version can also be obtained by contacting N55.

Using LAND:

Any person can use LAND. Attention is directed to the logical relation between persons and the rights of persons. Persons should be treated as persons and therefore as having rights. If we deny this assertion it goes wrong: here is a person, but this person should not be treated as a person, or: here is a person, who should be treated as a person, but not as having rights. Therefore we can only talk about persons in a way that makes sense if we know that persons have rights”


Linkblast

(I go away for a couple of days and the whole internet goes interesting…)

This game is not only about teaching and learning: it’s fun and entertainment for the whole family! Skiing and snowboarding is a perfect programming analogy. c-jump game is ideal for home school education. The game is based on the code of a real computer program!”

Moosetracker

CIA Sabotage Manual

In my own little world

“Powered by your mac or pc, you’ll have hours of flying fun with these USB air darts. Let the mission begin! * Control the aim and the firing mechanism of the darts via your computer mouse * Cylindrical base * 3 darts * USB powered * Software included”

“Several entrepreneurs have started selling inexpensive kits to allow car enthusiasts to shoot flames 2 feet or longer. They say they are seeing surprising interest in their products, which add nothing to performance and are meant strictly for showing off.”

A tangled web of car manufacturers

Jump reinterpreted. Again. And Monty is worth a listen too.

This was an extremely involved cake, and probably took 15-20 hours total to make including baking it, finding good reference photos to work from, designing it, constructing it, and decorating. Maybe slightly longer if you include the time I spent shopping for ingredients (I ran out of fondant!) and a box to transport it in.” (one for the camera enthusiasts out there)