Why Lipsbury Pinfold?

For anyone who cares Lipsbury Pinfold is a type of cloth ¹ I'm not sure where I first heard of it - probably doing King Lear at school ² but it always struck me as a good sort of alter-ego name.

Interests

(Including some pages I found and enjoyed if you're looking for places to go )

• An interest in 'Real' medieval history (800-1307), hammered into me at university

  On H2G2	Elsewhere on the web
  Joan of Ark Edward II	The online medieval and classical library Internet medieval Sourcebook NetSERF On this day in Medieval History

   

• Logic, Philosophy and Metaphysics - or just arguing as some people call it

• Mucking about with Javascript and Java (they even pay me for it when it works)

  On H2G2	Elsewhere on the web
  Bruce's Web Coding Links GuideML Gadgets Internet Access using a television	Javascript Tutorials - Nice intro and some handy scripts Webmonkey Programming - One of the most helpful sites I've ever found

   

• Airships (just amazingly cool things)

  On H2G2	Elsewhere on the web
  Zeppelins and other dirigibles Aircraft of the Isle of Wight	MyAirship.com - A good starting point for all things airship related Balloon Construction and Balloon Loft - Inspirational tales of DIY Ballooning

   

• The whole stiff upper lip pulp genre - covering everything from Biggles to Wimsey and taking in Hammett and Doc Savage on the way

  On H2G2	Elsewhere on the web
  Biggles The Shadow Dashiell Hammett A dictionary of hard boiled slang The return of the H2G2 Storytime "Hooky" and the Ape God (and another Hooky story ...)	Chris Kalb's Hero Pulp Site - A good set of links to other Pulp sources Mat Stevens' Pulp Page - another good guide to all things Pulp

People worth talking to

Cloviscat I've known for a very long time. A scout with a lot of experience of composing text, a helpful nature and a wicked sense of humour.

Amy The Ant Another helpful soul, who seems to know a lot about just about everthing especially lego

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¹ Lipsbury Pinfold is actually a very fine weave cloth possibly with a narrow pinstripe on it.
² For any Shakespeare buffs out there the quote is something like:

'If I had thee in Lipsbury pinfold, I would make thee care for me.'

which makes it sound more like a small rural English village.