Author Archives: Jon Bounds

Writer, honest. Currently working on Pier Review “a journey to the outcrops of a dying culture”.

Used to do Birmingham: It’s Not Shit, Dirty Bristow, 11-11-11, Twitpanto et al.

Flickr’s new revenue model?

23 July 2008 – 5:41 pm

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! No seen this before.

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WordPress for iPhone

22 July 2008 – 10:01 am

Just testing the WordPress iPhone app. More info. Had one instance of a bug that meant you couldn’t get back to the draft post after trying to select a category. If that happens you lose your post. No spell check. It is a ton better than any customised web interface I’ve seen, but not quite […]

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Watching me Jon Bounds, Watching you Google Street View Car

21 July 2008 – 4:52 pm

Google Street Map Car – Moseley, Bimingham UK Originally uploaded by bounder While I’m sitting working, what should I see out of the corner of my eye than the Google Street View Car. Breathlessly excited, I rushed to get my camera — luckily I’m in a cul-de-sac so I knew it was coming back. I […]

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8-bit hippy shit

21 July 2008 – 12:45 am

I’ve spent a good hour or so reading the brill History of Lamasoft by the Yak Jeff Minter himself, and then reliving some of his spectrum classics. The great Psychedelia especially. “I called the program a “light synthesiser”, and advertised it as a new, non-competitive form of entertainment… no enemies, no killing, just light and […]

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Geeky Picture Quiz

20 July 2008 – 7:22 pm

I wrote a quiz for WordCampUK, the picture round is 20 “famous people” to identifiy — I thought it was worthwhile to pop it up on the net. So here it is (PDF link) – answers are on page two, and link to somewhere on the net that should explain who they are if you’re […]

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The voice of pikachu

18 July 2008 – 12:32 pm

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Retro To Go: Dr Who Tardis wardrobe

14 July 2008 – 11:03 pm

, pretend you're the doctor by nipping in and out of this self-assembly canvas construction, with the added bonus of a single rail inside for your space age clobber. Make a K9 out of a waste bin and some old wire and you'll be ready to conquer the galaxy. link

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iPhone 2.0 — nightmare

11 July 2008 – 3:21 pm

I tried to upgrade to the new iPhone, I was up at 8am trying on the O2 store last week — it crashed, it was slow, and when I finally got to order there was absolutely no confirmation. Turns out I got a text yesterday saying that my order was received after stock ran out, […]

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Tweets for Today

10 July 2008 – 12:08 am

12:11 thinking about writing up yesterdays’ Tim Berners Lee talk — do i write up the talk, or the ideas? they’re very different. # 12:44 #brumbloggers how does Thur 24th Aug grab you for a meet-up? # 15:07 rambling blog post on Tim Berners-Lee talk yesterday is.gd/P80 I now _think_ i understand the Semantic Web, […]

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Tweets for Today

9 July 2008 – 11:07 pm

12:11 thinking about writing up yesterdays’ Tim Berners Lee talk — do i write up the talk, or the ideas? they’re very different. # 12:44 #brumbloggers how does Thur 24th Aug grab you for a meet-up? # 15:07 rambling blog post on Tim Berners-Lee talk yesterday is.gd/P80 I now _think_ i understand the Semantic Web, […]

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