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.

Sweary News

I and she do a radio show, The Big Paws, on the award winning Rhubarb Radio. This isn’t a plea to listen to that (although please do), but to give a little focus on a bit of the show that you may not have heard. The Sweary News is the news, but sweary. It’s funnier […]

Random Acts Of Reality :: Rebuttal

“I was somewhat perturbed. Actually I was flaming furious. You see, despite the mistakes, it also implies other things.” Random Acts Of Reality Probably a much better example of what I was taling about here.

I’m like Moses, but for Twitter – Paul Carr lays down his 10 Commandments | Technology | guardian.co.uk

“Commandment Nine: Thou shalt not retweet compliments This phenomenon I really don’t understand, especially not when it’s my British friends doing it (Americans get their usual shamelessness pass). So someone complimented you or your business on Twitter? Great! I’m pleased for you, I really am. But RT’ing the compliment? You might as well stand in […]

Richard Herring bypasses “broadcast” with new show

“a new sketch/stand up show that I am going to be doing on Monday nights in the autumn at the Leicester Sq theatre and which will be released on iTunes. It’s called, “As It Occurs To me” and it’s going to made up of things I have thought about that week and reconstructions of stuff […]

Is this ‘unique’ or are the media keeping people dumb?

The Birmingham Mail covered this exchange on Pete Ashton’s blog, which is good — it’s a story. To sum up, an advertising company working on behalf of the Rep Theatre were using reverse graffiti, they — mistakenly one would assume — used it on a monument (that it’s a monument isn’t immediately obvious, if you don’t […]

Yahoo’s When isn’t so hot on where

Supposedly “hyperlocal” thing from Yahoo, hasn’t quite got the “local” bit, yet. Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

Alan Bennett on TV: nostalgia laced with insight and subversion …

Nice historical round-up of Bennet's TV appearances. – Alan Bennett on TV: nostalgia laced with insight and subversion ….

I can has burgerwastage

We had burgers for tea last night. I had veggie, Jules has meat. I always get astounded by how little meat burgers are when cooked, so  I thought I’d record it: Veggie not shrinking, of course. And just so you can see how much the meat ones do shrink:

11 route, frame-by-frame

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! YooouuuTuuube sort of cascades You Tube vids frame-by-frame across your browser. Hypnotic.

Play him off keyboard cat

New meme discovery: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J—aiyznGQ] which has lead to “Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat”, where Keyboard Cat tidies up awkward social situations: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpibOl8ZGU&feature=player_embedded] [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp6U_5qEE0Y&feature=player_embedded] More, more, again, again here.