27 October 2008 – 11:33 am
I can see our house from here Originally uploaded by bounder Google Earth for the iPhone is a stunning application – new photos of Birmingham too, as we hadn’t moved into our current house on the previous pics and there’s my car on the drive.
19 October 2008 – 1:40 pm
I’ve just come back from a few days in Tuscany, we stayed in Pisa where there isn’t a whole lot going on (nice — we went to not do much) apart from visiting the leaning tower. Once you’re there, it’s obligatory to pose as if you’re interacting with the round leany thing. The odd person […]
6 October 2008 – 11:03 am
Oops Originally uploaded by bounder It still worked fine, apart from getting little glass splinters in your fingers (when surfing the web) and your ear (if answering a call).
24 September 2008 – 2:56 pm
I was just looking a website for an unsigned bands competition (Festibull), which got me thinking about bands I’ve been in. The longest running and most interesting was ‘The International’ — we didn’t gig much, but we were completely out-of-time modish art-rock. We used to have a practise room next to Mistress (very metal) and […]
17 September 2008 – 5:09 pm
At Cape York – Group of Arctic Highlanders and Seamen of the Expedition Originally uploaded by National Maritime Museum Third guy from left, back row — cardboard cut out?
The Nation’s Favourite Originally uploaded by diamond geezer
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 […]
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 […]
22:18 blogging on train FAIL. Went through a tunnel whilst publishing and now the post is tuck in published-but-not-there limbo. # 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 […]