08May/12

Two years is a long time in politics

8 May 2012commentpoliticsJon Bounds

When I returned to the Labour fold and joined the party a few months before the 2010 General Election it was party through fear, partly through duty, but mainly because I thoughtRead More…

27Jun/10

O2 New Street Birmingham Insurance Rip-Off

27 June 2010comment, found stuff, geekerybirmingham, Birmingham UK, fiddle, fraud, insurance, iPhone4, o2, rip-offJon Bounds

Boring post this, it’s just for Google to in case any other people are looking to see what’s happened. I popped and got an iPhone 4 the other day, it’s nice (andRead More…

22Feb/10

How Does Homeopathy Work?

22 February 2010commenthomeopathyJon Bounds

How Does Homeopathy Work?.

26Aug/09

The Future of Reality TV

26 August 2009commentbig brother, ideas, reality tvJon Bounds

Channel 4 have announced that they’re giving up with Big Brother after the next series — although a dedicated web show for 2011 would be my guess — they’ve tried fiddling withRead More…

20May/09

Yahoo’s When isn’t so hot on where

20 May 2009birminghamuk, comment, found stuff, geekerybirminghamisntinlondon. birminghamuk, local, whenJon Bounds

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

11Mar/09

Cat ‘eat’ crunch three

11 March 2009comment, cute, found stuff, my projectscat, cat food, catfood packaging, cats, packaging, photos, surveyJon Bounds

In my continting series of photos on the packets of cat-food: Brekkies is a once mighty brand fallen to the odd appearances in Wilko, and this tabby has felt the sting ofRead More…

04Mar/09

Campaign for Real Heritage

4 March 2009art, comment, my projectsart, blue plaque, camapign, campaign for real heritage, commemoration, Flickr, heritage, history, project, stickerJon Bounds

Are you fed up with “officials” deciding what’s important? Do you wish that history wasn’t just written by the winners? The losers, the outsiders, the real people have history too. It deservesRead More…

28Feb/09

Mark Lawson acts a bit of a presumptuous git

28 February 2009comment, found stuffart, guardian, marklawsonJon Bounds

Mark Lawson in The Guardian: “Most art – and certainly the greatest examples – is private and exclusive, created by elite professionals for an audience of amateurs. Though touched by it, weRead More…

26Nov/08

Got their number

26 November 2008comment118 118, stupidJon Bounds

What’s shocking about watching the “live feed” of questions and answers from 118 118’s “ask anything you like service”, isn’t the illiteracy and stupidity of the questions — that’s a given —Read More…

16Aug/08

It’s not what you like

16 August 2008commentMurakamiJon Bounds

I’ve just finished reading a excerpt from Haruki Murakami‘s book about his obsessive running, and in particular a 100KM “ultramarathon” he completed (it’s taken me a while to get round to, itRead More…