Jonny’s Blog

I shoved Minimo on my Nokia N800 and got Bongo running on it. It is very very slow, and Bongo does look a little weird, but here are some screenshots:

Note the lack of scroll-bar meaning the lower section of the logon window is missing. This doesn’t matter as it is not needed at all.

This all looks nice apart from the weird drop-down box to select from Summary, Mail and Calendar. Still, it works.

Composing a new mail. Looks good.

Calendar month view. Looks good.

This is no great surprise that it worked as it’s the same Mozilla code, but cut-down. However, it’s nice to have access to Bongo on another portable device.

So a few days ago I turned 18. This doesn’t mean too much, but I suppose now officially an adult. I’m finally getting a provisional driving license in preparation for lessons, looking at student bank accounts, and more fun stuff!

Bongo Update: It looks like the folks after the first batch of Bongo Polos have all submitted their interest. I’ll email my contact soon asking about prices, and stuff.

After talking about some Bongo-branded clothing on IRC a little while ago, I had a little chat to a friend who’s dad is the managing director of P&M Embroidery (they wouldn’t win any prizes for their website, but I hear they have had contracts with Nike and X-Box 360..). Anyway, I am likely (but not definitely) to be able to get a discount on a purchase with them, which is good!

What needs to be decided though is what people want? Personally, I like polo shirts, so I would like something like this (maybe not white). But I will be able to make some enquiries of cost and the procedure once we’ve decided…

I think the way forward will be to buy the actual clothing ourselves and give them to the embroider. For something embroidered roughly the same size of the Debian logo on the polo mentioned before, I was very roughly quoted at 50GBP for 20 shirts, which does sound extremely reasonable.

So if you have any input, discuss this either on IRC or on this mailing list post.

The login screen of Bongo loads successfully and even looks nice on the reduced-size screen. However, upon trying to log-in:

I am welcoming myself to Planet Bongo, the canonical resource for information on the project. In the next few entries I will attempt to entertain and inform you readers of Bongo thoughts in my mind.