tom bh 
“What I had wanted to do with muscle and meanness had been deftly accomplished with but a few kind words.”
Terry Dobson in Aikido Surprise
A Few Kind Words
May 1st, 2012
Becoming a Python Programmer
I’ve been working at Potato for 3 months now. They’re a Python shop and I’m slowly but surely becoming a Python programmer.
Apr 1st, 2012
The Buddhist Geeks Conference 2011
Aug 6th, 2011
Mounting Rackspace Cloud Files locally
Since writing this I’ve discovered Cloudfuse, which, seeing as it’s designed specifically for the task at hand, might be more suitable.
May 31st, 2011
How I elasticised my web app
By ‘elasticising’ I mean, separating the heavy application logic from the lighter website logic in such a way that under high demand it is a simple matter of firing up new application server clones to cater for the increased load. The other significant benefit of this is that by placing the most significant application load onto a separate server, the web server is dedicated to the sole task of serving web pages.
May 31st, 2011
The Point of Meditation
“At first, I saw mountains as mountains and rivers as rivers. Then, I saw mountains were not mountains and rivers were not rivers. Finally, I see mountains again as mountains, and rivers again as rivers.”
May 16th, 2011
ChromePHP setup for all your local sites
As you may kow you can output your PHP debugging into the Chrome console using ChromePHP. Hallelujah!
May 2nd, 2011
Underscore Skillswap
At 7pm, on Tuesday, November 30th in The Pervasive Media Studios, Bristol there’ll be a traditional Underscore skillswap on the subject of Social Network Application Development.
Oct 26th, 2010
It’s Big Banging
What if the Big Bang wasn’t just something that happened millions of years ago but is something that is happening right now? Perhaps the Big Bang can be thought of as less of a noun and more of a verb, so that just as the river is flowing, existence is Big Banging. This would certainly alter our relationship to life. Though it would seem problematic to constantly find oneself in an entirely new universe as each moment passes, instead, such a perspective might actually help us to cultivate a profoundly beneficial looseness and openness. Read More
Oct 14th, 2010