tom bh 
As some of you may know I am, albeit to a lesser extent now, a huge fan of Puppy Linux and I was, up until last October, actively involved in the community. So why the change of heart?
Nine to Five (thirty)
So I got a job working for a local web development company called 2bebrave, they’re a fairly new company and I make the numbers up to 3. We do all the usual stuff; design, hosting, programming, SEO and so on, I would of course highly recommend our services. Our offices are at the Create Centre, where to rent office space the company needs to have certain green/environmental/ethical credentials, so the atmosphere there is pretty cosy and laid back, which is nice.
Nov 19th, 2008
The future of tombh
Through the Prince’s Trust I have been assigned a mentor to help me with my business, his name is Jimi Ogunnusi, managing director of BQM Consulting. He’s a very nice man and I feel really privileged to be able to share time with him. After our first meeting he suggested I write down my future expectations, for 12 months time and 5 years time, so for the benefit of posterity here’s what I’ve said;
Aug 23rd, 2008
The Prince's Trust
A few months ago I got involved with the Prince’s Trust. I’ve been hearing about them for years from various sources, then one day I visited their website, just to find a bit more about them, and the next thing I knew I was being showered with help and support with my business!
Aug 9th, 2008
HTML Parsing and DIY RSS feeds
A PHP library that I think more people should know about is SC Chen’s Simple HTML DOM Parser.
Jun 20th, 2008
Just a site that's caught my eye
Well a site that has caught my interest recently in terms of design is Skype’s. Of course, I’m in to simplicity, web standards and whatnot and I think Skype’s website is a great example of modern technical standards integrated with a cool contemporary design.
May 28th, 2008
Simplate — a very simple PHP templating system
I have designed a very simple PHP templating system called Simplate, you can download it from here (edit: and you can view a demo of it here). Instructions on how to use it are contained within the Readme.txt file.
Apr 24th, 2008
CSS Rounded Corners
CSS Rounded Corners — Using only one image file!
There are lots of tutorials on this subject, yet most of the one’s you see require the use of four separate images, which means a lot of fiddly photoshop work; cutting, pasting, naming and saving — all times four.
Jan 24th, 2008
Something about Puppy Linux
I am just about to release the second (and hopefully stable) version of a little project I’ve been doing in Puppy Linux. It has been a complicated and fascinating project, and one that has taught me an awful lot about Puppy Linux, but it has also taught me a lot about Linux, Microsoft and computers in general. So seeing as this feels a bit of a watershed in my computing adventures it seems a good opportunity to look back and try and gather my thoughts on what Puppy has meant for me.
Dec 23rd, 2007
How holes make websites
Okay, so lets go back to the beginning. Even the spear and the wheel were groundbreaking inventions at some point! Sometimes it seems like computers are magic but it’s really just lots of little bits coming together — little bits that are no different in functionality to wheels and spears.
Nov 14th, 2007