Tomos’s Blog

This blog has been left in the dark ages for too long. My fault, I know. I keep promising myself to blog, may it be to write tutorials, articles or anything that takes my fancy.

Now that university’s finished for the year, I have all summer to write, and that’s what I’m aiming to do. I’m intending to re-publish one of my first ever tutorials, about creating a simple web layout. This was a popuar tutorial over on pixel2life, and I’m hoping to make it popular once again. Other tutorials that I’m hoping to write will revolve around wordpress and general development on the Internet. I’m also planning on writing some articles, incorporating ideas and issues that cropped up during my lectures. These will be based around such things as usability, project management and more.

Finally, I’m hoping to start screencasting. Tutorials (or screencasts) by CSS Tricks and Nettuts will hopefully help me along the way.

Over the past day or two, James McDonald and I have been working on a project called Logolize. Quite simply, it’s a daily collection of 9 inspirational logos. Within each post there is a written section, detailing the logo name and who designed them. So why not check out some inspirational logos?

I’ve recently started doing weight training at home, I thought it was time to do something about my appearance, starting with my upper body. Just so you can sort-of picture it, I’m 6ft1″ (give or take), and big built, and I’ve decided to start out with my biceps / triceps. 

As for my gear, it’s simple. I’ve got a 35kg dumbbell/barbell set, and I’m currently using 10kg on each dumbbell. I feel that using dumbbells allows me to work each arm to a greater extent, rather than using a barbell. Also, by using dumbbells, there’s no slacking. I felt when using my barbell that my right arms did more work than the left, whereas this doesn’t happen with dumbbells. 

Now onto my schedule. I’ve come up with this after reading through several articles and websites found via google, and by chance, I’ve found that this regime is the same as one posted in a article by a weightlifter. Anyway, here goes:

• Alternate Dumbbell Curls (Biceps)
• Hammer Curls (Biceps)
• Concentration Curls (Biceps)
• Overhead Presses (Triceps)
• Kickbacks (Triceps)

I currently do 2 sets of 15-20 per workout. Although I am new to this, a couple of tips if you decide to do weights. If you are going to start weights, check out this article – it covers a lot of good safety points.