Tony Thomas

Father to two, husband to one, web developer and musician.


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Introducing the Baseline Development WordPress Theme

Monday, February 8th, 2010

I’ve come up with some habits that I’ve developed from building themes for WordPress over the years. One, is to start with a nearly blank style sheet. I also like to hook in several JavaScript libraries and CSS frameworks from the start to take advantage of things like JQuery, Blueprint’s CSS reset and Superfish menus. (more…)

Using Mind Mapping Software to Develop Data Models

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I’ve been using mind mapping software recently to work out data models, with some success. The Mindmeister example below is a simple database of a few related tables. (more…)

Blueprint: Taking a Close Look at grid.css

Monday, November 9th, 2009

About Blueprint

Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your development time. It gives you a solid foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, useful plugins, and even a stylesheet for printing.

.container

/* A container should group all your columns. */
.container {
width: 950px;
margin: 0 auto;
}

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Michael Shermer’s TED Talk: Why People Believe Weird Things

Monday, November 9th, 2009

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Change Into…

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

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Very Gradual Change (via @keeproductions)

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

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Out for Sushi for @eskelton’s Birthday

Friday, October 30th, 2009

– Sent from my Palm Pre

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How to Become a Hacker

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

How to Become a Hacker.

Hackers solve problems and build things, and they believe in freedom and voluntary mutual help. To be accepted as a hacker, you have to behave as though you have this kind of attitude yourself. And to behave as though you have the attitude, you have to really believe the attitude.

This reminds me of a high school friend who once told me, "Punk isn't a kind of music, it's an attitude." Whatever dude.

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Social Sites Infographic

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

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Hey Jude

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

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