Summer Class Schedule
Now that the academic year is over (congrats to everyone who completed my Tai Chi for Beginners and Tai Chi for Improvers classes, btw!), we’re now on the summer schedule for classes.
- Tuesday 14th July, 7pm, Barry Island Community Centre
- Tuesday 4th August, 7pm, Barry Island Community Centre
- Tuesday 25th August, 7pm, Barry Island Community Centre
All of my students are welcome, regardless of whether you’re returning next academic year or not.
And if you’re curious about Tai Chi and would like to find out what it is and what our classes are like, you’re very welcome to come too!
June Tai Chi Podcast Round-up
Here’’s a list of the Tai Chi podcasts that I published in June through AudioBoo. I hope you find them interesting and informative.
Welcome To My Blog
My passions are for good management, Linux (Gentoo Linux is my preference), web-based applications (and PHP in particular), as well as photography, walking, and Tai Chi Ch'uan.
There's a longer bio available on my homepage.
Invest In Loss
Invest In Loss is a philosophy of good management, based around the three core principles of Direction, Organisation and Supervision, which I've been developing since the 90's.
PHP
I've been programming in PHP since 1999. I've contributed articles to php|architect magazine, spoken at the php|cruise conference in 2004 (where I was voted Best Speaker), and co-authored the official Study Guide for the Zend PHP 4 Certification Exam.
I'm currently employed as a Senior Engineer on Amaxus, the XML Content Management System written in PHP.
Gentoo Linux
For three years, I led Gentoo's work on supporting web servers and web-based applications, as well as work on support for NoMachine's NX technology. I've left Gentoo to develop a packaged LAMP Server release based on Gentoo.
Photography
One of the nice things about being married to an artist is the encouragement and coaching I get on my photography. Combine that with living very close to the Brecon Beacons, and when the weather's good, you can find me wandering the hills of South Wales with my beloved Nikon and Canon cameras.
My current photography project is Merthyr Road, an investigation of both the old and the new along the route from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil.
Tai Chi
I went to my first Tai Chi class because my wife didn't want to go there alone ... now I'm teaching a class of my own! How exactly did that happen? :) I'm interested in the deeper understanding and applications of this fantastic art, and especially in how we can improve the way Tai Chi is taught so that the health benefits can be enjoyed by anyone and everyone.
Personal Stuff
If you're still reading at this point :), I also keep a general (and somewhat disorganised) personal blog too, aimed more at friends and family.
