I’m Olly (short for Oliver) Hodgson — that’s me in the picture. There’s loads more on Flickr.

I’m into mountain biking in a big way. It costs me a small fortune. I’m also up for a bit of snow board­ing, taking the odd picture, turning my music up too loud, playing with tech gadgets, playing with Photoshop, and all sorts of other stuff. I live with a bunch of other extreme sports nutters in Cheltenham, in the south west of England.

What do you do for a living?

I design and build web-sites. I special­ise in the front-end — in other words, I work on the inter­face that appears in your browser. I’ve also been known to dabble in back-end (server-side) program­ming, but I prefer to get someone else to do that for me. I could throw a load of geeky acronyms at you here, but I’ll refrain from that for now.

What’s this web-site all about then?

All of the above really. I’ll write about anything and everything that interests me. That could be anything from suspen­sion systems on mountain bikes to the latest trends in server-side web coding or how much I love the latest album from thingyma­gig. You can safely ignore the bits you don’t want to read.

Can I e-mail / IM / phone you?

Sure. You’ll be wanting my contact details.

You said you like turning your music up too loud…

Aye, I do. I’m into all sorts — I probably like at least one thing from every genre you can think of. You can keep a closer eye on my musical tastes by visit­ing my last.fm profile.

I love you and want to buy you gifts!

Hey, look! I’ve got a stalker! Mmmkay then. You could get me something from my Amazon.co.uk Wish-list if you’re feeling generous.

I want to know more about…

You want to read my blog / journal / diary / whatever the hell you want to call it. I reveal loads about myself there. I don’t very often reveal myself though. That’d be rude.

What happened to the gallery?

It’s still there — I just don’t link to it anymore. As you might have guessed from the sidebar, I’ve been seduced by the charms of Flickr.