After using premade themes for around a year, today I decided to code my own layout. It features graphics from a couple of sources (properly credited, of course), but the template and stylesheet were written entirely by me. It features the diverse and not at all repetitive colour scheme of black, grey and white (what else?), lots and lots of rounded corners, and a radical overhaul of the home page.
I’d really appreciate it if you could give me some feedback on this new theme. Read on…
This morning afternoon, I was cooking myself breakfast when a sudden thought occurred to me. A sudden, radical thought which had never occurred to me before. And that was this: where did this food I was cooking come from? Sure, I knew that it came from the fridge, and that ultimately it came from the supermarket, but where did it ultimately ultimately come from? You know, before the supermarket? Apart from the truck? And apart from the warehouse? And apart from the other truck? From where did it originate? Although my food was frying rapidly, I just couldn’t give up on this thought. I had to find out. Read on…
The time has finally come for me to attempt that daunting task all bloggers must face at some time or another: writing an “About” page. Whenever I find a new, enticing blog, the first page I look at is always the “About” page, and yet I haven’t had one here since April. What an oversight! Personally, I think a blog without an “About” page is like a map without a legend — fine if you already know what everything means, but tough going otherwise. If the purpose of an “About” page is to act as a legend for a blog, however, what should one put on it?
Well, that’s the ultimate question, isn’t it? Truth be told, I’m not sure of the answer. When it comes to writing my own “About” page (which I still haven’t completed yet), I’ve just been keeping in mind what I’m looking for when I check such a page. There are three main things I want to learn from them, and these are: Read on…