RSSNew Theme and other stuff
November 2, 2010
kosmo - See all 763 of my articles
As you may have notice, we have a new theme on the site today. I got about 18 months of life out of Drew Stauffer’s Elements of SEO theme. I doubt Drew would have recognized the theme when I was finished tweaking it – the finished product looked nothing at all like the original. It was a great learning experience, and I thank Drew for assisting in my development.
Recently, I kicked off a site to save Dinger, the Rockies mascot, from possible extinction. While setting up that site, I became aware of the Notepad theme by N. Design. True to my nature, I have also tweaked this theme a bit – adding author photos bio information, adding the logo at the top, and making a handful of other changes under the hood. If you notice anything that looks really strange, send me an email at kosmo@ObservingCasually.com (include information about your OS and browser, if possible). It’s a mostly complete solution (until I get restless again), although I do want to tweak things so that less information will print when you print an article.
Today is election day in the United States. I will be making a trip to the poll with my 3 year old daughter and 10 month old son. I’ll make a concerted effort to prevent my daughter from pulling many levers. I urge you also to vote. Although pundits are expecting a record turnout for a mid-term election, that turnout is still expected to be just 40% of eligible voters. Surely there’s at least one race that’s important to you? Bear in mind that congressional redistricting in many state legislatures – these races could shape how your state is represented in the US House of Representatives for the next 10 years.
The San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. I hate the Giants, since they are in my division, but I have to take off my hat and applaud their performance this year. They weren’t the most talented team offensively, but they managed to get the job done when it counted (including a completely unexpected offensive explosion early in the World Series).
It was a good weekend for football in Iowa. The Iowa Hawkeyes (located in the city where I live, and my wife’s favorite team) demolished previously undefeated Michigan State. More importantly, my Iowa State Cyclones rode a dominant 3rd quarter to a win over The Angry Squirrel’s Kansas Jayhawks and now stand just one win away from bowl eligibility.
The Vikings waived wide receiver Randy Moss just 4 games after giving up a third round draft pick to acquire him. I’ve been on a team boycott since they picked up Brett Favre, but recent personnel moves have made me wondering if my boycott will continue beyond the Favre era. While I hate to say most of this is the fault of Brad Childress, most of this is the fault of Brad Childress (I hated to say it, but I still said it).
Nov 02, 2010 @ 14:44:01
The new theme looks great! Very modern looking and professionally. I know what a bear it is launching a new theme, but I didn’t notice any hiccups at all from a reader’s perspective.
Nov 02, 2010 @ 16:25:08
Thanks. Things were a bit sluggish earlier, but I think a couple of plug-ins have helped that quite a bit.
There are a few minor annoyances right now, but nothing major.
Oh – and threaded comments (finally) 🙂 That should be handy.