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May 21  08

The recent redesign has brought about a few changes. One casualty of the Dreamweaver knife is Mr. RSS, the cute little cartoon RSS icon who has been part of the Upstart Blogger furniture for a very long time. He needs a new home. Many of you have commented that he doesn’t really fit in around [...]

Good home required for cute and clickable RSS icon

May 20  08

Upstart Blogger has a fresh coat of paint. Hold down shift and click refresh to load the latest style sheet. Reading this in a RSS reader? Here’s a quick rundown of the changes. The yellow links that caused so much annoyance are gone, replaced by a more pro-usability muted shade of blue. Helvetica is replaced [...]

Shift refresh

May 19  08

I’ve recently been musing over the viability of children blogging. The child would develop writing skills and, as long as they were allowed free reign over topic choice and content, they would enjoy the experience. And, let’s not forget the potential income that the child could generate. This could be used to fund future education [...]

You are never too young to start blogging

May 16  08

A couple of days ago I started to receive some odd comments. All of them were written in the same style, by apparently different people none of whom left a web address. They all had one thing in common. Every one was praising Dreamhost, saying what a wonderful host they were and how they, unlike [...]

Dreamhost stoops to a new low

May 15  08

When considering a blog design or redesign it is often useful to look at the classics. Those blog designs that have stood the test of time and have resisted the temptation to constantly redesign. Each of the following blogs have huge audiences, are instantly recognizable and their authors are revered in their respective industries and [...]

Three blog designs that have stood the test of time