Why does every WordPress theme I’ve seen fall into two basic catagories? Boring or ugly? I don’t even like my current theme that much but after spending 30 minutes swapping themes and reviewing the publicly availalbe options… I’m not making any changes.
All of the possibilities and we get options like this (link), this (this), and this (link). Obviously, someone put some time, effort and more than a little thought into some of these but what about a sense of style and/or restraint?
<sigh>
I’m on vacation, so I think I will just leave it at that.
Hasta La Vista
…by this point the sun was starting to set and my double-mirrored setup wasn’t the best for navigating the wet corners. I needed to get off of Skyline and down to highway 30 as quickly and safely as possible. I found Logie Trail Rd. and started my decent. Orange and gold, slick and wet, leaves littered every left hand corner, the sheen of black asphalt a dream. I slowed to an infant crawl. Read more…
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The strangeness continues…
So I have a job err… contract err… whatever you want to call it. My contract is ending on Nov 21st. No big deal. I start doing my interviews for the next gig. Last Friday I had a 30 min phone interview for a telecommuting gig out of the Bay Area. I skipped out of the office around 11:15, so I could find a quiet place to do the interview. Interview comes and goes. The project sounds interesting. A couple hours later, I get the gig. Nice. I get to work from home AND it pays a lot better than anything around here. Double-bonus round.
But? There’s always a but… Read more…
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I think I saw this on Wired, but I’ve been so busy today I lost track. Look at these incredible hand-made motorcycles. No wonder they go for a cool million. Yes. $1,000,000 for a motorcycle. Rolling art for sure. Enjoy
http://www.chicara.com/
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I found this interesting artcle on those simple, yet goofy yard signs for dating web sites.
Single lawn signs conquer the American landscape
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Wired Article
Even as I disagreed with some of his views, I think Crichton wrote some truly wonderful and entertaining books. Congo, Timeline, Eaters of the Dead are a few favorites.
And the electorate spoke.
The challenges will be converting ideas into actions, managing unrealistic expectations, and making those incremental changes I mentioned yesterday. It’s time to dig in and create a new, different tomorrow.
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Today is the day. Vote! Otherwise, you can’t bitch when things don’t go the way you wanted.
In Oregon, we have vote-by-mail. I voted this last weekend. It should be obvious who I voted for, but that’s not really the point. The point is that I took the time to participate in the electoral process. Read more…
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