generic & disposable april design

Yes - you may have noticed the temporary design for April that finally went out yesterday. I figured I should post that I did it, for all you RSS readers out there. I considered not doing one at all, with only 8 days left in the month and all, but I said I'd do a design for every month, and I'm gonna stick to that.

I thought of going all grey, or all white, or 404, but I settled on the barcode because I've always liked the aesthetics of the barcode (I don't know why.) So enjoy for the few days you have to enjoy it.

the favicon has changed

You may be used to looking for that good old purple and chartreuse "V" favicon in your bookmarks, so I thought I'd let you know it's changed. Now look for a 16x16 version of this:

You may need to clear your cache to see it.

changes afoot

I've decided to make some changes around here - I've added the Google custom search engine so if you have a favorite post of all time you can now search for it. I mean, I've only needed to do that for years, and I work for the damn company, so... it was about time. I also just went ahead and removed that pesky year graphic rather than replace it. Yes, I am that lazy.

Before I forget, I added an addendum (is that right?) to what I'll just call the "meow meow meow" post - it's at the bottom of the post. As Paul Harvey would say, "And that is... the rest of the story. Good day!"

Soon to come:

• Collapsible tree navigation for the archives! So you don't have to look at a link in the sidebar for every month of every year since I started this blog.
• An RSS standard graphic because I can't believe I haven't already done it.
• Random other fixits and whatnot so I'm in good shape to slap a new look on this puppy. (Just kidding - this redesign will be way more than that!)

Happy 2006?

It is not 2006, as the graphic in my header brazenly states. It's 2008! In fact, it was not 2006 for all of 2007! Yet, I led you to believe that it was 2006 all along! Ha HA!

To be fair, Shannon (wildtexas) pointed out the defect long ago, and I still haven't gotten around to changing it, because I keep thinking my redesign is "right around the corner", so why bother? Well, for her eagle-eyes (ha! get it shannon?), I award her the Detail Oriented Reader Keepsake award. I have yet to decide what the DORK award is. Man! I'm killing myself today! (wiping tears of laughter from my eyes, clutching my side.) Too funny.