Off to a Slow Start

My first entry in November comes on the 9th. How pathetic. Sorry, readers, and thanks for hanging tight while I waited for some inspiration to write. It still hasn’t come, but while I continue to wait, here are some notables:

¶ zlog redesigns. Again. Continuing with the simple look, it looks very nice (as always). I’ll be honest, though… the Google ads bother me a bit, especially their placement at the top of the page. It’s just that they detract attention from zlog’s great content, and make the site feel less… “bloggy.” Ah well, everyone’s got their motives. Looks good, zlog!

“Even in the all-too-oudated IE, the design renders beautifully…”

¶ This is cereal. This is also the most creative and innovative design that the Zen Garden has ever seen. The navigation resembles drop-down menus that, when hovered over, reveal gorgeous pop-up navigation lists. The design takes advanced CSS to the extreme by seamlessly combining images and HTML text in ways that boggle my mind, such as in the footer where it normally just reads “XHTML, CSS, CC, 508, and AAA.” Even in the all-too-oudated IE, the design renders beautifully, including a “your browser is too old to view this design correctly” message. Backing up this innovative use of CSS is an awesome design that incorporates superb photographs, graphics, and typography. A standing ovation for Shaun Inman!

¶ Sunny? Earth to Sunny! Perhaps all of those solar flares have left him with a sore stomach.

¶ Dave Shea and mezzoblue celebrate a year of blissful marriage. Congrats!

¶ “Redesign” has recently been on my mind. The fact that I don’t have a lot of spare time makes it easy to fight the temptation.

¶ A sidebar blog has also been on my mind. I’m still thinking about it.

¶ JeffCroft.com – what a looker!

¶ TypeWorkshop is very cool, especially Type-Basics. Makes you realize how beautiful an art typography really is.