New Look and Feel

I haven’t changed the theme of this blog for almost two years. That’s forever in bloggers years, right? While I liked what I had, I recently decided it was time for change.

Until recently I have always had two thoughts about WordPress themes:

Code my own
Don’t use widgets (related to item 1)

I wanted to know exactly how

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Firebox Theming with Foxdie and Glasser

Today’s Firefox theme combo:

Foxdie (Graphite) – Leaner, thinner, arguably a bit Apple’ish, but I like it. A nice little quick-config menu is added to the left of the status bar.
Glasser for 3.5 – I’ve mentioned this before, but finally got around to stumbling over the updated version. Helps Firefox look much more “native” in Vista

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Themes in Google Apps!

And finally, we Google Apps users got the long-awaited themes feature today. I first wondered when these were coming back in December. Now I can indulge my inner squirrel.

Google Apps now offers more than 30 Gmail account theme choices ranging from weather themes that are customized for your location, to nature themes that change with

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Give XP a Win 7 facelift

I’ll cheerfully admit that while I like Windows XP I’ve never liked the “tonka” or “crayola” themes. Honestly? I’d rather change to the Classic UI instead.

And that’s just what I’d do until I discovered the XP Zune theme. That quickly became the first thing I’d install on a fresh XP load – and the included

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WordPress 2.7 and Threaded Comments

WordPress 2.7 was announced this week and I’ve been doing upgrades ever since (managing too many blogs!). While there are literally tons of new features in this release, the built-in threaded comments had my attention today.

Next you’ll begin to notice the new features subtly sprinkled through the new interface: the new dashboard that you can

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