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My blog had an accident and woke up in 1973…

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

 
Note: This post dates from pre-redesign and is now outdated. 

So, as you may have noticed, I have a new site design. Woo! Yay!

I blame the design entirely on watching too much Life on Mars, which, if you haven’t watched, is a throughly ace homage to 70s cop shows / not quite timetravel / social commentary TV show.

As I’m a bit rushed, it probably breaks in a dozen things I haven’t got quick access to. So if you spot any obvious horrors, drop me a comment below.

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9 Responses to “My blog had an accident and woke up in 1973…”

  1. Darren noted:

    April 26th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    I think the design is very nice. I think I should point oyut that in FF the comment form is a bit off. To be precise the name field is pushed to the right.

  2. Owen noted:

    April 27th, 2007 at 10:44 am

    Brown/tan/red are the new black. And rounded corners will never go out of style. Now where’s that Tyrannosaurus Rex LP..?

  3. Matt noted:

    April 29th, 2007 at 11:44 am

    Thanks both!

    @Darren - Which version of FF are you seeing the problem in?

  4. Stef Lewandowski noted:

    May 12th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    I’m seeing lots of compression artefacts in the middle of the boxes - go PNG instead?

  5. Matt noted:

    May 13th, 2007 at 12:04 am

    Thanks Stef. Good to meet you at Multipack!

    There’s a few oddments, I may have to re-export it (and sort out the mildly misaligned footer). That said, some of it is the original image behind the blocks.

  6. Si Jobling noted:

    May 21st, 2007 at 9:43 am

    I might be a little late on the comments but I like it! Retro coloured square are certainly looking very 1970s. It’s good to see where the rounded corner originated from. ;)

    I am noticing some weird compression-like effect on some of the boxes on the right and in the header. Saying that though, it looks quite cool. It gives it that sort of “worn” look.

  7. Matt noted:

    May 21st, 2007 at 11:23 pm

    Hmm. Well that clinches it. Looks like the background behind the blocks is too subtle for its own good.

    I shall definitely do a revised version in pure colour.

  8. JJ07 noted:

    May 30th, 2007 at 1:24 pm

    I like the layout, nice and simple, the round boxes give it a modern but clean feel.

    Top Work :) Look forward to seeing you at MultiPack.

  9. Matt noted:

    June 21st, 2007 at 12:05 am

    Cheers JJ.

    You’re seeing the new version now, with some of the oddities sorted.

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