It was time for that old, ugly, and blue front page to go. In its place I have a sort of temporary placeholder page that has a few links to the most important stuff on the site. It isn’t exactly finished because I am still working on the logo and background graphics.
I should probably get something informative up on the Quatschbox site, since what’s up there certainly doesn’t help understand what it is supposed to do.
It’s hilarious because I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be a real game or what.
It is refreshing that Slashdot is getting around to redoing its layout with modern HTML and CSS standards. They have taken a lot of flak over this, especially due to the Slashdot’s tendency in the past to refuse access to W3 validators (strangely this seems to now be resolved). More design with web standards is definitely a good thing 🙂
One of the leading websites in evangalizing simplicity and elegance in web design is A List Apart, and it was recently redesigned from the ground up in order to improve what it has always done so well: teach by example.
I admit that I am a sucker for websites that are based in the XHTML/CSS “dynamic duo” school of web design. I consider keeping the presentation (eye candy) separate from the data one of the most important lessons I have ever learned about publishing on the web. Judging from the quality of the redesign, I still have quite a bit to learn 🙂
It seems Pepsi is at it again.
Every ten minutes, someone wins an XBox 360 by drinking immeasurable amounts of Mountain Dew.