Domestic Geek

Just a random observation while surfing though many, many blogs this afternoon: A lot of pages hurt my eyes or my design sensibilities and I couldn't return.

Type too small, clashing colors, too darned hard to find the first post. Take OpenDiary blogs, for instance. When I go to the main page, I don't want to have to hit yet another link to get to the most recent post. It reminds me of flash intros. If I have to sit through one, I probably won't come back.

Even as a designer by trade, I know my design is kind of lame. I've been a little burnt out and working on my own code when I got home is one of the last things I've felt like doing. I am going to try and have a new design in place at the end of this blogathon. We'll see.

OK, here we go! I've been surfing around all day reading everybody else's posts hoping I could be participating and now I am! I've been keeping a list all day of all of the stuff I want to post about. Just a reminder, you have until 48 hours after the end of Blogathon to Sponsor Me! I'm sitting at $135.00 still, going to the LiveStrong Lance Armstrong Foundation.

I've got my webcam on, I've got my snacks bought, my fridge about 3 feet away chilling some Coca-Cola, Blogathon Radio playing though my iTunes...I'm all set!

Well, for everybody but me and the others on the Sabbath Schedule. I'll get underway in a little over 12 hours from now. I just wanted to mention that I'm up to $135 in pledges so far. Thanks everybody! I'll be adding a list of sponsors in the sidebar to properly thank you. It is more than I had hoped for! Now, let's see if I can get above $200. If you haven't yet sponsored me, there's still time! Thanks!

I'm not posting anything else today until I get officially underway, but I will be messing around with stuff on the site. In the meantime, there is a surfing frame set up in your want to click through the participating sites. Go check some of them out!

In about 2½ days, I'll begin my marathon blogging session for Blogathon 2006.

I'm up to $85.00 in pledges thus far. Thanks everyone that has pledged. If you haven't yet, please Sponsor Me!. You don't actually make good on your pledge until after the event, so go make your pledge NOW! You can still sponsor me up to 48 hours after the event, as well.

I'm going to take the time between blogging to work on some craft stuff. Since i've moved my computer to my craft room and I have a bathroom right outside the door, this should work well. I may set up my mini fridge back here just for the weekend, as well.

Have I mentioned before how Yoshi is the man? Well, he is.

Not only did he code an Expression Engine Linklink module so I could get away from blogrolling, he was the first to sponsor me in this year's Blogathon and now he has helped me implement Dynamic Headers for the post titles on this here old website. Thanks, Yoshi!

Not that I have huge readership, but go Sponsor Yoshi for the Blogathon if you can. He's blogging on behalf of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Yoshi, you rock!