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A New Half-Baked Design is in the Works–Obviously

I had every intention to sit down and totally revamp the blog’s theme this morning.  It so happened that life happened and my new theme didn’t fully happen.

Under Construction GraphicI will try to finish it tomorrow but in the meantime please close your eyes as you read; I don’t want to disappoint.

This reminds me of the annoying ‘under construction’ animated and not so animated gifs that littered the internet in the early days.  I remember a professor of computer art (Photoshop version 1 or there abouts) in the 90s telling me how absurd sticking ‘under construction’ images on a website were.  Websites are always under construction.  If they weren’t, no one would come back.

So just in case you also would like to annoy your readers, here is a site full of free Under Construction graphics.  There are even a few blinking ones with bright colors.

I am sorry for the blog’s appearance.  This is equivalent to a lady going to the supermarket in her curlers.

恥ずかしい hazukashii - I’m ashamed. (can also mean shy or embarrassed)

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6 Responses to “A New Half-Baked Design is in the Works–Obviously”

  1. I remember those absurd things. They were everywhere! Wow they actually have a whole site devoted to those eyesores..
    I never thought of it the way you put it, but it’s true. If websites weren’t always changing, people wouldn’t usually go back to them.

    and how can we read the blog if our eyes are closed…?:D

  2. >>and how can we read the blog if our eyes are closed…?:D

    What? You don’t have a mind’s eye? :)

  3. It would go blind trying to imagine what this blog looks like..

    “Ah! My mind’s eye! It burns!” :D
    It’s looking good. I like the color scheme. Oh but the old logo was so cool… It’d be hard to incorporate into this design though.

  4. Thanks. I did like how the big ukiyo-e guy overlapped the boundaries of previous theme. I’ll give that some thought.

    I need to replace the middle picture with something. Still thinking…

  5. I think it kinda needs to be Japanese-y.

    hmm… a big “Under Construction” banner! :D Maybe more ukiyo-e? Or maybe a pic of a Shinto shrine or Mt. Fuji in a panoramic shot there.

    did you get that Ukiyo-e guy from Wikipedia? Because the exact same print is on the ukiyo-e entry…

  6. That was a print by Sharaku of a Kabuki actor. I just like using the face.

    I think I’ll try using a bit of Flash to alternate ‘ads’ for different posts or sections of this site. I may throw some ukiyoe pictures in there too!

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