There’ve been some changes around here, as you might be able to tell, subtle though they may be.

I tried to theme the header to be as much about ‘me’ as possible. Basically, things I like. So we have some Formula 1, PCs, photography, my car and my lovely lovely speakers which are – as I type – feeding The Crystal Method silkily into my ears. There’s something at the bottom too.

I started out on Saturday (after getting my car repaired, woo!) just doing a simple Pendulum-themed heading for the standard Kubrick theme. I mentioned it to Rob, who then decided that the time was right to get a wriggle on and start with his.

So began hours (about seven I think) of collaborative web-design over MSN. And when I say collaborative, I mean I tried to help him out as best I could with various solutions to what he was trying to do. The interim results were … intriguing … to say the least.

It also brought home to me that occasionally, being bloody minded can yield real results. Rob wanted to get a page that would automatically centre both horizontally and vertically. The background image was fine, but the text was not. I was adamant that it could not be done; I’d looked before and been told “No way”.

To my surprise, and I’ll admit, slightly annoyance, he managed to find a perfect CSS schema that allowed exactly what he wanted. After a quick look, we adjusted the Wordpress CSS to mimick the settings, and there it was.

Ironically, after spending hours trying to tweak a CSS-framed design, I ended up scrapping it on Sunday when I started to work on the header image. I’m pretty happy with the way it all turned out. It’s not-at-all overcomplicated, it’s easy to read, and should be able to have new stuff added to it fairly easily, if and when I decide what that ’stuff’ should be

Mmmm, Mint-Chocolate KitKat bars are delightful.