As you can see, this blog has a new look. There are two reasons for the change. First, I was tired of the old template (especially the three-column layout, which wasted space and didn’t really make the blog easier to read). Second, I wanted to expand and reorganize the list of links. Those links aren’t here just to encourage you to check out the sites they point to — they’re also there because I use the blog as my own home page, and these are the sites that I go to most often. The new template is much better suited for a long list that breaks down into many categories. I’ll continue to tinker with the list as time passes; the new template makes it easy to add or subtract boxes as needed.
Whenever I’m thinking of renovating a blog, I go directly to BlogSkins and browse through the hundreds of excellent blog templates there. Today’s makeover consisted mainly of replacing one BlogSkin (Block Head) with another (Floating boxes). My recent makeover of the Smooth Report was made possible by a BlogSkin called Par Avion. I don’t have the graphic design talent or the HTML/CSS coding skill to create blog templates like these, but thanks to BlogSkins, I don’t have to.