Pardon the dust

Please look the other way at the dust which you see here. Look away my friends, just look away.

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18 comments

Hi Ben ... I like the grunge art peeking out from behind your main space. I'd prob'ly like more if I could see more of it, but I do really like it ... a lot! I think the whole thing is going to be really quite stunning when you're done. I'm looking forward to it.
sonja · Mar 25, 07:20 PM
Yeah, it's made to work well in 1024x768 but it really shines at higher resolutions. :(
Ben · Mar 25, 07:23 PM
Yea, I have to agree... It looks awesome at 1280*1024
Chris · Mar 25, 07:34 PM
How about "Antiquarian Grunge"? Either that or I like "Woody"...
Jake Bouma · Mar 25, 07:42 PM
I like this one better then the previous. However i liked your red design the best that you had a few months ago.
But they all are really good, so whats the difference. :)
mike · Mar 25, 09:02 PM
The red one? I don't remember a red one. o_O
Ben · Mar 25, 11:10 PM

And people tell me that I redesign too much, lol, and I thought you said you were staying with WordPress ;)

I look forward to seeing how the final versions turns out.

Dean · Mar 25, 11:37 PM

another new logo???

Brad · Mar 25, 11:48 PM
"working on fixing the code so ie7 can handle it"

Is it too much to ask you to fix it for us corporate folk who're stuck using ie6? :-D
Scott · Mar 26, 12:40 AM
Hmmm. I don't want to be mean but . . . ie6 is low on my priorities list. I'll probably get to it in a week or so.
Ben · Mar 26, 12:44 AM
hmm it guess it wasn't totally red, it was more black and white per-say.
However there was some red in your logo and on your links if i remember correctly, back when you had the ">>" after openswitch in your logo which was red, it also had "subv3sive living" in the actual logo...you had your flickr feed at the top which magnified when you mouse over'd each pic.
mike · Mar 26, 12:46 AM
Oh yeah, I remember that. I still have that one.
Ben · Mar 26, 12:48 AM
No, you're not being mean. It's understandable given the market share...though I'm still surprised at the lack of total domination by Mozilla. But, given the demographics of folks who run IT departments and a host of other factors, it's not surprising that corporations are unwilling to change to better software even when you get more product for LE$$. It's like some kind of opensource paradox.
Scott · Mar 26, 12:55 AM
Definitely. It's an odd one, that's for sure.
Ben · Mar 26, 12:57 AM

Ah yes, this be the one. It’s a very nice design, I like how it lays everything out for you on the home page and the colors go really well together.
I’ve been wanting to change my color scheme for a while now, I think I’ll go with some brighter colors on a white BG, maybe even today.

If you decide to dump this theme you should make it available for download like your Unsleepable design, which I still use on a number of blogs. This way it won’t go to waste ;)

Mike · Mar 26, 11:03 AM

oh. so sad. I see you’ve swept away the grunge art in the dustpan. Oh well …

Sonja · Mar 26, 11:25 AM

@sonja: actually, it’s sitting on my desktop. I’m wondering what to do with it. Perhaps turn it into a theme?

Ben · Mar 26, 09:29 PM

Well … if you did that, then I’d be mightily tempted to redesign my site. See how those dominoes fall …

Sonja · Mar 27, 02:32 PM

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