To The Moon And Back

I came across a new web design blog today called Stylish Weblog. As a designer myself, I make it a habit to view other web designer sites and blogs because you always learn new things. The first thing that I noticed when I saw this design blog is the wordpress theme. It’s so stylish, very web 2.0 and unlike any other themes that I’ve seen. I scrolled down immediately to check the name of the theme but there wasn’t any info about it so I’m guess this is a customized one. The flickr photos on the right panel give the page the color that it needs, making the overall look and feel not only stylish but very professional. Of course, if you call your blog ‘Stylish’, then you absolutely have to walk the talk.

Atila, the author talks mainly about design, custom web design, web development, design technologies, etc. I enjoyed reading the design articles especially this one - Why do you need to redesign your Website? This article is what every website owner, client, web designer should read. Some of the clients that I’ve worked with ask me to re-design their sites but they are not willing to let go of the styles that they’ve accustomed to, ten years ago. Back then, optimizing your site for better search engine placement may not be as important so you can do what you want (or not do anything at all) but now, hundreds of web sites are being created daily so keeping up with the latest trend should be a top priority. Aside from design, you can also read about finance, health, Internet and technology from this Stylish Weblog.

One of my hobbies when I’m not busy is browse through beautiful houses on the web. When I’m in a good mood, it inspire me to work harder so I can buy one and when I’m not, which is almost all the time, I get pissed off and hate the owners of the house for being rich and all. I find that what I like the most are houses with a huge garden wherein you can place a huge swimming pool yet still have tons of space for a playground or even a conservatory for entertaining or hanging out. There are also houses with landscaped gardens that can rival those from TruGreen brochures. And don’t forget Martha’s properties. Yesterday, I saw her farm on TV and was amazed on how huge it is.

So huge that it resembles a small jungle already. She commissioned someone to put up birdcages on her forest-like property to invite birds and other animals to live there. Must be wonderful to at least have one of her houses.