18 Responses to “Rattle Rattle Thunder Clatter Boomer Boomer Boomer: I’m Steampunking My Blog Today.”

1. 1 Kirk M
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
   My, what a lovely background color you’ve picked. Reminds me of cheap yellow mustard stirred into old pea soup. Nice job on doing the customization yourself though!
2. 2 goinglikesixty
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:47 am
   @Kirk M: Ha. Ha. Ha. I just got back from break and now it’s time for lunch.
3. 3 Gretchen
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
   I do like how it’s shaping up, although my older son had a fondness for the Godfather decor.
4. 4 goinglikesixty
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
   @Gretchen: I don’t know why I do this to myself. I’m impulsive when I see something I want it - now! As long as it doesn’t cost anything.
   Thanks, glad you like it.
5. 5 Grannymar
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
   Now that is easier on the eye! I find blackground difficult
6. 6 Kirk M
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 1:04 pm
   Looks okay so far. I see you got the sidebar background screwed around to your mustard-in-pea-soup color. Now all you have to do is tackle links and the colors thereof. Should be at the top of your custom made “.css” file and if not, check around the beginning of your “styles.css” file. Should be something like “links active”, “links visited” etc. Just copy that section into your custom style file and go from there.

   Just some info from your happy idiot WordPress guy.

7. 7 goinglikesixty
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
   @Kirk M: email coming, I think I’m screwed. Doesn’t seem to be a way to change side bar color.
   And check you monitor settings: the color is Old Gold rgb=#CFB53B
8. 8 Polly
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
   Wow, the new decor — it’s so… je ne sais quoi.

   The sides are a lovely puree de marrons (chestnut puree) and the main background an elegant caca d’oie. (Don’t worry, it sounds ok as long as you say it in French!)

   But no matter what, wordpress is better than bloggrrrrrr!

9. 9 goinglikesixty
   Feb 23rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
   @ Polly: whadevah. Still struggling - had to call in reinforcements: Kirk. caca d’oie is that baby shit green? it’s supposed to be khaki.

   Yeah, if I can get in and redesign this far and not blow up everything WP is pretty idiot proof.

   What bottle have you saved that you will open tonight?

10. 10 Joy
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 6:22 pm
    Whoa…..what a surprise! I thought I was at the wrong joint. But, I like it. Interesting colors…..kind of cool actually. I’m going with Khaki too instead of baby-poop-green. It’s different…I like it Mark. Nice design work. I especially like your banner.
11. 11 GoingLikeSixty
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
    @Joy: Thanks, Kirk is helping me change the blue to something darker. And I would like to have the right hand column be a different color too. And the white comment box and, and, and…
    Pleased you like the banner too.
12. 12 GoingLikeSixty
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
    Well, I guess the white box issue is fixed??? test test test
13. 13 Gretchen
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
    I am just jealous because I had to pay Sean, the boyfriend of Holly from Nothing But Bonfires, to design my website. Yeah, because I’m stupid like that.

    I get dreadfully small text in the comment box when I’m typing, but that’s probably some stupid fucking iMac issue; our power went out yesterday and my computer became possessed by Satan and changed all my settings, as well as throwing away all my cookies.

14. 14 goinglikesixty
    Feb 23rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
    @Gretchen: Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. Im still dinking around so give me thru tomorrow and you see if its your iMac. Because if my
    #1 commenter has a problem, I want to know.
15. 15 Gretchen
    Feb 24th, 2008 at 11:36 am
    Aha. It was indeed my satanic iMac. After my coffee I will summon both an exorcist and a Feng Shui specialist.
16. 16 Going Like Sixty
    Feb 24th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
    @Gretchen: iMacs are self healing. No outside intervention needed.
17. 17 Polly
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
    Caca d’oie is gooseshit green, but an authentic French color. Mebbe that’s where the word khaki comes from.

    Umm, I was supposed to have SAVED a bottle of wine?

18. 18 goinglikesixty
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
    @Polly: you still think it’s goose shit green? oops.
    Wine: Exactly! “real” wine drinkers buy wine and drink it. I guess there are those that buy wine to keep and eat with different foods, but that’s nothing special.

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