freshenated

So back in March I said I was updating stuff around here. And I ran around and stripped a bunch of code and then Ooh! Shiny! Other stuff! That, plus every time I do this I forget that I got no skilz and no patience when it comes to coding.
Luckily, Steve Himmer kindly saved me from myself. He cleaned up the general design, added in the banner at the top (more on which in a moment), re-installed the “Recent Comments” plugin, and added in collapsible categories and archives on the sidebar. The blogroll is also collapsible now, which tidies things up considerably. The body is wider, the better to display the photos. And he put up with me yammering in the background the whole time. Steve’s one of my oldest blog-friends, but he is also one of the most awesome.
Now, about the banner. It’s traditional for the blogeur to put their own work there, but I figure that this place already contains enough of me. (Besides, there’s more of me here and here and various other places.) What seems more interesting is to display the work of other photographers on a quarterly-ish basis. The first is Mister Husband, and not only because of nepotism. I would still be entranced if I stepped into a gallery and saw his work on the wall and had no idea who the artist was or what he was like. He’s just that good. I picked this shot as the first one because it works in the banner format, and because it looks like the Thinkery in my head this summer. This season I’ve been a little ramshackle and dusty, but happy. I have a couple of other folks in mind for the next two, and if they say yes then that’ll take it through to the beginning of next summer.
What else? Steve also re-coded the About page, and I’ve revised it to actually reflect the current state of affairs. I imagine I need to do some more work on it soonish. For the moment, I’m just basking in have a clean blog again. It’s at least as good as clean sheets. Maybe better.
If you notice any wonkiness, you’ll let us know, won’t you? Thanks.