I’ve had “redesign blog” on my to-do list for more than a month now. Over the weekend I finally got around to doing something about it [screenshot]. The stock WordPress theme I’ve been using since I launched my blog is great, but I’ve noticed it showing up on more and more sites and I wanted something unique. The changes I made are evolutionary, not revolutionary. And I’m the first to admit that I’m not the best designer around, but I think it’ll do for now.

I’m Mike Screenshot

I’ll probably be making more changes in the near future. I have some ideas for post stats I’d like to show, and other navigational features I’d like to implement. In the meantime I’ll be working out any issues that come up with the changes that have already been made. If you notice any bugs with the CSS/XHTML please let me know in a comment or via my contact page.

Finally, I’d like to thank Ryan Powell for creating the header image (and helping me out with design ideas for the Twitter bar), Paul Stamatiou for helpful feedback and comments as I worked through creating the new layout, and Andrew Mager (and everyone else who has seen the new design) for not being too critical when I asked for their opinions!