omg i updated my blog theme to THESIS what have i done?

You ever get that feeling that things've been right for a long time, but upon feeling an itch over weeks, even months, things need to change TODAY? That's how I felt yesterday. I really enjoyed the On Demand theme I was using (pictured right); it was video-centric and that definitely appeals to me, but it also interfered with my flow of consciousness. Embedding videos in a special field and other layout oddities slowed me down — it's attrition that adds up to, "I don't want to bother anymore". This sort of thing you can only find out naturally through experience down the road, and here I am.

I browsed through many themes, but have to applaud Chris Pearson's forthright and unabashed style of claiming:

"You'll never have to change your theme again… with Thesis!"

(my paraphrasing). So that's where we are now, torley.com running on it. I could use some tweaks like a vivid image heading to make my personality stand out, but I got the bulk running in minutes "out of the box".

I'm really satisfied by the elegance of this theme so far. On Demand was looking at an upgrade targeted for late May I think, but since the core files would've needed to be replaced/merged, I didn't want to deal with all that. I'm getting old and time goes by so… quicker. And above all, I'm always thinking about how to best present useful fun for you. So here we are now, and I hope you're OK with that.

If not, we can make more changes.

Other things I'd like to do:

• Make sense out of categories and tags so it's easier to browse archived content.
• Really zoom in on what posts are popular and do more in that vein — it's not so much the Second Life stuff but the Sony Vegas and general computer how-tos, along with my piano music.
• More CSS tweaking. Not sure if gray-on-light-green is the way to go.
• Adjust right sidebar widgets to a beautiful state.

Suggestions?

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