dagblog - Comments for "BREAKING: A New Look for Dagblog"

Pork Sword.

quinn esq — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:19:15 +0000

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Pork Sword.

But David, you always think

Orlando — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:17:30 +0000

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But David, you always think what you're saying is so perfectly obvious. The wonder of humanity is that our brains all interpret information differently, allowing two rational people to have completely opposing opinions. Cool, huh?

Might everyone be happy with

wws — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:52:20 +0000

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Might everyone be happy with some reversal of emphasis? For example:

a) the "dag blog" title (the font, btw, especially in all lower case, is one I really like) might be rendered in black on a white background and the dagger might appear but be de-emphasized by rendering it in that softer mid-screen gray? Or,

b) because you've created title blocks for everything but the blog title, might you consider creating an actual title block for "dag blog"? Its background in the dark gray you used for the background in "From the Readers" and "Latest Comments;" the font in white to provide strong contrast, and the dagger in the paler gray of your contributor bar background?

An actual title block would provide you with a "two/fer." Not only would it lend emphasis to the title of the site, but it would also ground the headlines that, to me, seem to still float in an amorphous way. By aligning horizontals and verticals, you would then have a "framed" bar containing "dag blog"on the left, headlines in the middle, and your book ad on the right?

These suggestions, btw, should please the "centrist" contingent who are best pleased by incremental change to the status quo.

OK, let me offer a

acanuck — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:24:20 +0000

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OK, let me offer a compromise. Genghis is adamant about keeping the dagger, so it stays. But David thinks it symbolizes right-wing extremism. How about if the dagger were sticking into a heart, overlaid with a scroll reading, "Mom." I think I saw a few tattoos like that, last time I was in the big house. It sorta implies, "We love our mother, but she broke our hearts by dying/weaning us/moving to Peoria with some biker." Who can't relate to that?

So we need a Elmer Fudd look

mageduley — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:12:25 +0000

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So we need a Elmer Fudd look alike?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dagnabbit

Why not make the drop of

David Seaton — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:59:41 +0000

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Why not make the drop of blood heart shaped?

What I see is a very well constructed, well designed blog space where everything works very well: certainly a very good sample of a web designer's craft. If somebody asked me to recommend someone to design and construct an interactive corporate web site I would send them Genghis's address in a flash.

The question for me has to be exactly what is it all for? What is the object of the exercise? Certainly if this is supposed to be a progressive political junky blog, the dagger doesn't make any sense. At best it looks like some sort of role play, computer game, environment. For me the logo symbolizes a certain lack of definition.

Rootie, I'm really starting

Orlando — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:21:39 +0000

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Rootie, I'm really starting to dig you.

Rolling and laughing!!!!

we are stardust — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:29:22 +0000

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Rolling and laughing!!!! Boy, are you for some serious ribbing!

But; whew; that's settled. Two tiny issues? The default font size for comments? Yeah, I can change it, but...

And the Blockquote boxes? Do you like how they look? They make my eyes and head hurt...but then again, way too many things make my eyes and head hurt. ;o)

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Rootman — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:28:15 +0000

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But why a dagger in the first

David Seaton — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:55:31 +0000

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But why a dagger in the first place? ... I still really don't get it.