… as a much-needed complete redecoration. If you care to click through from the RSS feed, you’ll see I’ve been prettifying VCTB.

The more sharp-eyed (and web savvy) among you will doubtless note the similarities between this new look and the recent new Futurismic theme; I must confess, I took it as a starting point and rehashed it to suit.

It’s taken me around five hours of trial and error, but has taught me a great deal in the process. I’m quite pleased with the results, too – though I wouldn’t say this is the final version quite yet, there’s still some tweaking to be done. I am, however, pretty damn chuffed with the header and menu, if I do say so myself. That took about three of the hours.

Your feedback on matters of aesthetics and usability would be greatly appreciated!

I’ve been blowing the cobwebs out of the blogroll, too – if I’ve removed your site by accident, or if the link for you is wrong, or if you can think of a site that should really be there for the sake of my credibility, please speak up.

Cheers!

Well, how about that – VCTB rides again. Looking at my sitemeter stats, it appears the server started working again at around about midday today … which is odd, because mine host is still moshing away in Germany. This is why I’m just a blogger, and not a fully fledged webgeek, I guess.

But hey – the site’s back again! You have no idea how much I was pining in its absence.

Actually, having said that, if you’re a regular reader you probably do know. I’ve considered professional help, but I’m worried that regular therapy would just cut into my blogging time.

So, back to business. Thanks to everyone who emailed with good wishes and light-hearted mockery, BTW.