March 11, 2006

More Non A-List Gems – 9

Yo! Have you checked out the Thesis Theme yet? I’d love to explain how optimized, detailed, and easily-customizable Thesis is, but honestly, I know that you’re going to benefit the most from the amazing community of theme users. Smart people offering up tailored solutions to common theme problems? Now that’s serious value.

Although it looks like SXSW has brought the blogosphere to a screeching halt, I still want to infect a few more people with The Indie Virus while I’ve got some idle time. After one day of the experiment, exactly zero links are showing up on Technorati. Of course, if you’ve followed Technorati for any amount of time, then you know my last sentence carries about as much weight as a girl who is two weeks pregnant.

Anyhoo, a couple of girlie bloggers are gonna get The Indie Virus today - Kristin and Renee. To what do they owe the honor? Both of them change components of their designs more than anyone else I’ve come across. Kristin’s got a new header every time I turn around, and Renee swaps themes like Superman in a phone booth.

So now, Kristin becomes the second recipient of The Indie Virus, and Renee, who’s also a Kentucky-based blogger, gets in on The Indie Virus action, too! Think of this as something you can spread without being called slutty…Yeeeeehaw!

I give this thing two weeks before it’s a 300 lb. gorilla. Oh, and although Technorati hasn’t picked up on it yet, Irish Wonder was the first to bust out a trackback to the original entry explaining the virus, so he gets major e-props for that. Hell, I’ll even give him a trackback.

[ Update ] Two more incoming links discovered from day 1:

Very cool. It will be 1000x cooler when people I don’t know begin to pass the virus between one another.

9 Comments ↓

#kristin  at 1:18 am on Mar 12, 2006

Most people don’t notice my headers. I think the majority of people who read my blog do it via RSS :)
Thanks for the link

#Renee  at 1:53 am on Mar 12, 2006

X.X

I didn’t think anyone really paid attention… I just never do anything I’m happy with… Becca’s theme is making me happy till I come up with something better than what I’ve been doing.

I know a few to pass it around to :P

#monkeychide  at 2:14 am on Mar 12, 2006

Hi there! aerapatera.com is a Greek blog, not russian :-)

#monkeychilde  at 2:18 am on Mar 12, 2006

Oh, and by the way.. is that an Italian Greyhound you’re holding there?

#Chris P.  at 9:28 am on Mar 12, 2006

Nooo, he’s a Jack Russell Terrier…with Fox Terrier lineage, I think.

Awww Deuce.

#Chas  at 4:53 pm on Mar 12, 2006

Is Renee a babe?

#Chris P.  at 6:14 pm on Mar 12, 2006

Go to her site, dude. See fo’ yo’ seff.

#IrishWonder  at 5:51 am on Mar 13, 2006

Hey Chris, thanks for the link. Heck when I blogged about it I was the only one on technorati using that tag, LOL! It also helps spreading the virus if we all actually use Technorati tags - in my Wordpress, I use a plugin called SimpleTags, don’t know if there’s anything similar for MovableType and other platforms. Those Technorati tags can actually be inserted manually though that’s more pain in the arse for sure.

P.S. - talking of TB ping - must be something on your side as that’s exactly the URL I used when first posting - and I just did it again and I don’t think it worked this time either.

#Chris P.  at 10:00 am on Mar 13, 2006

Hmm, guess I’ll have to check into that. Thanks for the tip on the WP plugin, btw - nearly all of my other sites are on WP at this time, so that will definitely come in handy.

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