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Just in case anyone wants it, I knocked up a template for the Blogger Template Contest, but then completely forgot to submit it. It’s pure CSS, it’s not particularly glamourous, but it has a couple of neat features including the ability to have a completely differently formatted first post for a blog. It’s also really easily extendable and adaptable – I thought it might look nice with blue headers on the left for things like links and ‘about me’ material. If you want to see it in action, it’s here at present: filmsoho.com and if you want the blogger template, that’s here. Just chuck in a mention of me when you use it. Have fun

The Guardian’s fake branding exercise was exposed in today’s paper, but if you are interested in seeing the site in action, it’s still up at withjoy.co.uk.

Must read article of the day has Jon Ronson following around the housemates in last year’s Big Brother. Best line: “You’ve got to remember,” he replied, “that all but three of the housemates are as thick as pig-shit.”

No fair. I want to go to this: Webzine ª Independent Online Publishing. My life sucks ass.

Today on Barbelith: Atlantean Disneytyping – “How Disneytyping’s representations of gender, race, and class narrow the range of possible self-expression for everyone.”

I have the best AIM buddy icon in the world at the moment. I nicked it off Mark. You’ll have to IM me in order to see it.

Less true now than it was when I made this logo:

So – anyone interested in buying me one of these? I’m fancying a small or medium size of ‘guru’ or ‘netslave’. Small probably best frankly…

Ah well – didn’t get the position that I interviewed for last week. Not enough ‘project management and British history’ experience. The latter I agree with, frankly. The former I’m less sure about.

So, big news of the last week for me was that Jason Kottke loves Radiohead but doesn’t like Buffy. I’m still reeling from that little piece of information. That’s why he won’t be at all interested in comprehensive and entirely plausible spoilers about the next season of Buffy – omigod omigod omigod omigod.